60. COLUBER. 49 



B. Uniform brown above, yellowisb beneath, the caudal shields 



, edged with brown. 

 c. c? (V. 216; C. 76). Seoul, Corea. C. W. Campbell, Esq. [P.]. 



21. Coluber vulpinus. 



Scotophis vulpinus, Baird ^ Gir. Cat. N. Am. Mept. p. 75 (1853), 

 and Rep. E.vplor. Surv. R. Miss. R. x. pi. xxix. iig. 51 (18oD) ; 

 Haxj, Batr. §■ Rept. Indiana, p. DO (1893). 



Coluber vulpinus, Cope, Check-List N. Am. Rept. p. 39 (1875). 



Elaphis guttatus, var. vulpinus, Garm. N. Am. Rept. p. 56 (1883). 



Eye rather small. Eostral broader than deep, the portion visible 

 from above measuring one third its distance from the frontal ; inter- 

 nasals broader than long, much shorter than the proefrontals ; frontal 

 nearly as long as broad, as long as its distance from the rostral, shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep ; one pras- aud two post- 

 oculars; temporals 24-3; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 

 entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which are a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 

 2.5 (rarely 23 or 27) rows, dorsals feebly but very 'distinctly keeled. 

 Ventrals 200-284; anal divided; subcaudals 67-8-5. Yellowish 

 brown above, with a dorsal series of large chestnut-brown blaok- 

 edged spots and an alternating lateral series of smaller spots ; head 

 with indistinct dark markings ; two dark stripes along the occiput 

 and nape ; lower parts yellowish, checkered with black. 



Total length 960 millim. 



Northern United States east of the Eocky Mountains (Minnesota, 

 Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana). 



a. 5 (V. 207 ; C. ?). Wisconsin. Smithsonian Institution [P.]. 



22. Coluber IsBtus. 



Scotophis lastus, Baird ^ Gir. Cat. N. Am. Rept. p. 77, and in 

 Marey's Rep. Red Riv. p. 227, pi. vi. (1853). 



• oonfinis, Baird ^ Gir. Cat. p. 76. 



■ ? Coluber rosaeeus, Cope, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. 1888, p. 388, 

 pi. xxxvi. fig. 3. 



Eostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals 

 much shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal a little longer than 

 broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal a little longer than deep ; one prae- and 

 two postoculars ; temporals 2-1-3; eight upper labials, fourth and 

 fifth entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior. Scales smooth or 

 faintly keeled, in 25 to 29 rows. Ventrals obtusely angulate 

 laterally, 220-240 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 72-81. Above with 

 a series of large squarish brown black-edged blotches, separated by 

 brownish-white or grey interspaces ; two alternating lateral series 

 of small spots on each ■ side ; a brown band across the end of the 

 snout, another from one angle of the mouth to the other, passing 

 through the eyes and across the forehead ; a brown, spot below the 



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