308 Mr. Bell on the Box Tortoises, 



Terrapene odorata. Merrem^ p. 27. 



Cistuda odorata. Say^ Journ. Ac, Sc. Phil, IV. 20fi. 



Habitat in America Septentrionali. 



Mus. Brit. 



Shell oval, convex ; sternum with only eleven plates. 



Species 4. 

 Boscii. ^S*. testa ovatd Icevi ; scutis marginalibus 20, sterni 1 1 . 

 Testudo Pennsylvanica, var. 3. Daud. II. 128. 

 Terrapene Boscii. Merrem^ p. 27. 

 Habitat in America Septentrionali. 



Shell ovate, smooth ; marginal plates 20, pectoral 11. 



I give this species from Merrem's description, not having seen 

 a specimen of it. It is not mentioned by Mr, Say in hi^ account 

 of the Land and Freshwater Tortoises of the United States, in the 

 Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences^ of Philadelphia, 



Genus III. TERRAPENE. Merrem. 

 Cistuda. Say. 



Sternum bivalve ; valva utraque eodem axe mobllis ; valva 

 posterior portionum duarura posteriorum sterni sistens. 



Sternum bivalve ; the two valves moving on the same axis ; the 

 posteriour valve consisting of the two posteriour portions or lobes 

 of the sternum. 



Species 1. 

 EuROPEA. T. testa ovata planiusculd, subcarinata ; subradiatim 

 punctata, 



Testudo Europaea. Schneid. Schildkr, 323, Schoepff^ p. 1. 1. 1. 

 Shawy Gen. Zool. 30. t. 5. 



T. lutaria. Linn. S, N. p. 352. 



? T. orbicularis. Linn. S,N. p. 351. 



T. Meleagris. Shaw, Nat,Misc, 4. p. 144. 



Emys lutaria. Merrem, p. 24. 



Habitat in Europ^ tcmperata. » 



Mus. Nost. 



