66 COLITBKIDiE. 



d. Yg. (Sc. 27 ; V. 201 ; Coimbra. Dr. Lopes Vieira 

 C. 60). [P.]. 



e. Hgr. (Sc. 27 ; V. 204 ; Coimbra. Prof. Barboza du 

 A. 1 ; C. 58). Bocage [P.]. 



f. S (Sc. 27 ; V. 205 ; Alfeite, Portugal. Prof. Barboza du 

 0. 63). Socage [P.]. 



g. Yg. (Sc. 27; V. 213; Aldegallega, Portugal. Prof. Barboza du 

 0. 60). Socage [P.]. 



h,. Skull. Montpelller. 



42. Coluljer arizonsB. 



Arizona elegans, Eennicott, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. Surv. ii. liq>t. 



p. 18, pi. xiii. (1859); Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 676 



(1888). 

 Pityopbis elegans, Cope, Chech-list N. Am. E^pt. p. 39 (1875). 

 Rbinecbis elegans, Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. zxiii. 1886, p. 284, 



and Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 638. 



Snout strongly projecting ; rostral as deep as broad, forming an 

 acute angle posteriorly, the portion visible from above measuring 

 nearly two thirds its distance from the frontal ; internasals nearly 

 as long as the prsefrontals ; frontal a little longer than broad, a little 

 shorter than its distance from the end of the snout or than the 

 parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one prse- and two postoculars ; 

 temporals 2 + 3 or 4; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 

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

 chin-shields, which are as long as or longer than the posterior. 

 Scales smooth, in 27 to 31 rows. Ventrals 212-227 ; anal entire ; 

 subcaudals 46-59. Pale brown above ; the vertebral line yellowish, 

 but interrupted by a series of larger, oval, transverse, dark-edged 

 brown spots ; a brown streak from the eye to the angle of the mouth; 

 lower parts white. 



Total length 1020 miUim. ; tail 160. 



Southern United States, from California to the Mississippi ; North 

 Mexico. 



a. 6 (Sc. 29 ; V. 212 ; Duval Co., Texas. W. Taylor, Esq. [C], 

 C. 59). 



b. ? (Sc. 27 ; V. 227 ; Warner's Ranch, San Prof. 0. Eigemnann 

 0.48). Diego Co., Cali- [C.]. 



fornia. 



43. Coluber deppii. 



. Elaphis pleurostictus, Dum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 244 (1854). 



deppei, Dum. 8f Bibr. t. c. p. 268. 



Pituophis vertebralis, Gunth. Cat. p. 86 (1858). 



Arizona jani. Cope, Proc. Ac. PMlad. 1860, p. 369. 



Pituophis mexicanus {non D. 8f B.), Jan, Icon. Gen. 22, pi. ii. fig. 1 



(1867). 

 deppei, Jan, I. c. fig. 2; Diiffks, La Natwaleza, (2) i. 1888, 



p. 123, pi. xiii. fig. 15 ; Giinth. Biol. C.-Am., Bept. p. 124 (1894). 



