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same as Kinosternon, as regarded by Daudin. III. Terra- 

 pen E.^/sn-ew. 1. T.Europceu. 2. T.Carolina. 3. T.maeu- 

 lata (pp. 309, 48G). 4. T. nebii'osa (pp. 309, 484) ; both 

 mere varieties of T. Carolina. To these, at p. 484 of the 

 same vohime, is added as a new species : 5. T. bicolor (t. 1 6), 

 said to come from North America, but it proves to be the 

 same as Einosternon Amboinense of the former paper. 



f Legs with large scales in front ; toes narrowly webbed, 

 shielded above. 



10. CISTUDO. 



Head moderate, covered with a thin, hard, continuous 

 skin ; forehead flat. Eyes lateral. Legs covered with large 

 angular shields, those on the inner side broadest. Toes 

 short, very narrowly webbed to the claws. Tail short. 

 Shell ovate, convex, solid. Sternum broad, rounded before 

 and behind, completely closing the cavity of the thorax, 

 affixed to it by a ligamentous .symphysis, and divided by 

 a cross suture between the pectoral and abdominal plates ; 

 the front lobe very large, almost entirely free from the 

 symphysis ; sternal shields 1 2 ; inguinal and axillary plates 

 none ; marginal plates 25 or 2/ ; nuchal plate small. 

 North America. 



Cistudo, sp., Say, Journ. Acad. Philad. 



Cistudo, Dim. ^ Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 201 (185.5) ; Cat. 



With. R. 7. 

 Cistuda § *, Fleming, Phil. Zool. ii. 2/0. 

 Cistuda, Gray, Syn. Repf. 1/ (1831); Cat. Tort. B.M. 



29 (1844), misprint. 

 Cistula, Gray, Ann. Phil. x. 211, misprint. 



TFayler, Syst. 138. 

 Les Tortues a boites (part.), Baud. Repf. 



Ciiv. R.A. ii. 11 ; ed. 2. ii. 12. 

 Terrapene, sp., Merrem, Tent. 27. 

 Terrapene, Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. 308, iii. 514. 

 Emj's, Pyxidemys, and E. Emys, Fit:. Syst. Schildk. 123 



(1836). 

 Steruotherns, sp.. Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. 308. 

 Kinosternon, sp., Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. ,308. 

 Emys § 1. Cishula, Bonap. Ohs. Cue. R.A. 162. 

 Pyxidemys (clausa), Filz. Syst. Rept. 29 (1843). 

 Cyelemys, Bell, Zool. Journ. 



Fits. Syst. Rept. 29 (1843). 

 Terraphene, Grai/, Ann. Phil. x. 211 (1S25), misprint. 

 Emys, Fleming, Phil. Zool. ii. 270 (1822). 



Fitz. Syst. Rept. 29 (1843). 

 Les Clausiles, Bum. Sf Bib. Erp. Gin. 210. 



The most terrestrial of the Box Tortoises, with short, 

 strong, scarcely webbed toes. The legs are like those of a 

 Land Tortoise. 



* Claws 5 ■ 4 := Cistudo. 

 ** Claws 5 ■ 3 1:= Onvchotria. 



* Claws 5 ■ 4. Cistudo. 



1. Cistudo Carolina. The Box Tortoise. 



Shell hemispherical, slightly keeled, brown, yellow-varied ; 

 shields grooved; marginal plates 23-27. Animal black, 

 yellow or red spotted. 



Cistudo Caiollna, Gray, Syn. 18 ; Cat. Tort. B.M. 29. 

 Testudo Carolina, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. 352 ! 



Bum. c^- Bib. Erp. e'en. ii. 210; Cat. Mith. R. 7. 



Holbrook, N. A. Herpet. iii. 9. t. 1. 

 T. brevicauda, Lacep. Q. O. i. 164. 

 T. clausa, Gmel. S,/st. Nat. i. 1043. 



Baud. Rept. li. 207. 



Schoepff. Test. t. 7. 



Lecoaie, Ann. Lye. N. T. iii. 124. 



Shaw, Zool. t. 7. 



Guir. Icon. t. 1. f. 2. 

 T. virgul.ita, Latr. Repf. 100. 



Bai'd. Rept. ii. 201. t. 23. 

 T. incarecrafa and T. incarcerata striata, Bonnaf. Ency. 29. 

 T. cariuata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 353. 



Sc/ineidcr, SchildA: 361. 

 Emys dubia, Schweig. Prod. 

 E. Schneiderii, Schweig. Prod. 317. 

 Terrapene guttata (or T. maculata), and Ter. nebulosa. Bell, 



Zool. Jmrn. ii. 309. 

 La Bonibe, Lacep. Q. O. i. 164. 



Cistuda Blandingii, Holbrook, N. A. Herpet. iii. 35. t. 5 ? 

 The Box Tortoise, Grew, Mas. 38. t. 3. f. 2. 



Edw. Birds, t. 205. 

 Checkered Tortoise, Penn. Arcf. Zool. ii. 228. 

 Emvs (Pyxidemys) Schneideri, E. (P.) virgulata, and E. (P.) 



clausa! Fil:. Syst. Schildk. 123. 

 Terrapene clausa, Merrem, Tent. 



Gray, Ann. Phil. x. 211. 

 Emys (Cistudo) clausa, Bonap. Obs. Cuv. R. A. 162. 

 Emvs (Pyxidemys) clausa. Fit:. Syst. Rept. 29. 

 Emys/3. clausa, IVagler, Syst. 138. 

 Emys /3. virgulata, IVagler, Syst. 138. 

 Testudo Caroliulaua, Sclmeider, 33. no. 7. 

 T. virginea, Grew, Mus. t. 3. f. 2. 

 Cistudo clausa. Say, Journ. Acad. Philad. iv. 

 Terrapene clausa, Merrem, Tent. 

 Terrapene Carolina, Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. 309. 

 Terrapene " subretosa, Belt," Leconfe. 

 Laud Turtle, Northern States N. America (Leconte). 

 YmehnrrenTerraiien, Southern States N.Anierica(Leconte). 



Very youngi Emys (Emvoides) kinosternoides. Gray, Syn. 



32; Cat. Tort. B.M.'27. 

 E. cinosternoides. Bum. ^ Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 303 ; Cat. 



Me'th. R. 12. 



Hab. North America, from Hudson's Bay to Florida. 

 Martuiique (Plee). 



a. Adult (stuffed). Shell yellow, black-rayed; beneath 



brown. North America. Presented by Dr. J. E. 

 Gray. 



b. Adult (stuffed). Black, yellow-spotted. North America. 



Presented by Dr. Jacob Green. 



