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acute pi'oiniacnlia, postrenuim svibrcctangulum , ininus compressum, posticuin impar 

 rectangulo-marginalum, mcdio globoso-gibbum, sublus birge coiicavum. Pcctus 

 auranlio-flavum , ellipticum , elongatum , anticc subaculum , subconvexuin, subbifur- 

 catum, postice obtuse excavato- sinuatum, medio concavum ; bractcae duodecim , 

 iion striatae, nigro-marginatae, (juaruin antcrior geinina , subrectangula , poslice ob- 

 tusa, antice truncata, mcdio disjuncta , sccunda oblonga, rectangula , extus rotunda- 

 to- marginata , tertia subtrapezoidea , intus angustissima, (^uarta maxiina, quadrata, 

 quinta subquadrata , minor, postica gemina, ininima, transverse subrectangula, po- 

 stice obtuse excavata , teslain vix attingens. Pedes robusti , flavicantes ; palmae 

 plantae<jue globoso - clavatae , squainosae sive scutellatac; uagues virescentcs, obtusi, 

 plaiii; cauda sc[uamosa, testam non exsuperans. Longitudo corporis i°5'> capitis 

 2^', testae i°3', caudae i-j'; latitudo capitis i-|', testae 8'; altitudo tcstae 5-^'. 



Habitat in sylvis ad flumen Solimoens, ubi incolis Japuty Grande audit. 



Species i6. TESTUDO SCULPTxV. Tab. XV. 



JMediocris, citrino-ochracea-, testa subcylindrica, globoso-elevata, citrino-flavescente, poslice suLrolundataj 

 scutis planiusculis, medio granulatis tuberculatisque, ad margines fuscescentibus, strigil.itis , 

 strigis subrectangulis; scutis spinalil)us transverse oblongis, hexagonis, anlico impari deficiente; 

 pectore anlice ilentato, poslice breviore quam scutum. 



J_>/ Es CRiPTio. Caput subglobosum, supra planiusculum , triscutellatum , flavo- 

 fuscum , reliquum squaniulosum , aatice obtuse trigonum , truacatum ; maxillae sub- 

 viresceates , rectangulae , denticulatae , superior antice bidentata; collum breve, 

 membranosum, cinerascens. Tesla cyliadrico-subrectaagula, oblonga , elevato-con- 

 vexa , ad margincm externum non rcflexa , supra planiuscula , antice vix angustior, 

 subdeclivis , medio angulate emarginata, poslice anguslior, ovata, subconvexa, decT 

 livis; scuta planiora, subquadrata , striata, inedio tuberculata, granulosa, citrino-fla- 

 va , spinalia quinquc , subbexagona , transverse oblonga , qviorum primum anti- 

 cum pentagonum, apice largiusculum , medio triangulare, subacutum, secundum 

 et tertium aeque magna , hexagona , transversc oblonga , c^uartum hexagonum , pos- 

 stice angustius, oblicjuum, cjuintum trapezoideum, dcclive, convexum, antice an- 

 gustius, postice largum , rotundato-margiaatum, lateralia (jviatuor, subverlicalia, 



