192 REPTILIA : OPHIDIA. — XXVIII. 



scales 17; V. P. 110 to 130. L. 10. Va. ix) Wis. and Texas. 

 (Lat., narrowly striped.) 



274. STORERIA Baird & Girard. (To Dr. David Humphreys 



Storer). 



539. S. occipitomaculata (Storer). Red-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. (icXaii'ioi', a small twig; ocj>is, snake.) 



541. C. kirtlandl (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 lU. (To Dr. Jared P. Kirtland.) 



276. THAMNOPHIS Fitzinger. Garter Snakes. 

 (ddfivos, thicket.) (Eutainia B. & G.) 



a. 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. sauritua (L.). Riband Snake. Chocolate with three 

 yellow stripes ; light brown below the lateral stripes ; tail usually 

 3| in length ; colors bright; V. P. 150 to 160. L. 36. E. U. S., 

 chiefly E. of the AUeghanies, 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. SO. Wis. 

 to La. (This is identical with T. sauritus.) 



cc. Stripes not uniform in color. 



544. T. prozimus (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.) 



bb. Scales above and below lateral line with subquadrate black spots. 



