156 SYSTEMATIC LIST AND SYNONYMY. 



O P H I D I A— Continued. 



Var. zonatus 67 



/ Coluber (zaeholus) zonatus Blainv., 1835, Nouv. Ann. Mus., IV, 293; B. 

 & G., 1853, Serp., 153. Bellophis zonatus Lockington, 1876, Pr. Cal. 

 Acad. California. ' 



Var. annulatus 



Lampropeltis annvlata Kenn., 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 329; Cope, 1860, Pr. 

 Phil. Ac, '257. Ophibolus doliatus subsp. annulatus Cope, 1875, Check- 

 list, 36; Yarrow, 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, 537. ? Lampropeltis poly- 

 zona Cope, 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 258. 1 L< amaurus Cope, 1. c, 258. 



Bright red, 18 to 22 pairs of black rings from head to vent, each 

 pair inclosing a spotless yellow ring, which encircles the body, widen- 

 ing but little on the flanks. Belly between the yellow rings black. 

 Top of head black, this color extending back upon the occipitals in 

 an acute angle. A broad occipital yellow ring. (Kenn.) 



Mexico. 



Var. KHOMBOMACULATUS 



Coronella rhombomaculata Holbr., 1842, Herp., Ill, 103, pi. 23; Jan, 1863, 

 Sist., 47, — 1866, Icon., livr. 17, pi. II, f. 1 — 2. Ojjhibolus rhombomac- 

 ulatus B. & G., 1853, Serp., 86; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 30, f. 

 60; Cope, 1875, Checklist, 37. Lampropeltis rhombomaculatus Cope, 

 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 255. 



Top of head and back chestnut brown, with a vertebral series of 

 rhomboid reddish-brown spots. Lower surface salmon-colored, more 

 or less bright. Ventrals 211 ; subcaudals 45. (Holbr.) 



Southeastern United States. 

 Ophibolus getulus (Chain Snake) 68 



Baird & Girard, 1853, Serp., 255; Bd., 1854, Serp. N. Y., 20, — 1859, 

 P. B. R. Rep., X, pi. 31, f. 65. Coluber getulus Linn., 1766, Syst,, I, 

 382; Gmel., 178S, Syst. Linn., I, 1106; Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac, 

 358, — 1835, Med. Res., 122; Peale, 1829, Macl. Lye, I, pi. V; Gthr., 

 1858, Cat., 249. Coronella getula Holbr., 1842, Herp., Ill, 95, pi. 21 ; 

 D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 616; Jan, 1863, Sist, 47, — 1865, Icon., livr. 

 14, pi. 5, f. 1. Lampropeltis getula Cope, 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 255. 

 Ophibolus getulus subsp. getulus Cope, 1875, Checklist, 37, — 1880, 

 Bull. 20, U. S. Mus., 23. Pseudoelaps getulus Fitz., 1826, Neue Class. 

 Rept, 26. 



Chain Snake Catesby, 1743, Carol., II, 52. Chain Snake; King Snake; 

 Thunder Snake. Southern States to Texas. 



Var. sayi (King Snake) 68 



Coronella sayi. Holbr., 1S42, Herp., 99, pi. 22; D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 

 619; Gthr., 1S5S, Cat., 41. Coluber sayi DeK., 1842, Rept, 41. Her- 

 petodryas getulus Sehleg., 1837, Essai, I, 153, II, 198. Lampropeltis get- 

 ulus Fitz., 1843, Syst., 25. Lampropeltis sayi Cope, 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 

 254. Ophibolus sayi B. & G., 1853, Serp., pp. 84, 159, — 1854, Marcy's 

 Exp., pi. 7 ; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 30, f. 59. O. getulus var. 

 sayi Cope, 1875, Checklist, 37. O. getulus sayi Cope, 1880, Bull. 20, U. 

 S. Mus., 23. Coronella getulus var. sayi Jan, 1863, Sist., 47, — 1865, 

 Icon., livr. 14, pi. 5, f. 2. Mississippi Valley to Illinois and Texas. 



