. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. VARIATIONS OF GARTER-SNAKES. 93 in these localities tlian to the northward the southern mart^in may be placed tentativel}^ at the Ohio River.'^ If we admit for the tim(^ being that hutleri and hrachystoma are identical, we find that for twelve years after its description the type of the latter (which was taken in Franklin, Venango County) repre- sented the only Pennsylvania locality from which the form was known to occur. In 1905, however, IMr. II. F. Fowler, of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelpliia, secured a second specimen (Sto
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. VARIATIONS OF GARTER-SNAKES. 93 in these localities tlian to the northward the southern mart^in may be placed tentativel}^ at the Ohio River.'^ If we admit for the tim(^ being that hutleri and hrachystoma are identical, we find that for twelve years after its description the type of the latter (which was taken in Franklin, Venango County) repre- sented the only Pennsylvania locality from which the form was known to occur. In 1905, however, IMr. II. F. Fowler, of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelpliia, secured a second specimen (Stone, 1906,165) near Port Allegheii}^, McKean Countj^. Tliis specimen is of interest, as not only extending the range considerably to the east- ward, but as also probably representing approximately the eastern 423t:^. Fig. 30. DisTRiDUTioN of TuAMNonus hutleki, as indicated by the locality records. limit of its occurrence. These specimens will be further discussed in the consideration of the variation of the group. At tliis point mention should again be made of the three specimens in the U. S. National Museimi from Milwaukee,Wisconsin. I have given my reasons for referring these specimens to radix, but it must be admitted that the}^ resemble hutleri so closely as to be indistinguish- able, and it may be that further material will show them to belong to this form and extentl the range aroimd the southern end of Lake Micliigan, but the solution of the problem given on page 85 seems the most plausible one at present. It is impossi])le with our imperfect knowledge of iho limits of its range to point out any close relations between tne distribution of oAs this paper is passing through the press I have received a specimen of hutleri from Dayton, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States Na
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