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TESTVDINE IMBRICATA. 



i)^Jomefi: Teftudo pedibus pinniformibus, tefta cordata, fub« 

 '^^ carinata, ferrata, fcutellis imbricatis , cauda (quamata L, 



a) Syn, Teftiido pedibus pinniformibus , tefta cordata, fubcari« 

 nata , margine ferrato, fcutellis imbricatis, latiurculis. Gron, 

 JZooph. p. i6. n. 72. 



Caretta Knorrii Delic. naturae. tab. L. 

 Teftudo marina americana Sehne Tom. I. pag. 130 tab. go. 

 fig« 9- 



3.^^» 77 ©• fab. I. fig. I. 



A fcaly Tortoife fhell Grew. 7?mf. p. 38« tab. 3* a). 



3) Defcriptionem ad exemplar teftudinis pulli exficcati aliam, nifi 

 rüdem, conficere non potui. Corpus longitudine %\ unciarum 



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a) Cum haec icon teftudini hic de- 

 fcriptae maxime fimilis fit , textum 

 Anglicumhuc transfcribam : ,Jt feems 

 „to be bf the lutarious kind. J find 

 „it not defcrib'd, or figur'd. Above 

 „a foot long, ten inches broad, con- 

 „vex to the height of 34« The con- 

 „vex , all along the mlddle , high 

 „rldg'd. Compored of fi:a^es vörry 

 „fimooth , particolour'd , ofa brow- 

 j^nifh red and citrine; in the utmofl 



,edge leffer and almoft fquare , but 

 ,with acute anglcs prolonged towards 

 ,the tail and towards the head 

 jdoubled downwards. The reft are 

 jfive, fix and eight times bigger fed 

 ,altemately , as the fcales in fi- 

 ,fhes, or flatework upon a houfe. 

 ,The concave is flirengtbened with a 

 ,backb^ne, and eight ribs, obiiquely 

 ,appendent on eaeh fide,,, 



