SYSTEMATIC LIST AND SYNONYMY. 13J, 



O P H I D I A— Continued. 



five. Scales in 14 rows ; ventrals little, if any, larger. Each scale has 

 four angles, and its posterior margin is nearly a semicircle. Back 

 reddish brown ; belly reddish white. 



Resembles S. dulce in coloration, but differs in the number of dorsal 

 rows of scales, complete separation of nasals by the rostral, five infra- 

 laliials, instead of four, and in having only the anterior parietal in 

 contact with the posterior labial. Total length 8 inches; tail 0.38. 



Uvalde, Texas, 



Stenostoma tenuiculum sp. n 



San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 



Stenostoma myopictjm sp. n , 



Tampico, Mexico. 



Stenostoma phenops 



Cope, 1875, Jour. Phil. Ac, 128, — Checklist, 44. 



Tehuantepec; Guatimala. 



ONYCHOPHIDIA. (Clawed Snakes.) 7 



EK.YCIDAE 7 



Eryeina Bonap., 1831, Saggio Distrib. Met. An. Yert. Eryddae Bonap., 

 1S40, Roy. Acad. Turin, Mem., II; Gthr., 1864, Rept. Brit. Ind., 332. 



Chaeina . 7 



Gray, 1849, Cat. Snakes, 113; B. & G., 1853, Serp., 154. Wenona B. & 

 G., 1852, Pr. Phil. Ac, 176, — 1853, Serp., 139. Pseudoeryx Jan, 



1862, Arch. Natgesch., I, 242, — 1865, Icon., Text, 67. Lichanura 

 Cope, 1861, Pr. Phil. Ac, 304. 



Charina bottae 7 



Gray, 1849, Cat., 113 ; B. & G., 1853, Serp., 154. Tortrix bottae Blainv., 

 1835, Nouv. Ann. Mus., 289, pi. 26, f. 1-16. Pseudoeryx bottae Jan, 



1863, Sist, 21, — Icon, livr., 3, pi. 2, f. 1, — 1S65, Icon., Text, 67. 



California to Mexico. 



Var. plumbea 



Wenona plumbea B. & G., 1852, Pr. Phil. Ac, 176, — 1853, Serp., 139; 

 Grd., 1858, Wilkes' Exp., Rept, 112, pi. 7, f. 1-7; Jan, 1863, Sist, 21, 

 — 1864, Icon., livr. 3, pi. 2, f. 2, — 1865, Icon., Text, 69. Wenona 

 Isabella B. & G., 1852, Pr. Phil. Ac, 176, — 1853, Serp., 140; Grd., 

 1858, Wilkes' Exp., Rept., 113, pi. 7, f. S-14. Charina plumbea Cope, 

 1861, Pr. Phil, Ac, 305. Wenona Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 32, 

 f. 3. 

 Uniform brownish or leaden. Scales in 45 rows. Ventrals 206+37. 



California to Puget Sound. 



Charina trivirgata 8 



Lichanura trivirgata Cope, 1861, Pr. Phil. Ac, 304; Jan, 1865, Icon., 

 Text, 70. L. roseofusca Cope, 186S, Pr. Phil. Ac, 2. L. myriolepis 



Cope, 1868, Pr. Phil. Ac, 2. 



Lower California ; Mexico, 



