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REPTILES. 



paler, black spotted; head yellowish, black spotted; chin and 

 cheek yellow-marked ; occiput with two large eyed spots ; neck 

 scarlet-lined. 



a. Adult animal and shell, 5 inches. China. Presented by J. 



Reeves, Esq. 



b. Shell only. China. Presented by J. Reeves, Esq. 



The Eyed Emys. Emys ocellata, Dum. Sc Bib. E. Gen. ii. 

 329, t. 15,/. 1. 



Shell entire, nearly hemispherical, (keeled when young) ; dor- 

 sal plates brown, each marked with a yellow-edged black spot ; 

 vertebral plates 1 st pentagonal, rest six-sided; tail short ; jaws 

 toothed. 



Inhabits India, Bengal. Mus. Paris. 



Reeve's Ejuys. Emys Reevesii, Gray, Syn. R. 73. Burn. 

 8r Bib. E. Gen. ii. 315. E. Spengleri, var. Schlegel, F. Jap. 51. 



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

 scurely 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. 



a. Animal, dry, 2\ inches. China. Presented by J. Reeves, Esq. 



b. Shell only,2f inches. Presented by J. Reeves, Esq. 



Dr. Cantor's Emys. Emys mutica, Cantor, Ann. N. Hist. 

 1842. 



Shell oblong, keeled, (three-keeled when young), brown ; nu- 

 chal shield triangular ; middle of the sternal plates varied with 

 black ; pectoral shields four-sided, the inner side nearly as broad 

 as the outer ; inguinal and axillary plates very small. 



Very like E. Reevesii, but differs in the shape of the pectoral, 

 axillary and inguinal shields. 



a. Young animal, dry, from spirits, 2f inches long. China, 

 Canton. Presented by Hon. E. India Company. From Dr. 

 Cantor's collection. 



The Blackish Emys. Emys nigricans, Gray, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1834. 



Shell ovate, oblong, rather convex, revolute on the sides and 

 slightly toothed behind, brown, slightly three-keeled, the central 

 keel prominent, blunt, interrupted in front and continued behind, 

 the lateral keels far apart, indistinct and interrupted ; shield radi- 

 ately striated, blackish-rayed ; nuchal plate none ; margin yellow, 

 spotted beneath ; sternum convex, rounded on the side ; axillary 

 plate moderate, inguinal large. 



a. Shell only, margin broken, 1\ inches. China. Presented by 

 J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



