83. COBONELIA. 207 



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

 anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales 

 in 15 rows. Ventrals 136-160 ; anal divided ; suboaudals 36-62. 

 Dai-k grey above, with the upper lip and a nuchal collar yellow and 

 black-edged ; yellow or orange inferiorly, each ventral with a small 

 black spot at its outer extremity. 



Total length 360 millim. ; tail 65. 



North America, east of the Eocky Mountains ; Mexico. 



A. A median row of black spots along the belly. 



«-J. $ (V. 151 ; 0. 42) & Ealeig-h,N.Caro- Messrs. Brimley [0.1. 



hgr. (\M49; C. 41). lina. 



c. (J (V. 155; C. 56). Wisconsin. hristiania Museum, 



rf. 2 (V. 151 ; C. 40). United States. 



e. 5 (V. 149; 0.41). Mexico. (type ot A. occipitalis.) 



B. No black spots along the middle of the belly. 



/. S (V. 158 ; C. 50). Ng^^ Scotia. J. M. Jones, Esq. fP.!. 



ff. Yg. (V. 146 ; C. 62). Chippeway, 



Canada. 

 h. Yg. (V. 159 ; C. 51). Delaware. E. DouWeday, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 i. 2 (V. 160; 0. 47). Bloomington, In- C. Bellman, Esq. [C.]. 



diana. 

 k. c? (V. 155 ; C. 58). 



17. Coronella amabilis. 



Diadophis amabilis, £aird 8f Gir. Cat. N. Am. Hept. p. 113 (1863), 



and Rep. U.S. Surv. R. R. x. pt. iii. pi. xxxiii. fig. 83 (1859) ; 



Cope, Proc. T/.S. Nat. Mies. xiv. 1S92, p. 615. 



docilis, Baird 8f Gir. II. cc. p. 114, fig. 84. 



■ pulchellus, Baird Sf Gir. II. cc. p. 115, fig. 85 ; Cooper, Rep. 



U.S. Surv. R. R. xii. pt. ii. p. 802 (1860). 

 punctatus, var. stictogenys. Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, 



p. 250. 



■ texensis, Kennicott, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 328. 



punctatus, var. amabilis, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, 



p. 265, and Icon. Gin. 15, pi. vi. fig. 4 (1866) ; Garm. N. Am. 



Rept. p. 159 (1883) ; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 620 (1886) ; 



H. Garm. Bull. Illin. Lab. iii. 1892, p. 300. 

 punctatus, var. docihs, Jan, II. cc. fig. 2 ; Garm. I. c. p. 72 ; 



Bocourt, I. c. p. 619. 

 punctatus, var. pulchellus, Jan, II. cc. fig. 3 ; Cope, Proc. Ac. 



Philad. 1883, p. 27 ; Bocourt, I. c. p. 620. 



Differs from the preceding in the more elongate body, the ven- 

 trals numbering 182 to 210, and the suboaudals 53 to 63. Dark grey 

 or blackish above, with a yellow nuchal collar ; belly and the scales 

 of the outer row orange, usually with numerous round black spots. 



Total length 470 millim. ; tail 80. 



United States west of the Mississippi. 



