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Nanemys guttata Agassiz, Contrib. Nat. Hist. U. S., I, 1857, 
p. 442.—Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 800.—Abbott, Nat. Ram- 
bles, 1885, p. 475. 
Clemmys gutiatus Stone, Am. Nat., XL, 1906, p. 170. 
Emys punctata Harlan, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VI, pt. 
I, 1829, p. 25 (ref. infers). —Harlan, Med. Phys. Res., 1835, p. 
I51 (copied). 
Genus EmyporprEa Gray. 
The Blanding Turtles. 
Emydoidea blandingi (Holbrook). 
PLATE 68. 
Blanding’s Turtle. 
Color black, usually with numerous yellowish spots above. 
Plastron yellowish with black blotches. Head yellow-spotted. 
Young nearly circular and black. Reaches 8. inches in length. 
This is only known from within our limits by the record of 
in Ce. Abbott: 
Emys meleagris Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 1885, p. 475. 
Genus DiptcLa Rafinesque. 
The Box Tortoises. 
Didicla carolina (Linnzus). 
PLATE 60. 
Box Tortoise. Tortoise. Common Box ‘Tortoise. Turtle. 
Land Turtle. Land Tortoise. Box Turtle. Common 
Box ‘Turtle. 
Carapace slightly ovoid as viewed above with greatest width 
about last fourth in its length or opposite front portion of fourth 
vertebral plate. Anterior margin of carapace a little emargin- 
