208 COLUBEID^. 



a. S (V. 194; C. 59). San Diego, Cali- Prof. C. Eigenmann 



fornia. [0.]. 



6. $ (V. 210; 0. 58). San Bernardino, Hr. A. Ferrer [0.]. 



California, 



c. Hgr. (V. 195 ; 0. 54). Santa Cruz, Cali- Hr. A . Forrer [C.]. 



fornia. 



<;. $ (V. 205; C. 62). Upper Sacramento Mr. Gruber [C.]. 



River Valley, 



e. c? (V. 196 ; C. 63). California. Lord Walsingham [P.]. 



/. 5 (V. 198 ; C. 53). California. Ohristiania Museum. 



18. Coronella regalis. 



Diadophis regalis, Baird ^ Oir. Cat. N. Am. Rept. p. 115 (1853), 

 and Hep. U.S. Surv. -B. It. x. pt. iii. pi. xxxiii. fig. 86 (1859), 

 and Sep. U.S. Mex. Bound. Surv. ii. Bept. pi. xix. fig. 2 (1859) ; 

 Oa7-m. N. Am. Sept. p. 73 (1883) ; Cope, Proc. Ac. Fhilad. 1883, 

 p. 12, and Proc. U.S. Nat. Mm. xiv. 1892, p. 615. 



— ■ Aiufr ^Si:i m icott,'Pn)n-Av.PMad,=l%S%rf^^- 



? Diadophis docilis, Kennicott, in Baird, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 



Surv. ii., Rept. p. 22, pi. xxi. fig. 3 (1859). 

 Diadophis punctatus, var. arnyi, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, 



p. 265, and Icon. Gin. 15, pi. vi. flg. 5 (1866) ; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. 



Mex., Rept. p. 622 (1886) ; H. Oarm. Bull. Illin. Lab. iii. 1892, 



p. 302. 

 punctatus, var. lastus, Jan, II. cc. fig. 6 ; Bocourt, I. c. p. 622, 



pi. xl. fig. 4. 

 Liophis (Diadophis) arnyi, Gunth. Ann. Sr Mag. N. M. (4) i. 1868, 



p. 413. 

 Diadophis punctatus, var. dougesii, ViUada, La Naturaleza, iii. 1875, 



p. 226, pi. -. 



■ punctatus, vars. modestus et regalis, Bocourt, I. c. p. 623. 



texensis, Garm. Bull. Rssex Inst. xix. 1888, p. 127. 



Liophis regalis, Oilntk. Biol. C.-Am., Rept. p. 108 (1893). 

 Isetus, Giinth. I. c. 



Distinguished from C. punctata and C. amabilis by having 17 

 rows of scales. Venfcrals 183 to 237 ; subcaudals 56 to 77. Tem- 

 porals 1-1-1 or 1 + 2. Olive-brown, bluish grey, or blackish above, 

 with or without a yellow nuchal collar ; belly yellow or orange, 

 with numerous black spots. 



Total length 490 millim. ; tail 100. 



From Illinois and Kansas to Mexico. 



a. 3 (V. 183; C. 56). City of Mexico. Mr. Doorman [C.]. 



89. HYPSIGLENA. 



Hypsiglena, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 246, and Proc. U.S. Nat. 



Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 617. 

 Pseudodipsas, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, p. 521. 

 Comastes, Jan, Elenco sist. Ofld. p. 102 (1863). 



MaxiUary teeth 12 to 16, the two posterior strongly enlarged 

 and separated from the rest by an interspace ; mandibular teeth 



