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indistinct dull whitish lateral stripe on second and third ows. Dark olive brown or black above the lateral stripe. Abdomen dark 
ashy olive or black.—(Kennicott.) 
No. 866. Bank of Pit river, California. Dr. J. S. Newberry. 
PITYOPH1S CATENIFER, B . & G . 
Coluber catenifer, Blainville, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Ill, 1834 ; pi. xxvi, fig. 2. 
Pituophis catenifer, B. & G. Catal. Am. Serp. 1853, 69.— Girard, Herp. Ex. Ex. 1858, 135; pi. viii, figs. 1—7. 
Spec. Char.— Head elongated, conical anteriorly, narrow; snout obtuse. Bostral very broad, vertical plate pentagonal 
elongated, narrow, broader anteriorly. The ante-orbitals 2, post-orbitals 3 Tail forming a to ^ the total length. Dorsal 
rows of scales 29—31; 7 to 9 of the external rows smooth. Ground color yellowish, deepest on the back. A series of about 
60—70 sub-quadrate blotches from head to anus, 3 or 4 smaller series on each side. Two or three of the lateral series perfect 
to the tail, one continued on it. The lateral blotches not assuming the form of a series of vertical bars posteriorly. Fifteen or 
twenty broad, short transverse bands on the tall which are separated from the sub-caudal scuttellae by the width of two or three 
scales.—(Kennicott.) 
No. 1423. Will mette valley, Oregon. 181 Banks of Pit river, California. Dr. J. S. 
Newberry. 
OPHIBOLUS BOYL 1, B. & G. 
Opliibolus buylii, B. & G. Catal. N. Am. Serp. 1853, 82. 
Coronclla balteata, Hallow. Pr. A. N. Sc. VI, Jan. 1853, 236. 
Sp. Ch. —Black, with upwards of 30 broad ivory white transverse bands widening on the sides. Dorsal rows of scales 23. 
1103. Fort Reading, California. Dr. Newberry. 
MASTICOPHIS TAENIAT S, B. & G. 
Lcptopkis taeniata, Hallowell, Pr. A. N. Sc. VI, 1852, 181. 
Masticophis taeniatus, B. & G. Catal. Serp. 1853, 103. 
Sp. Ch —A broad brown dorsal stripe margined by a darker line. Tiie four outer rows of scales on each side yellow, with a 
dark line through the centre of each. A dark line along the edge of the abdomen, making six dark lines on each side. Beneath 
yellowish. Dorsal rows 15. Tail about one-third the total length. 
1983. Canoe creek, California. Dr. Newberry. 
BASCANION VETUSTUS, B. & G. 
Bascanion vetustus, B. & G Catal. N. Am. Serp. 1853, 97.— Girard, Herp. U. S. Ex. Ex. 1858,127; pi. viii, figs. 12—19. 
Sp. Ch. —Stouter than B. favivcntris. Breadth of head across superciliaries equal to half the interval between tip of rostral 
and posterior end of occipitals. Lower postorbital in notch between the fourth and fifth labials. Olive-brown above, greenbk 
white beneath. 
No. 1765. Pit river valley, California. 1785. Klamath Lake, Oregon. Dr. Newberry. 
DIADOPHIS PULCHELLUS, B. & G. 
Diadophis pulchcllus, B. & G. Catal. N. Am. Serp. 1853, 115. 
Spec. Char.— Body above uniform dark greenish brown; beneath orange with small black spots scattered irregularly all over 
from head to tail; these spots sometimes absent. Color of abdomen extending upon lateral dorsal scales. Occipital ring 
broad. Dorsal scales in 15 rows. 
No. 2071. California. Dr. Newberry. 
WENONA PLUMBEA, B. & G. 
Wenona plumbea, B. & G. Pr. A. N. Sc. VI, 1852, 176.—In. Catal. N. A. Serp. 1853, 139.— Girard, Herp. U. S. Ex. 
Ex, 1858 112; pi. vii, figs. 1—7. 
