88. COEONELLA. 199 



Ophibolus evansii, Kennicott, Proc. Ac. PMlad. 1859, p. 99. 

 Lampi'opeltis calligaster, Cope, Proc. Ac. Pkilad, 1860, p. :^5o. 

 rliombomaculata, Cope, I. o, ; Stejneger, Proc. U.8. Nat. Mus. 



xiv. 1891, p. 503. 

 Coronella evansii, Jan, II. cc. p. 243, fig. 3. 



tigrina, Jaii, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. p. 244. 



Ophibolua calligaster, Cope, Check-list N. Am. Rept. p. 37 (1875), 



and Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 610; II. Garm. Bull. 



Illin. Lab. iii. 1892, p. 293. 

 triangulus, vara, calligaster et rbombomaculatus, Garm. N. 



Am. Rept. pp. 66 & 156 (1883). 



Eye small. Snout scarcely prominent. Rostral about once and 

 a half as broad as deep, the portion visible from above measuring 

 about one third its distance from the frontal ; suture between the 

 internasals shorter than that b'etween the prsefrontals ; frontal con- 

 siderably longer than broad, as long as or longer than its distance 

 from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer 

 than deep ; one prae- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 or 2 + 3 : 

 seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; four lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are longer 

 than the posterior. Scales in 21 to 25 rows. Ventrals 192-213 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 40-52. Pale brown above, with large, 

 transversely elliptic, dark, black-edged spots on the back and an 

 alternating series of smaller ones along the side ; a pair of elongate 

 dark spots or bands on the nape, and a dark oblique streak behind 

 the eye ; red inferiorly, with brown spots. 



Total length 790 millira. ; tail 110. 



North America east of the Eocky Mountains, as far north as 

 Virginia. 



a. 2 (Sc. 25 ; V. 210 ; 0. 49). Missouri. Smithsonian Institution 



[P.]. 

 *. Yg. (Sc. 21 ; V. 199 ; C. 49). Florida. Dr. Guilleraard [P.]. 



u. 2 (Sc. 25; V. 204; G. 40). N. America. Dr. liuppeU. 



9. Coronella leonis. 



Coronella leonis, Gilnth. Biol. C.-Am., Rept. p. 110, pi. xxxix. %. A 

 (1893). 



Snout longer and eye larger than in C. triangulum. Eostra 

 twice as broad as deep, just visible from above ; suture between the 

 internasals about two thirds the length of that between the prse- 

 frontals ; frontal a little longer than broad, as long as its distance 

 from the rostral, shorter than the parietals ; loreal twice as long as 

 deep ; one prse- and two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 3 ; seven upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye; four lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the 

 posterior. Scales in 23 rows. Ventrals 200; anal entire; sub- 

 caudals 51. Grey above, with a dorsal series of oo-shaped red, 

 black-edged spots ; a |^\|-shaped marking on the nape ; a black 

 blotch with red centre on the frontal and another on each parietal 



