Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; Ala. Mus., Alabama 

 Museum of Natural History; American, American Museum of 

 Natural History; W. S. Blatcliley, private collection of Doctor Blatch- 

 ley of Indianapolis; Brooklyn Mus., Brooklyn Museum; Calif. Acad. 

 Sci., California Academy of Sciences; Carnegie, Carnegie Museum of 

 Pittsburgh; Colo. S. Agr. Col., Colorado State Agricultural College; 

 Colo. 8. T. C, Colorado State Teachers' College; Cornell Univ., 

 Cornell University; Field, Field Museum of Natural History; W. E, 

 Jones, private collection of W. E. Jones of Satsimia, Alabama; 

 Kans. S. Agr. Col., Kansas State Agricultural College; Kans. Univ., 

 Kansas University; H. P. Lading, collection of H. P. Loding of 

 Mobile, Alabama; M. C. Z., Museum of Comparative Zoology; 

 San Diego Mus., San Diego Natural History Society; Oliio Univ., 

 Ohio State University; Stan. Z7mv., Stanford University; U.S.N.M., 

 United States National Museum; Univ. Ariz., University of Arizona; 

 M. V. Z., Museum of Vertebrate of Zoology of the University of 

 Cahfornia; Univ. Colo., University of Colorado; Univ. Mich., 

 Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan; T. van Aller, 

 collection of Dr. T. van Aller of Mobile; Wesleyan Univ., Wesleyan 

 University of Conneciticut. 



References in the text are to author, year, and page, and are to be 

 found in full in the Bibliography. Eeferences in the synonomies, 

 which are inclosed in brackets have not been examined by the writer. 



All of the outline and color pattern drawings are the work of 

 Miss Doris M. Cochran of Washington, District of Columbia, and all 

 are originals except figure 37 of Lampropeltis getulus hroolcsi which 

 was prepared from a drawing kindly loaned by Dr. Thomas Barbour 

 of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



In further explanation it should be mentioned that solid circles 

 on the maps of distribution indicate locahties from which specimens 

 have been examined, and hollow circles indicate reports that are 

 believed to be trustworthy. Only localities that are at least as 

 specific as counties are plotted, and a single circle may represent 

 several records near together. 



Genus LAMPROPELTIS Fitzinger. 



1843. Sphenophis FitzingeR', Sys. Rept., p. 25 (type, Coronella coccinea Schlegel;. 

 1843. Lampropeltis Fitzinger, Sys. Rept., p. 25 (type, Eerpetodryas getulus 



Schlegel). 

 1853. Osceola Baird and Girard, Cat. N. Amer. Rept., pt. 1, p. 133 (type, Cala- 



maria elapsoidea Holbrook). 

 1853. Ophibolus Baird and Girard, Cat. N. Amer. Rept., pt. 1, p. 82 (type, 



Herpetodryas getulus Schlegel). 

 1876. BellopMs Lockington, Proc. California Acad. Sci., vol. 7, p. 52 (tj-pe, 



zonatus Lockington). 



Description. — The genus Lampropeltis of Fitzinger, established upon 

 the Herpetodryas getulus of Schlegel (1837, 198) and later defined as 



