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BULLETIN 114, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



1904, 376), Mitchell, Lyon, Franklin, Kepublic, Shawnee, Scott, 

 Gove, Logan, Geary, Sumner, Miami, Pottawatomie, and Neosho. 



This form has been reported from Sapulpa, Oklahoma, by Mr. Karl 

 P. Schmidt (1919, 71), but examination by the writer of the specimen 

 upon which this record is based shows it to be a very different snake, 



Fig. 41.— Map showing locality records for Lampropeltis calliqaster. 



but one which is frequently confused with calligaster, that is, Ela- 

 'phe laeta. 



It is reported for Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, by W. H. 

 Smith (1882, 689), but, from the description, the identification is 

 obviously mcorrect. This is doubtless the basis of Morse's report of 

 later date (1904, 130). 



There is a specimen in the collection of the American Museum of 

 Natural History, labeled 'Svest coast of Mexico," Frank Trubaudt, 

 collector, but it seems to be impossible to verify this record, or to 

 learn anything more definite as to the locality. It is not at all im- 



