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ZOOLOGY. 
CROTALUS LUCIFER, B. & GL—Oregon Rattlesnake. 
Plate XI 
Crotalus lucifer, B. & G. Pr. A. N. So. VI, 1852, 177 .—Ib. Catal. N. Am. Serp. 1853, 6 .— Girard, Herp. U. S .Ex. 
Ex. 1858, 187, pi. xv. figs. 1— 6 . 
Spec. Char. —Head short, rather broad and deep, angles much rounded ; nose less pointed than in C. confluentus. Labials 
above 15-16; below 15-16. Dorsal rows 25. A dorsal series of brown blotches not margined by whitish ; two small, irregular 
lateral series on each side. Posteriorly 15 or 2(1 half rings, becoming blackish n old specimens. Light stripe from orbit below 
superciliary to angle of jaw above upper labials. Light stripe before the eye expanded upon the whole of the upper labials and 
front and sides of face below the crown and in front of the orbits. Single light transverse line on superc’haries often obsolete 
Rostral not edged with lighter.—(Kennicott.) 
No. 379. Lost river, Oregon Territory. Dr. Ne berry. 
EUTAENIA INFERNALIS, B. & GL 
? Coluber infernalis, Blainville, Nouv. Ann. du Mus. Ill, 1834, 59, pi xxvi, fig. 3. 
Eutaenia infernalis, B. & G. Catal. N. Am. Serp. 1853, 26.— Girard, Herp U. S Ex. Ex. 1858. 148, pi. xiv, figs. 
11—16. 
Spec. Char —Most slender of all the species of the section. Head and eye large. Above black; a series of about 110 
triangular reddish yellow spots, confluent with the indistinct lateral stripe, itself confluent with the greenish white sides and 
abdomen. Lateral stripe on second and third lateral rows. Dorsal rows 19. 
No. 893. Fort Reading, California. Dr. Hammond. 
EUTAENIA CONCINNA, B. & GL 
Tropidonotus concinnus, Hallo well, Pr. A N. Sc. VI, 1852, 182. 
Eutaenia concinna, B. & G. Catal. N. Am. Serp. 1853, 146. 
Spec. Char. —Dorsal rows of scales 21, all carinated. Black, with a dorsal light stripe, and the usual lateral stripes replaced 
by a series of distinct salmon-colored spots. 
No. 937. Portland, Oregon. Dr. J. S. Newberry. 
EUTAENIA ELEGANS, B. & GL 
Eutaenia elegans, B. & G. Catal. N. Am. Serp. 1853, 35. 
Tropidonotus trivittatus, Hallow. Pr. A. N. Sc. VI, Jan. 1853. 237. 
Spec. Char. —Body moderately stout, compact, and cylindrical; stouter than E. pickeringii, and the tail proportionally 
shorter. Head short, labials largely developed, eight above, sixth largest. Dorsal rows 19-21. Scales smaller than in E. 
pickeringii. In color strongly resembles E. faireyii, but with the lateral stripes differently situated. Uniform black above. 
Uniform light greenish below, not darker posteriorly. A broad light yellow dorsal stripe distinct to the end of the tail; the 
lateral stripe, on the second and third rows, broad and we!' defined of a greenish white color.—(Kennicott.) 
No. 879. Canoe Creek, Oregon Territory.- -31. Willamette valley, Oregon Territory.— 
884. Pit River valley, California. Dr. J. S. Newberry.—No. 878. Fort Reading, California. 
Dr. Hammond. 
EUTAENIA COUCHII, Kennicott. 
Spec. Char. —Body moderately stout. Tail less than one-fourth the total length and very small. Head exceedingly elongated 
and narrow, more so than in any other of the genus. Snout very loDg, narrow, and pointed. Crown plane above ; eye large ; 
8 upper labials, 6 largest, 7 scarcely smaller. Dorsal rows 21 ; outer row large, very faintly carinated; the second smaller but 
broader than the third; the rest, rather large, elongated, and strongly carinated. Dorsal stripe narrow and very indistinot. An 
