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Malacoclemmys j^seudogeographicus Holb. : Le Sueur's Map-tortoise, Five 

 specimens of this tortoise, included in Dr. Hammond's Kansas and Nebraska 

 collection (Hallowell) were probably taken at or near Fort Riley, as were 

 most of the specimens in this collection, Osage river (Agassiz), 



Malacoclemmys geographicus Le Sueur: Map-tortoise. Prof, Wheeler, 

 writing from Ottawa, states that he has observed the geographicus at that 

 locality, I believe this observation somewhat extends its known westward 

 range. 



Pseudemy s elegans Wied.: Elegant Terrapin. Osage river, and from the 

 upper Missouri to Texas (Agassiz). Illinois to the Rocky Mountains (Jor- 

 dan). 



CiNOSTERNID.E, 



Aromochelys carinatus Gray : Southern Musk-tortoise. Under the name of 

 Ozotheca tristycha, Agassiz gives this species as common in the Osage river. 



Chelydrid.'e. 

 Chelydra serpentina Linn. : Snapping-tortoise. Reported from Ottawa 

 by Prof Wheeler, and from Lawrence by Prof Snow. Ranges over the entire 

 region east of the Sierra Nevada and south of British America to Ecuador, 

 (Cope,) 



Trionychid.e. 



Aspidonectes spinifer Le Sueur: Soft- shelled Tortoise, Prof Popenoe 

 writes me that he has taken three specimens of this tortoise at the mouth of 

 the Blue river. Prof Wheeler also reports, it from Ottawa, and Prof Snow 

 from Lawrence. Authors mention it as common in most of the tributaries 

 of the Missouri. 



Amyda mutica Le Sueur : Leathery Tortoise. This species is not uncom- 

 mon in the vicinity of Manhattan, where Prof Popenoe has observed it in 

 the Blue and Kansas rivers, 



LACERTILIA. 



IGUANID^. 



Phrynosoma douglassii BeU: Horned Lizard. Three specimens taken at 

 Fort Riley, by Dr. Hammond (Hallowell). Prof. Snow informs me that 

 he has taken douglassii in Douglas county, and knows of its having been 

 taken in Doniphan county. Specimens from Kansas are in the National 

 Museum (Brown), and in the collection of the Philadelphia Academy 

 (Nolan). 



Phrynosoma cornutumHarl.; Texan Horned Lizard. This appears to be, 

 generally, the commoner Phrynosoma of Kansas. It occurs at least as far 

 east as Ottawa, where it has been taken by Prof, Wheeler, Four specimens 

 sent from Manhattan, by Prof Popenoe, vary considerably in color, and have 

 the inferior surface of the body marked with sparse black spots, but offer no 

 marked peculiarities. The ovaries of one of these specimens contained seven- 

 teen eggs, averaging fifty-five hundredths of an inch in length by thirty-five 

 in diameter. 



