68 Cincinnati Society of Natural His tor}'. 



Order TESTUDINA TA. 

 Family TRIONVCHll) .4:. 



(ienus Amvda. Agassi/,. 



62. Amyda miitica. (Le S.) Ag. I.kathf.ry Tuk i i.k. 

 Delphi (Agassiz); Madison and Mt. Carmel (Yarrow). 



(ienus Aspii)()NKCTK.s, Wagler. 



63. Aspidoucctcs fcrox Wagler. Fikkck Sofi-Shki.lkd TtRrLK. 

 Madison (Yarrow). May he looked for elsewhere along the Ohio 



River. 



64. Aspidoncctcs spinifer (Le S.) Ag. Spiny Soft-Shem.ed 'I'urti.k. 

 Our cotiimonest species of soft shelled turtle. Everywhere in 



the State. 



Family CHKIA'D RID.*:. 

 Genus Chki.vdka, Schweigger. 



65. Cliclydni scrpentiii'Z (Schw.) Cope. Snapping TcKri.K. 

 In all the waters of the State. 



Genus Macrochei.vs, (riay. 



66. Macrochclxs laccrtiiia (Schw.) Cope. Ai.i.kjaiok Snapping 

 Turtlp:. 



A large and fierce turtle living especially in the rivers of the 

 Southern States, but which has been found much further north. 

 Two specimens in the National Museum were sent from Northville, 

 Mich. (Yarrow). Has been taken in the Wabash River just north 

 of Mt. Carmel (H. Garman). 



Family CINOSTERNID^. 

 Genus Aromochelys, Gray. 



67. Aromochelys odorata (Latr.) Gray. Musk Turtle. 

 Throughout the State, but rare. Brookville (Hughes); Mt. 



Carmel (State coll.); La Porte and Kankakee marshes (Dr. G. M. 



Levette). 



Family EMYDID.^. 



Genus PseudExMys, Gray. 



{iS. Pscndcinys liicroglyphica Holbrook. Holhrook's Terrapin. 

 A very rare turtle. There is a specimen in the State c.ollec- 

 lion from Mt. Carmel, Ills. 



