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OPHIDI A— Continued. 



(EUTAENIA.) 



Tropidonotus saurita (Ribbon Snake) 23 



Sehleg., 1S37, Essai, I, 169, II, 327; D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 585; 

 Mart., 1856, Mus. Berl., 25; Gtlir., 1858, Cat., 72; Jan, 1SG3, Sist., 

 69, — 1865, Arch. Zoo!., 212, — 1868, Icon., livr. 26, pi. 2, f. 1 ; 

 Allen, 1868, Pr. B. N. II. Soc, ISO. Coluber saurita Linn., 1766, Syst., 

 I, 385; Gmel., 1788, Syst. Linn., I, 1109; Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac, 

 V, 352, —1835, Med. Res., 115; Shaw, 1S02, Zool., III, 532; Fitz., 

 1826, Neue Class., 59; Daud., 1803, Rept., VII, 81; Bonnat, 1789, 

 Ophioh, 58; Storer, 1839, Mass. Rept., 229; Thomps., 1S42, Hist, 

 Vermont, 115. Leptophis sauritus Holbr., 1842, Herp., IV, 21, pi. 4; 

 DeK., 1842, N. Y. Fauna, Rept,, 47, pi. 11, f. 24. Eutaenia saurita B. 

 &G., 1853, Serp., 24; Bd., 1854, Serp. N. Y., 14, — 1859, P. R. R. 

 Rep., X, pi. 26, f. 19 ; Yarrow, 1S75, Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 545, 546. 

 Ribbon Snake Catesby, 1743, Carol., II, 50. 



Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic. 



Var. sackenii 



Eutaenia sackenii Kenn., 1859, Pr. Phil. Ac, 98; Yarr., 1875, AVheeler's 

 Rep., V, pp. 545, 547; Cope, 1877, Pr. Am. Phil. Soc, 64. 



Slender. Back olive black, to edge of abdomen. Lateral stripe 

 greenish yellow, on third and fourth rows. No dorsal stripe. Belly 

 greenish. 



Florida. 



Var. faireyi 



Eutaenia faireyi B. & G., 1853. Serp., 25; Bd., P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 26, 

 f. 20; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 545, 547; Cope, 1880, Bull. 

 20, U. S. Mus., 23. Tropidonotus saurita var. faireyi Jan, 1S63, Sist., 

 71; Cooper, 1860, P. R. R. Rep., XII (2), 299, pi. 13, 14. 



Stouter than T. saurita. Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals 168 to 178. 

 Subcaudals 112 — 115. Back to edge of abdomen blackish brown. 

 With three longitudinal stripes, outer on third and fourth rows. 



Minnesota and Wisconsin Southward. 



Var. proximus 



Coluber proximus Say, 1823, Long's Exp., I, 187. Tropidonotus sauritus 

 var. proximus Jan, 1863, Sist., 70. Eutaenia proxima B. & G., 1853, 

 Serp., 25, — 1854, Marcy's Exp., 191, pi. 2; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., 

 X, pi. 26, f. 21; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 545, 547; Cope, 

 1880, Bull. 20, IT. S. Mus., 20; Sumichrast, 1881, Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 de France, 182; Coues & Yarrow, 1878, Hayd. Rep., IV, 280. E. 

 macrostemma Kenn., 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 331 ; Cope, 1866, Pr. Phil. 

 Ac, 307; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, 548. E. megalops Kenn., 

 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 330; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 545, 547. 

 E. flavilabris Cope, 1866, Pr. Phil. Ac, 306; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's 

 Rep., V, 547. 



Arkansas and Texas to Mexico. 



