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Color. Dark reddish brown above; sides light reddish brown; fur ash color 
at base; side of the nose, half of the cheek, spot behind the ear, band across 
the thigh and beneath pure white; a black spot at the base of the long whiskers ; 
a superciliary ridge of white on either side; the penecillated portion of the 
tail is formed of long white hairs, with bright brown tips. 
Dimensions. 
Inches. 
Total length from tip of nose to root of tail, : : a) 
6é Bs of vertebra of tail, 3 % : B - 43-10ths.. 
ce 6c of tail, including hair at tip, : ° - §655-10ths. 
6 %G of os calcis, including middle toe and tail, - 165-10ths. 
sé WG of ear, : : 0 : ‘ - 44-10ths. 
Habitat. Western Texas. 
Obs. This animal I procured at El Paso on the Rio Grande, on my way to 
Santa Fe, whilst attached to the party under the command of Captain L. 
Sitgreaves, U.S. Army. Ihave named it in honor of Mr. Ord, President of this 
Society. 
The Committee on Dr. Hallowell’s descriptions of new Reptiles from 
California, reported in favor of publication in the Proceedings: 
On some New Reptiles from California. 
By Epwarp Hattowe tt, M. D. 
PITYOPHIS, Holbrook. 
Pirvopuis HEERMANNI. 
Specific characters.—-Head small, the two middle of the four posterior frontals 
much broader in front than behind; yellow above, a narrow black band between 
the orbits; occipital plates marked with black ; a narrow oblique band of black 
passing from the posterior margin of the orbit, to the angle of the jaw; body 
yellowish, with about fifty distinct subquadrate black spots, emarginate in front 
and .posteriorly ; emarginations less distinct toward tail; interspaces between 
these large spots, presenting smaller ones, forming a continuous row on each 
side of the back; about sixteen transverse black spots upon the tail; intermediate 
spaces yellowish ; chin and throat straw color, the lateral extremities of many 
of the scuta with black spots; thirty rows of scales, those upon the back small, 
and distinctly carinated; the four or five inferior rows on each side much larger 
than the others, and smooth; tail short. 
Dimensions.—Length of head, 8 lines; greatest breadth, 5 lines; length of 
body 1 foot, of tail 2 inches 3 lines ; total length, 1 foot 2 inches 11 lines; cir- 
cumference 14 lines. 
Remarks.—Abundant in California; grows to a much larger size. The spe- 
cimen in the Museum of the Academy came from the mines, in the vicinity of 
the Cosumnes river ; one specimen was found under a log, and Dr. Heermann 
found several basking in the sun, during the middle of the day, on the banks of 
streams, in sandy and gravelly places. 
CORONELLA, Laurentz. 
CoRONELLA BALTEATA. 
Specific characters.—Head small and stout, outline oval, depressed above, 
covered with nine plates; eyes projecting, anterior frontals smaller than poste- 
rior, nostrils between two plates ; a very small frenal; one large antocular, two 
posterior oculars, seven superior labials on each side; neck contracted, body 
slender, cylindrical, somewhat thicker near the middle; tail rather short and 
tapering gradually to a point; twenty-three rows of smooth hexagonal scales ; 
a series of about thirty narrow yellowish-white fascie, alternating with as 
