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picta and Clemmys guttata. It is said to be abundant about Den- 
nisville, in Cape May County, where H. W. Hand, T. D. Keim 
and myself observed it in September of 1906. Like Terrapene 
it is known to the inhabitants by a variety of vernaculars, some 
perhaps more expressive than elegant. Gmelin originally spelled 
the specific name as adopted above. 
Cistuda pensylvanica Say, Journ, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., IV, 
pt. 2, 1825, p. 206 (ref. infers). 
Cistudo pensylvanica Say, |. c., p. 216 (ref. infers). 
Emys pensylvanica Harlan, Journ.:Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VI, 
pt. 1, 1829, p. 29 (ref. infers).—Harlan, Med. Phys. Res., 1835, 
p. 155 (copied). 
Kinosternon pennsylvanicum Holbrook, N. Am. Herp., III, 
1838, p. 25, Pl. 3 (ref. infers).—Holbrook, |. c., Ed. 2, I, 1842, 
p. 126, Pl. 21.—E,. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. Y., 1898-99, No. 
II, p. 16.—Stone, Am. Nat., XL, 1906, p. 179. 
Thyrosternum pennsylvanicum Agassiz, Contrib, Nat. Hist. 
U. S., I, 1859, p. 428.—Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 799. 
Cinosternum pennsylvanicum Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 1885, 
DP. 475. 
Genus TERRAPENE Merrem. 
The Musk Turtles. 
Terrapene odorata (Latreille). 
PLATE 60. 
Musk Turtle. Stinking Turtle.. Stink Pot. Stinky Pot. Stinky 
Tiupies stinky Pond Turtles” Mud Piuctle: 
Nail Turtle. Musk Tortoise. 
Carapace rather evenly ovoid as viewed above, with greatest 
width about last third of its length, or opposite posterior portion 
of third vertebral plate. Anterior margin of carapace, also pos- 
terior, evenly convex. When viewed laterally greatest height 
of carapace at third vertebral plate or at point of its greatest 
