
No. 426.] THE COMMON GARTER SNAKE. 487 
12. Same locality. Dorsal and lateral stripes distinct, yel- 
low. Sides below lateral stripes, and gastrosteges, greenish. 
Spots distinct. Ground color above lateral stripes olive brown. 
13. Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Dorsal stripe con- 
spicuous throughout; clear yellow. Lateral stripes fairly 
distinct. Sides below lateral stripes brownish green; gastros- 
teges dark greenish. Ground color above lateral stripes very 
dark brown, almost black. The location of the spots, on this 
dark background, is only indicated by the blackness of their 
interspaces, the normal interspaces being light greenish. 
14. Rochester, N.Y. Dorsal stripe fairly conspicuous. Lat- 
eral stripes indistinct. Ground color above lateral stripes soft 
olive. Spots of chestnut scales, with black edges and inter- 
spaces. 
15. Ausable Forks, Essex County, N.Y. Dorsal stripe dull 
yellow brown, but fairly distinct. Lateral stripes faint. Sides 
below lateral stripes brown. Gastrosteges brownish green. 
Ground color above lateral stripes dark greenish brown. Spots 
indistinct. 
16. Same locality. Dorsal stripe very faint; dull dark 
brown. Lateral stripes visible; yellowish brown. Sides below 
lateral stripes dark brown. Gastrosteges grayish green. Above 
lateral stripes dark olive brown. Spots indistinct because of 
darkness of ground color; composed of scales only a little 
redder than the ground color, with black interspaces. 
17. Same locality. Dorsal stripe rather faint, dull brown. 
Lateral stripes very faint. Sides below lateral stripes brown- 
ish green. Gastrosteges greenish. Ground color above lateral 
stripes greenish olive. Spots small and indistinct ; composed 
of chestnut scales, with black edges and interspaces. Eight 
superior labials on each side resulting from the division of the 
(normal) second upper labial. Lower anterior portion of pre- 
frontal plates on each side divided, so as to give, in effect, two 
loreals, one above the other. 
- The following table gives certain data concerning the locali- 
ties from which the specimens in the above list were obtained. 
In the cases of Moody, Rochester, Oneida, and Rensselaer the 
elevations given are those of the exact collecting localities. 
