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on one side, where they are very small : length 8-i, breadth 

 G^ inches. 



5. Test. Polyphemus, {Gopher Tortoise.) — Testa oblonga 

 depressa ; scutellis pallide fuscis sulcatis nuchali, lato qua- 

 drato, sterno antice. dilatato; cauda obsoleta, unguibus de- 

 pressis quadratis. 



Test. Polyphemus Bartram, 18. Daud. Emys Poly- 

 phemus, Schw. Test, depressa, Lesueur Mss. (Mus. Par.) 

 Guerin Icon. Rept. t. If. I. Test. Carolina, Le Conte 

 Mss. (Mus. Par.) 



Hab. in America Septentrionali (v. t. Mus. Par.) 



6. Test, marginata [Bell-shaped Tortoise.) Testa oblonga 

 ventricosa, marginibus posticis horizontaliter explanatis, scu- 

 tellis sulcatis nigris flavo variegatis, areolis luteis parvis, scu- 

 tello nuchali elongate gracili. 



Test, maiginata Schoepf t. 11 and t. 12 f. 1. Test. 

 Grail, Herman. Test. Grceca Lacep, t. 5, f. 2, cop. Enc. 

 Meth t. 5, f. 4. Test, campanulata Walb. Test. Lu- 

 traria. Gmel. Spix Cephal, t. 4. f. 12 — 15. Anat. (caret) 



Hab. in Brasilia, Egyptia, Fitzinger, (v. v. Hort. Zool. 

 et t. Mus. D. Bell.) 



The Animal is black brown, with large scales on the limbs. 

 The sternum is nicked in front and birid behind. 



The Test, sulcata of Shaw, Miller, Cym. Phys. t. 26. cop. 

 Test, calcarata, Schw. Abhand. t. and Bechst. Lacep. t. Cher- 

 sina calcarata, (part) Merrem, may be intended for either this 

 or the following species, but it is not good for either. 



7. Test, radiata. {Radiated Tortoise.) — Testa hemisphe- 

 rica, scutellis planis sulcatis nigris flavoradiatis, areolis rufis, 

 scutello nuchali nuUo, sterno antice attenuate sinuato trun- 

 cato postice bifido. 



Test, radiata, Shaw, Grew Mus. t. 3, f. 1, cop. Shaw, 

 Zool. iii. t. 2, (Mus. Brit.) Test. Coui. Daud. t. 26 f. 1, 2, 

 (Mus. Par.) Test. Madagascarensis, Commerson (Mus. Par.) 

 T. calcarata, (part) Merrem, f. 11. Cuv. Os. Fos. v. 193, t.l2, 

 f. 40, Anat. i. 12, f. 1, f. 6, f. 13, f .16, 17, f. 27, 28, f. 35. 



)3. Senegalensis, Testa pallide lutea ; scutellis sulcatis, 

 areolis parvis rugosis, scutello caudali inflexo, pedibus squa- 

 mis magnis compressis tectis, ano bicalcarato — long. 15-|-", 



Habitat in Africa OccidentaH, Insula Madagascar (v. v. Hort. 

 nost.,ett. Mus, Brit. D. Bell, &c.) j3. Senegal (v. t. Mus. Pax.) 



