Sttjneger — Some Generic Ncunes of Turtles. 23*7 



Kinosternoii S[)i\. 



1824. Kiiiosfernoii Spix, Testiul. Brasil., p. 17 (type A", lov- 



gicauddti'oi 4- /r. hrevicaudatuvi = Testudo ftcorp)'- 



oides = Tcrrapene tricarinata Merremj. 

 18-2.'). Stervothertis Gray, Ann. Philos. (n. s.) X, Sep., ]>. 211 

 (type S. odoratvH). 



1825. Sfernothtxrus Bell, Zool. Jourii., II, p. 80.3 (type tS'. 



odoredns). 



1829. SternotcirKS Gravenborst. Delic. Mus. Vratislav., p. 



17 (emend.). 

 1855. Arowochelys Gray, Cat. Shield Kept. Brit. Mus., I, p. 

 4f) (.1. odoratiim). 



Pelusios AVapler. 



1830. Pebi)<o>s Waglt'!-, Nat. Syst. Anipli., p. 137 (type Htni/a 



castanea -j- K. suhniijrd = Terrapene nigricans 

 Merreni). 



1831. IStrrnothcrvs Gray, Synops. Kept., p. 37 (same type) 



(not of 1825). 



Cyclemys l!i>ll. 



1830. SfrrnofhaerH'S Wagler, Nat. Syst. Ampli., p. {37 (type 

 S. Prifasciatiis) (not of Bell 1825). 



1834. Cydetm/s Bell, Proc. Zool. Soo. London, 1834. p. 17 

 (type (J. orhieulata). 



II. 



Gray's generic name Nicoria is plainly untenable being ante- 

 dated by the same author's Geoemyda. 



The type of the latter has been believed to be G. 

 spijiosa, but as I am going to show, this assumption is entirely 

 erroneouH. The type of Geoemydn^ on the contrary, is un- 

 doubtedly G. spenghrl which is so characterized in the original 

 communication establishing the name in the following words 

 (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1834, p. 09): 



"Specimens were exhibited of several Reptiles, which were 

 accompanied by notes by Mr. Gray. These notes were i-ead: 



