TORTOISES. 19 



Seba's Emys. Emys Seba, Gray, Syn. R. t. 75. Seba, Thes. 

 i. t. 79, /. 12. Emys Thermalis, Rey. Lesson, Cent. Zool. 89, 

 t. 29. 



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

 ous, central one yellow, lateral ones arched ; sternum flat, keeled 

 on the sides, brown, with a pale streak on each side ; head red 

 spotted and streaked ; feet brown. 



Inhabits Ceylon. Mus. Paris. 



Hamilton's Emys. Emys Hamiltonii, Gray, Syn. 21, 72. 

 Dum. fy Bib. E. Gen. ii. 316/ E. guttata, B. Hamilton, MSS. 

 Gray, Illust. Ind. Zool. t. 9, /. 1 , not Schweig. E. Piquotti, 

 Lesson, Belanger, Voy. 294. 



Shell oblong, convex, solid, with three interrupted keels, 

 slightly toothed behind, black, yellow-rayed ; sternum keeled on 

 the sides, black, yellow-varied ; head and body black, yellow 

 spotted. 



a. Animal dry and in spirits. India, Bengal. From M. Piquot's 

 collection. 



The Isigame. Emys Japonica. E. palustris, var. Japonica, 

 Schlegel, F. Japon. t. 8, /. 1 — 4 young, t. 9, adult. E. vulgaris, 

 var. Japon. Schlegel, F. Japon. 53. 



Shell oblong, (when young suborbicular, strongly denticulated 

 behind), ochraceous yellow above, black beneath ; shield concen- 

 trically striated, becoming smooth ; vertebral shields broad, six- 

 sided ; temples black-lined ; upper jaw not nicked. 



a and b. In spirits, adult and half grown Japan. From the 

 Leyden Museum. 



C. Vertebral shield broad, 6-sided. European. 



The Caspian Emys. Emys Caspica, Schw. Dum. Sf Bib. 

 E. Gen. ii. 223. Wagler, Amph. t. 5, /. 1 — 4. Icon. t. 24. 

 Eichw. Fauna Casp. Caus. 45, t. 3, 4. Testudo Caspica, Gmel. 

 Reese, ii. 59, t. 20, 11. S. N. i. 1042. E. lutraria, var. 8. Mer- 

 rem, Tent. 25. E. Syriaca, Licht. Berl. Mus. E. vulgaris, Gray, 

 Syn. 24. Schlegel, F. Japon. 53. E. palustris v. Dalmatia, 

 Schlegel, F. Japon. t. 8, f. 4. E. Sigritzii, Michaell, Isis, 1829, 

 1295. E. Sigritz, Dum. > Bib. E. Gen. ii. 240. E. lutraria, Bell, 

 Test. t. 1,2. Gray, Griffith, A. K. t. . E. leprosa, Schweig. Prod. 

 298. E. marmorea, Spix. Braz. 13, t. 10. Gray, Syn. 28. Dum. 

 $r Bib. E. Gen. ii. 248. Testudo Graeca, Pallas, Z.R. A. iii. 17. 



Shell ovate, oblong, depressed, olive, with black-edged yellow- 

 netted lines ; shields flat, vertebral, broad, six-sided ; sternum flat, 

 black and yellow varied ; head yellow-lined. 



a. Shell only, 4^ inches. Europe. Presented by Thomas Bell, 

 Esq. 



