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the parietals, and laterally as far as the eyes. The temporals, 

 labials, and anterior head plates have each a black blotch on the 

 posterior portion. On the upper labials, beneath the eye, there is a 

 large black spot. 



The rings vary greatly in width, but the red ones are commonly 

 about as wide as the black and white together. All the annuli are 

 generally completed on the belly, but the red bands here are often 



Fig. 46.— Map showing locality records for Lampropeltis micropholis. 



checked or even completely filled with black, and, opposite the whit- 

 ish bands, there is often a large black blotch. The dorsal scales of 

 the red areas are usually black-tipped, but the black may be greatly 

 reduced or entirely absent. 



The colors can not be satisfactorily determined from alcoholic 

 material, but some of that at hand is in excellent condition. It is 

 quite evident that the homologues of the red areas of 'polxjzona are 

 red here also, and that this red may extend across the belly; further- 



