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green ; the head smooth, with some broad yellow lines on the 

 beak, and a broad irregular yellow spot on the side of the 

 chin ; three or four irregular narrow lines on the temples ; a 

 small spot between the eye and ear, and two or three very 

 thin, somewhat concentric, angular, black edged yellow lines 

 on the top of the head, which are continued, and become 

 rather broader on the back of the neck; chin and lower 

 part and sides of the neck with dark edged, broader, yellow 

 lines ; chest and front of the fore -arms, with long yellow spots ; 

 the front of the fore-feet with three or four broad yellow 

 bands, which diverge and fork, so that one goes down each toe ; 

 hind-feet yellow striped ; tail with two series of larger plates 

 beneath, and two over the upper part of the tip, with a yellow 

 band on each side ; skin of the hinder parts, and side of tail, 

 with rows of small spine-like scales. Length of the shell 

 6, breadth 3^ inches; length of the head 1, breadth | 

 inch. 



I am indebted to the kindness of Dr. Ruppell for the 

 knowledge of this species, which has only hitherto been 

 described by Gmelin. It is very distinct from the other 

 species of the genus. Dr. Wagler, by some error, has con- 

 sidered it the same as Emys Scripta, which is an American 

 species. The species described by Gmelin, (Syst. Nat. i, 

 1042, note a.), appears to belong to Emys Vulgaris; his Test. 

 Lutraria is made up of an Emys and two Testudines. 



Page 30, n. 25. Emys oriiata. — This species should be 

 as from Mr. Bell's Mss. I having adopted his Mss. name 

 for the species. 



Page 33. Seba,j.t. 79, f. 1, 2, figures a species of this genus, 

 with three keels, which greatly resembles Cistuda amhoinensis, 

 in shape and in the sternum entire behind, but it has the 

 symphysis of the E^nydes. Linneus cited it as Testiido Scalra, 

 it may be distinguished provisionally as Emys Sebcs. He 

 describes it reddish, varied with white lines, spots, and flames. 

 The feet red -spotted. The sternum appears to be pale on 

 the sides. Much like E. vulgaris. 



Page 34, Gen. Kinosternon.—Dx. Wagler has changed 

 the K. of this name into C, and has formed for those 

 species which have a very narrow sternum, as Kinosternon 

 triporcatum, a nej^v genus, under the name of Staurotypus. 



Page 36. Kinosternon triporcatum, (three-ridged Kinos- 

 ternon.) — Testa oblonga convexa fusca, tricarinata ; carinis 

 approximatis, intermedia valde elevata postice cultrata ; sterno 

 angustissimo, antice mobili. 



