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aculc promincnlia, poslremum suhreclangulum , mlnus compressumj posticum impar 

 rectangulo-marginalum) mcilio globoso-gibbum , sublus large coiicavum. reclus 

 auranlio-flavum , clliplicum , clongatum , anlice subaculum , subconvexum, subbilur- 

 calum, poslice obtuse excavato- sinualum , meclio concavum ; bi'acteae duodccim , 

 non striatac, nigro-marginatac, quarum anterior gcmina, subrectangula, postice ob- 

 tusa, antice truncata, mcdio disjuncla , secunda oblonga, rectangula, cxtus rotunda- 

 to- inarginata , tcrlia subtrapezoidea, intus angustissiina, (^uarta inaxiina, quadrata, 

 quinta subc[uadrata , minor, postica gciuina, minima, Iransverse subrectangula, po- 

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

 plantaec£ue globoso - clavatae , sc^uamosae sive scutcllatae; ungucs virescentcs, obtusi, 

 plani; cauda scjuamosa, leslam non exsupcrans. Longitudo corporis i °5' , capilis 

 sl-', testae i°3', cavidae i^^'; latitudo capitis 1 1', testac 8'} altiludo tcstae 5^'. 



Ilabilat in sylvis ad flumen Solimoens, ubi incolis Japuty Grande audit* 



Species 16. TESTUDO SCULPTA. tab. xv. 



IMediocris, citrino-ochracea; tesfa subcylindrica, globoso-elevala, citrino -flavescente, postice subrotundala; 

 scutis planiusculis, medio granulatis tuberculalisque, ad ixiargines fuscescenlibus, strigilalis , 

 strigis subrectangulis; scutis spinalil)us iransverse obloftgis , hexagonis, antico impari deficientei 

 pectore antice dentalo, poslice breviore <juam sculum. 



i_>f ESCRiPTio. Caput subglobosum, supra planiusculum , triscutcllatum , flavo- 

 fuscum , rclic^uum scjuamulosum , antice obtuse Irigonum , truncatum ; inaxillae sub- 

 virescentes, rectangulae , denticvxlatae , supcrior antice bidentata; collum breve, 

 membranosum , cincrasccns. T e s t a cylindrico - subrcctangula, oblonga , elevato - con- 

 vexa, ad inarginem externum non reflexa, supra planiuscula, antice vix angustior, 

 subdcclivis, medio angulate cmarginata, poslice angustior, ovata, subconvexa, dec- 

 livis; scuta planiora, subcjuadrata , slriata, medio luberculata, granulosa, citrino-fla- 

 va , spinalia cjuinquc , subbcxagona , transverse oblonga , quorum primum anti- 

 cum pentaoonum, apice largiusculum , medio triangulare, subaculum, secundum 

 et tertium aeque magna , bexagona , transverse oblonga , quartum hexagonum , pos- 

 stice angustius, obli(|uum, quintum trapezoideum, declive, convexum, antice an- 

 custius, postice largum , rotundalo-marginalum, lateralia c^ualuor, subverlicalia, 



