192 REPTILIA: OPHIDIA. — XXVIII. 
scales 17; V. P. 110 to 130. L. 10. Va. to Wis. and Texas. 
(Lat., narrowly striped.) 
274, STORERIA Baird & Girard. (To Dr. David Humphreys 
Storer). 
539. S. occipitomaculata (Storer). Rep-BELLIED SNAKE. 
Greyish or chestnut brown, usually showing a paler vertebral band 
bordered by blackish dots; obscure dots on side; occiput with 
three pale blotches (a very constant feature); belly salmon red ; 
scales 15; V. P. 120 to 125. L.12, Minn. to Mass. and Ga.; 
abundant E. (Lat., occiput-spotted.) 
540. S. dekayi (Holbrook). Grayish brown; a clay-colored 
dorsal band, bordered by dotted lines ; grayish below; a dark patch 
on each side of the occiput; scales 17; V. P. 120 to 188. L. 12. 
E. U. S., W. to Rocky Mts. (To James E. DeKay.) 
275. CLONOPHIS Cope. (kAwvioy, a small twig; duis, snake.) 
541, C. kirtlandi (Kennicott). Light reddish brown, with 4 
series of round black spots; belly reddish with a row of black 
spots on each side; head shining black; head small; vertical 
plate broad ; scales 19, all carinated; V. P. 115 to 140. L. 16, 
Ohio to Ill. (To Dr. Jared P. Kirtland.) 
276. THAMNOPHIS Fitzinger. GarrerR SNAKES. 
(Adpvos, thicket.) (Eutainia B. & G.) 
w. Lateral stripe on 3d and 4th rows of scales. 
6. Scales little or not spotted, in nineteen rows; a dorsal band; body very 
slender. 
c. Stripes alike in color. 
542, T. sauritus (L.). Ripanp Snake. Chocolate with three 
yellow stripes; light brown below the lateral stripes; tail usually 
31 in length ; colors bright; V. P. 150 to 160. L.36. E.U.S., 
chiefly E. of the Alleghanies, about streams. (Lat., lizard-like.) 
543. T. faireyi (Baird & Girard). Blackish, with three greenish 
yellow stripes ; body relatively stout; tail less than } length ; space 
below bands same color as above; V. P. 165 to 180. L. 30. Wis. 
to La, (This is identical with 7. sauritus.) 
cc. Stripes not uniform in color. 
544. T. proximus (Say). Blackish, dorsal stripe brownish yel- 
low; lateral stripes greenish; tail # of total length; sides colored 
like back; V. P. 165 to 175. L. 35. Wis. to Mexico. (Lat., 
near.) 
8B. Scales above and below lateral line with subquadrate black spots. 
