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18. EMYS SPINOSA, Bell. 



Tab. XXVI. & XXVII. (old aud young). 



Geoemyda spinosa. Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. Suppl. p. 25. 



Hab. Penang, Sumatra, Borneo, Camboja, and Pegu. 



The males of these animals have a concave sternum like the Land Tortoises. The eggs are large, 

 elongate ; they are deposited a few at a time in holes of about 9 inches deep in the most unfrequented 

 parts of the forest. 



19. EMYS GUTTATA, Schweigyer. 

 Tab. XXVIII. (tipper and under sides). 

 Geoclemmys guttata, Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. Suppl. p. 27. 

 Hab. North America. 



According to Holbrook this species, like Emys picta, is widely extended. Leconte, who is a good 

 authority, says " over the whole United States." 



I have observed it from the Atlantic border, from lat. 43° to Plorida, but have never seen a specimen 

 from the Western or South-western States. 



It is timid and gentle and can easily be domesticated. It lives in ponds, brooks, and rivers, 

 feeding on such animals as it can seize, as tadpoles, young frogs, &c. It takes to the land frequently 

 in search of food, devouring earthworms, crickets, grasshoppers, &c. 



20. EMYS SCABRA, ^'Unur 



Tab. XXIX. & XXX. 



Wiinoclemmys scahra, Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. Suppl. p. 30. 



Hab. South America. 



The eggs are of a peculiar form, being long oval. The head is black, with a red spot on each side 

 of the nose and on the occiput, and a sinuous and urn-shaped band over the orbits and temples. In 

 the streak on the head the figure is different from any specimen that I have seen ; and I therefore 

 propose to call it, provisionally, Mhinoclemmys BelUi. 



