978 18. TESTUDINIDE 
and close to her an egg completely hidden in the sand. This 
turtle was dissected and found to contain two more eggs. 
The stomach was found to be filled with beetles, of a slow- 
moving species then common crawling among the rocks in 
the water. Mr. Wright states that the turtles in the pools 
would bite at a baited fish-hook, if the latter was left quietly 
alone for awhile.” 
Genus 51. Pseudemys 
Pseudemys Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1855 (1856), p. 197 (type 
concinna). 
The shell is rather narrow and moderately low. The 
plastron is immovably united to the carapace by a broad 
bridge. The alveolar surface of the jaw is rather wide with 
a well developed ridge parallel to the cutting edge. The 
fingers and toes are fully webbed, five claws on fore limb 
and four behind. The skin on top of the head is not divided 
into scales. There are two supracaudal plates. The tail is 
of moderate length. 
225. Pseudemys nebulosa (Van Denburgh) 
Lower CavirorniA TURTLE 
Pseudemys ornata True, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 24, 1883, p. 33. 
Chrysemys nebulosa Van DeENBuRGH, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. 
V, 1895, p. 84, pls. IV, V, VI (type locality, Los Dolores, Lower 
California, Mexico); Dirmars, Reptile Book, 1907, p. 41. 
Chrysemys scripta var. elegans Mocquarp, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 
Ser. 4, Vol. 1, 1899, p. 300. 
Chrysemys ornata nebulosa SteBENROCK, Zool. Jahrb., Suppl. 10, Heft 
3) 1909, p. 466. 
Pseudemys ornata nebulosa SrEJNEGER & Barsour, Check List N. Amer. 
Amph. Rept., 1917, p. 120; NELson, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci., Vol. 
XVI, 192%, pp: 114, 115; 
Pseudemys nebulosa VAN Densurcu & Stevin, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 
Ser. 4, Vol. XI, 1921, p. 53. 
