SYSTEMATIC LIST AXD SYNONYMY. fM 



OPHIDI A— Continued. 



Var. elapsoideits 65 



Osceola elapsoidea Baird & Girard, 1853, Serp., 133; Mart., 1856, Mus. 

 Berl., 24; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 33, f. 97; Cope, 1875, Check- 

 list, 36, — 1877, Pr. Am. Phil. Soc, 65. Calamaria elapsoidea Holbr., 

 1842, Herp., Ill, 119, pi. 2S. 



Coronella coceinea Jan, 1S63, Sist., 46, — 1866, Icon., livr. 17, pi. 1, f. L 

 Cemophora coccinea Jan, 1865, Icon., livr. 11, pi. 5, f. 1. 



Southern States east of the Mississippi. 

 Opiiibolus triangulvs 65 



La Triangle LaC, 1789, Serp., II, 331. Coluber Iriangulus Boie, 1827, 

 Isis, 537. Ablabes triangulum D. & B., 1S54, Erp., VII, 315. Lampro- 

 pellis triangula Cope, 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 256; Allen, 1869, Pr. Bost. 

 Soc, 180. Coluber eximius Stor., 1839, Mass. Rep., 227; Holbr., 1842, 

 Herp., Ill, 69, pi. 15; DeK., 1842, N. Y. Rept., 28, pi. 12, f. 25; 

 Gthr., 1858, Cat., 91. Ophibolus eximius & clericus B. & G., 1853, 

 Serp., 87 and 88; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 30, f. 61, 62, — 

 1854, Serp. N. Y., 21. 0. doliatus var. iriangulus Cope, 1875, Check- 

 list, 37. Coronella eximia Jan, 1863, Sist., 46, — 1866, Icon., livr. 17, 

 pi. I, f. 3. 



Pseudelaps y Berth., 1843, Abb.. Gott., I, 67, pi. 1, f. 11 and 12. Abla- 

 bes triangulum var. clericus Hall, 1856, Pr. Phil. Ac, 246. 



Coluber eximius of Harlan, with 250 + 33 to 60 ventrals and subcaudals; 

 is probably a species of Scotophis.) 



House Snake; Chicken Snake; Milk Snake; or Thunder Snake. 



East of the Mississippi to Canada. 



Var. CALLIGASTER 68 



Coluber calligaster Harl., 1835, Med. Res., 122. Ablabes triangulum Tar. 

 Calligaster Hall., 1856, Pr. Ac. Phil., 244. Lampropeltis calligaster Cope, 

 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 255. Ophibolus calligaster Cope, 1875, Checklist, 

 37. 0. evansii Kenn., 1859, Pr. Phil. Ac, 99. (?) Coronella evansii 

 Jan, 1863, Sist., 47, — 1866, Icon., livr. 17, pi. 2, f. 3. 



Northern portion of the Mississippi Valley. 



Var. mexicanus , 66 



San Luis Potosi. 



Var. doliatus 66 



Ophibolus doliatus B. & G., 1853, Serp., 89 ; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, 

 pi. 30, f. 63. Coronella dolkda var. gentilis Jan, 1863, Sist., 46, — 1866, 

 Icon., livr. 17, pi. 1, f. 2. Lampropeltis multistriata Kenn., 1860, Pr. 

 Phil. Ac, 328. Coronella doliata Jan, 1863, Sist., 46, — 1865, Icon., 

 livr. 14, pi. 4, f. 1. | 



Nebraska and southward. 



Var. gentims 66 



Ophibolus gentilis B. & G., 1853, Serp., 90, — 1854, Marcy's Exp., 229, pi. 

 8; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 30, f. 64. Lampropeltis doliata 

 Cope, 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 256. Ophibolus doliatus subsp. doliatus Cope, 

 1875, Checklist, 37. 



Arkansas to Utah. 



