CATALOGUE OF SHIELD REPTILES. 



sternum keeled on the sides, black, yellow- varied. Head 

 and body black, yellow-spotted. 



Emys Hamiltonii, Gray, Syn. 21.72; Cat. Tort. B.M. 19. 



Bum. ^' Bib. Erp. Gt'n. ii. 316; Cat. Meth. R. 14. 

 E. guttata, B. Hamilton, MSS. 



Gray, II lust. Ind. Zool. t. 9. f. 1, not Schweig. 

 E. Picquotii, Lesson, Belanyer, Joy. 29-1. 



Hah. India ; Bengal. Common in ponds. 



a. Animal (in spirits) . India; Bengal. From M. Picquot's 



Collection. 



h. Animal (stuffed). India; Bengal. From M. Picquot's 

 Collection. 



The head is rhombic ; the forehead flat, rather convex 

 over the eyebrows. 



** Back three-keeled ; heels continued. Asiatic. 

 2. Geoclemys Reevesii. Reeves' Emys. Tab. V. 



Shell oblong, very convex, black (pale brown when dead), 

 obscurely three-keeled ; keels distant, lateral and continued ; 

 vertebral shields broad, six-sided ; margin entire; the second 

 pair of sternal shields subtriangular, narrow at the inner 

 edge ; inguinal and axillary plates large. Head black, cheek 

 and neck yellow-lined. 



Emys Reevesii, Gray, Syn. Rept. 73. 



Dxim. S,- Bib. Erp. 'Gen. ii. 315 ; Cat. Meth. R. 14. 

 E. Spengleri, var., Schlegel, Faun. Japon. 51. 



Hub. China. 



a. Adult, dry ; '2J inches. China. Presented by J. R. 



Reeves, Esq. 



c. Adult, stuffed. China. Mr. Bartlctt's Collection. 



Osteology : — 



b. Shell of adult ; 2f inches. China. Presented by J. 



R. Reeves, Esq. 



M. Schlegel also refers this most distinct species to 

 Geoemyda Spengleri. It is much like E. Hamiltonii in 

 general appearance, but differs in the keel being continued. 



Head rhombic ; crown flat, when dry rather convex 

 over the orbits, smooth, brown, with a few pale dots ; 

 cheeks with a short broad white line from the middle of 

 the hinder edge of the orbits. Tympanum edged with a 

 white lunate band above ; eyes lateral ; lower beak pale, 

 brown-varied, with a broad short pale streak from its 

 hinder edge. Toes short. The first vertebral plate broad, 

 only slightly contracted behind. 



The second specimen (Tab. V.) has the same marks, 

 but they have been rather distorted in the stuffing. 



3. Geoclemys Seba. Seba's Emys. 



Shell ovate, convex, brown, entire, three-keeled ; keels 

 continuous, yellow, lateral ones arched ; vertebral shield 

 broad ; marginal plates very broad ; sternum flat, keeled 

 on the sides, brown, with a pale streak on each side. Head 

 red spotted and streaked ; feet brown ; toes scarcely 

 webbed. 



Seba, Thes. i. t. 79. f. 12. 



Emys Seba, Gray, Syn. Rept. t. 75 ; Cat. Tort. B.M. 19. 

 E. thermalis, Reyneau, in Lesson, Cent. Zool. 89. t. 29. 

 Emys trijuga?, Eelaart, Prod. F. Zeylan. 1/7. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



a. Young, in spirits. Ceylon. Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



b. Young ; rather older than a. Trincomalee. Presented 



by Mr. Edward Gerard. 



Shell brown, with three pale keels ; marginal shield with 

 a linear marginal spot ; under side black, with a broad white 

 edge un each side of the sternum, and a narrow line in 

 front. Head black, with symmetrical pale spots on the 

 crown, face and chin ; a large round white spot behind 

 the hinder angle of the eyelids, commencing a broad, more 

 or less interrupted streak on the upper part of the side of 

 the neck. Feet and legs black, with a few small white 

 specks on the front of the legs. 



*** Back one-heeled ; shields radiately and concentrically 

 grooved. North America. 



4. Greoclemys pulchella. The Engraved Geoclemys. 



Shell oblong, depressed, keeled in front, hinder edge 

 slightly reflexed ; shields radiately and concentrically 

 grooved, minutely yellow and black dotted, areola small ; 

 nuchal slender ; sternum yellow, areola posterior, marginal, 

 black. Animal chestnut-brown. 



Emys pulchella, Schweig. Prod. 303 (not Schoepff.). 

 ■ Bum. 4- Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 251 ; Cat. M('th. R. 9. 

 Gray, Cat. Tort. B.M. 20. 

 E. scabra, Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. iv. 204 (not 



Linn.). 

 Testudo insculpta, Leconte, Ann. Lye. N. T. iii. 1 12. 

 Holbrooh, N. A. Herpet. i. 93. t. 13. 

 Be Kay, 14. t. 4. f. 8. 

 Emys speciosa. Bell, MSS. ; in Gray, Syn. 26 (var. shield 

 smooth). 



Holbrooh, N. A. Herpet. iii. 17. t. 2. 

 E. inscri[)ta, Mps. Par. 



E. JNIuhlenbergii, var., Schlegel, Faun. Japan. 56. 

 Terrapene scabra, Bonap. Obs. Cur. R. A. 157. 

 "Testudo scabra," Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 351 (not Gmelin 

 nor Bona]).). 



Hab. North America. 



a. Adult (stuffed). Female. North America ; Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



