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OPHIDI A— Continued. 



Var. BILINEATUS 



Masticophis Inlineatus Jan, 1863, Sist., 40, — 1867, Icon., livr. 22, pi. 6, 

 f. 1. 



Scales smooth, in 17 rows. Oculars 2 — 2, lower anteocular very 

 small. Temporals 2+2-f2. Labials 8, fourth and fifth in orbit, or 

 9, fifth and sixth touching the eye, seventh largest. Infralabials 10 

 to 11. Back black, with two narrow lines of light color along each 

 flank. Orbitals, loreal, and nasals each with white spot. Labials 

 and ventnd_suriacejight. 



Mexico. 



Spilotes 47 



Wagler, 1830, Amph., 179; Gthr., 1858, Cat., 96. Georgia B. & G., 

 1853, Serp., 92. 

 (Georgia.) 



Spilotes couperi o . » 48 



Cope, I860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 342, 564, — 1875, Checklist, 39. Coluber 

 couperi Holbr., 1S42, Herp., Ill, 75, pi. 16. Georgia couperi B. & G., 

 1853, Serp., 92; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 31, f. 66. 



Gulf States. 



Spilotes obsoletus 48 



Coluber obsoletus Holbr., 1842, Herp., Ill, 61, pi. 12. Georgia obsoleta B. 

 & G., Serp., 15S; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 31, f. 66. Spilotes 

 ercbennus Cope, 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 342, 564, — 1864, Pr. Phil. Ac, 

 167, — 1875, Checklist, 39; Sumichr., 1873, Arch. Sci-., 246. Spilotes 

 corai's ercbennus Cope, 1877, Pr. Am. Phil. Soc, 64. 



Florida to Texas. 

 (Spilotes.) 



Spilotes coeais 48 



Coluber corals (Cuv.) Boie, 1827, Isis, 537; Schleg., 1837, Essai, II, 139, 



pi. 5, f. 9-11, 1844 (?), Abbild., pi. 28, f. 9-11 (skull). 

 Spilotes eorais D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 222; Gthr., 1858, Cat, 98; Jan, 

 1863, Sist, 62, — 1876, Icon., livr. 48, pi. 4, f. 6, pi. 5, f. 1. 



Brazil to Mexico. 



Spilotes variabilis 49 



Dum. Bibr., 1854, Erp., VII, 220; Gthr., 1858, Cat., 99; Sumichr., 

 1873, Arch. Sci., 245. Coluber variabilis Max., 1825, Beitr., 271, — 

 1830, Abbild., Lief. 14, pi. 2, f. 3-6; Boie, 1827, Isis, 537. Coluber 

 puUatus Linn., 1754, Mus. Ad. Fridr., pi. 20, f. 3. Cerastes meximnus 

 & C. coronatus Laur., 1768, Synops., 83. Coluber mexicanus Gmel., 

 1788, Syst. Nat. Linn., I, 1088. Coluber plutonius Daud., 1803, Rept, 

 324; Men-., 1790, Beitr. (2), pi. 12. Coluber caninana Men., 1820, 

 Syst, 121. Spilotes pullatusWagl., 1830, Amph., 179; Schleg., 1837, 

 Essai, 149, pi. 6, f. 1, 2; Fitz., 1843, Syst, 26; Cope, 1861, Pr. Phil. 

 Ac, 300. 

 Seba, 1735, Thesaur., II, pi. 20, f. 1, pi. 105, f. 4; Scheuch., 1736, Bibl. 

 Sacr., pi. 662, f. 11, pi. 747, f..3. 



Mexico to Brazil. 



