138 SYSTEMATIC LIST AND SYNONYMY. 



OPHIDI A— Continued. 



Tropidonotus sirtalis (Garter Snake) 24 



Coluber sirtalis Linn., 1758, Syst., I, 222, — 1766, Syst., I, 383; Gmel., 

 1788, Syst. Linn., I, 1107; Shaw, 1802, Zool., Ill, 535; Merr., 1820, 

 Syst., 132; Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac, 352; Storer, 1839, Mass. , 

 Kept., 221. . Euiaenia sirtalis B. & G., 1853, Serp., 30; Bd., 1859, 

 P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 26, f. 23; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, 550; 

 Cope, 1877, Pr. Am. Phil. Soc, 64. Tropidonotus sirtalis Holbr., 1842; 

 Herp., IV, 41, pi. 11; Jan, 1863, Sist, 09, — 18G5, Arch. Zool., 



210. T. ordinatus var. B., Gthr., 1358, Cat,, 74. T. bipwnctatus 

 Schleg., 1837, Essai, I, 168, II, 320; D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 582. 

 T. kennicotti Jan, 1863, Sist., 70, — 1865, Arch. Zool., 216. T. sirtalis 

 var. dorsalis Jan, 1863, Sist., 69. Eutaenia dorsalis B. & G., 1853, 

 Serp., 31; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X. pi. 26, f. 2; Yarn, 1875, 

 Wheeler's Rep., V, 550. E. sirtalis subsp. dorsalis Yarr., 1875, 

 Wheeler's Rep., V, 554. E. sirtalis var. obscura Cope, 1880, Bull. 20, 

 IT. S. Mus., 23. Tropidonotus sirtalis vai'. dorsalis Jan, 1867, Icon., 

 livr. 25, pi. 4, f. 1. E. cyrtopsis subsp. ocellata Cope, 1S80, Bull. 20, 

 TJ. S. Mus., 22. New England to the Mississippi Valley. 



Var. ordinatus 25 



Coluber ordinatus Linn., 1766, Syst., I, 379; Gmel., 1788, Syst. Linn., I, 

 1097; Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac, V, 349. Tropidonotus ordinatus, 

 Holbr., 1842, Herp., IV, 45, pi. 12; Gthr., 1858, Cat,, 73. Eutaenia 

 ordinata B. & G., 1853, Serp., 32; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 26, 

 f. 24; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, 551. Spotted Ribbon Snake 

 Catesby, 1743, Carol, II, pi. 51 and 53. 



Coast Region, Nova Scotia to Georgia ; Alabama. 



Var. radix 



Tropidonotus sirtalis var. radix Jan, 1S63, Sist., 69, — 1865, Arch. Zool., 



211. Eutaenia radix B. & G., 1853 r Serp., 34; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. 

 Rep., X, pi. 26, f. 25, pi. 34, f. 5; Cooper, 1860, P. R. R. Rep., Xn, 

 (2), 299; Yarrow, 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, 548; Coues & Yarrow, 

 1878, Hayden's Rep., IV, 277. E. radix iwiningii Coues & Yarrow, 

 1878, Hayd. Rep., IV, 279. Thamnophis haydeni Cope, 1862, Hayd., 

 Trans. Am. Assoc, XII, 177. Euiaenia haydeni Kenn., 1860, Coop. 

 P. R. R. Rep., XII (2), 298, pi. 14; Jan, 1S65, Arch. Zool., 212. 



Scales in 19 rows, outer broad. Black, with three narrow yellow 

 lines, or dark brown, with the lines and with series of irregular 

 spots on the flanks. Lateral yellow lines on the third rows. Ven- 

 trals 153. Subcaudals 51 pairs. 



Northern part of Mississippi basin, Michigan to Rocky Mountains. 



Var. marciana 25 



Eutaenia marciana B. & G., 1853, Serp., pp. 36, 156, — 1854, Marcy's 

 Exp., 192, pi. 3; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 26, f. 26; Yarrow, 

 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 549, 555; Cope, 1880, Bull. 20, U. S. Mus., 

 22; Sumichrast, 1881, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr., 182. Tropidonotus marci- 

 ana Jan, 1863, Sist., 70, — 1865, Arch. Zool, 215. (?) T. sirtalis Pe- 

 ters, 1869, Mb. Brl. Akad.., 877. Kansas to Texas and Mexico. 



