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is only the young animal. It may even be doubted whether Schweigger ever saw 

 the real E. insculpta, for he visited Paris in 1809, and published his Prodromus 

 in 1812; while the specimens in the Garden of Plants are said to have been sent 

 by Milbert, Lesueur and Leconte, from New York, which could only have happened 

 many years after. 



It follows, then, from these considerations, that the Emys pulchella of Schweig- 

 ger is not identical with the Testudo insculpta of Leconte, and that the Emys 

 pulchella of Dumeril and Bibron is; yet their name cannot be retained, as Leconte's 

 has the right of priority. 



