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20. Ophibolus calligaster. Say. 
Evan’s King Snake. 
I collected one specimen of this King Snake (IT. S. National Mus., 
No. 21,486) about a mile west of Waco, and at the same time saw two 
others, which, however, escaped by crawling into burrows made by small 
mammals. 
21. Ophibolus getulvs sayi. Holbrook. 
Say’s King Snake. 
A common species. 
22. Rhinochilus leconlei. Baird and Girard. 
Le Conte’s Snake. 
I have' collected but one specimen of this species; but I have seen sev- 
eral others, all in the Bosque country. 
23. Natrix rhombifera. Hallowell. 
Diamond Water Snake.. 
A common species in the marshes and along the creeks. 
24. Natrix fasciata transversa. Hallowell. 
Hallowell’s Water Snake. 
Apparently our commonest water snake. 
25. Natrix fasciata erythrog aster. Shaw. 
Bed-bellied Water Snake. 
One specimen collected near the suspension bridge over the Brazos 
river at Waco. Identified by Mr. Julius Hurter, the St. Louis herpetol- 
ogist. 
26. Natrix graha7ni. Baird and Girard. 
Graham’s Water Snake. 
One specimen; from Bosque river near Waco. 
27. Storeria delcayi. Holbrook. 
DeKay’s Snake. 
A common species along the Brazos banks at Waco. I have not met 
with it elsewhere. 
28. Haldea striatida. Linn. 
Brown Snake. 
Very abundant, especially in the wooded districts where I find them 
principally among masses of decayed wood and dead leaves. 
29. Tropidoclonium lineatum. Hallowell. 
Lined Snake. 
A common species. 
