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ground; these lines together may form a U-shaped figure on each of 
the costal shields, the extremity of each branch occupying one mar- 
ginal; of adult pale brownish or olive, with more or less distinct 
transverse darker lines on the costals, longitudinal sinuous ones on 
the vertebrals and concentric ones on the marginals, and some large 
transverse black blotches and transverse yellowish streaks on the 
costals ; plastron and lower surfaces of marginals yellow, with a 
round black spot or an ocellus formed of concentric black lines on 
each of the latter shields; usually two or three isolated round black 
spots or rings on the bridge, and one to four pairs on the plastron. 
Head dark olive-brown, ornamented with yellow lines and bands ; 
a t-shaped yellow marking on the crown ; the two broadest lateral 
bands usually unite behind the eye, forming a C or a large yellow 
blotch ; the yellow bands on the chin and throat wider than the 
interspaces between them in the young, similar to those of C. picta 
in the adult; limbs streaked with yellow. 
Length of shell 24 centim. 
Eastern United States, from Southern Virginia to Georgia. 
a-d. Yg., spir. N. America. Lord Ampthill [P.]. 
e, f. 2 and yg., stffd. N. America. Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 
g,h. 3, stfid. N. America. 
24, Ne spit. N. America. 
k. 9, skel. N. America. 
l. Her., shell. N. America. 
m. Carapace. N. America. 
Var. elegans. 
Emys elegans, Wied, Reise d. N. Amer.i. p. 215 (1839), and N. Acta 
Ae. Leop.-Carol, xxxii. 1. p. 87, pl. iv, (1865). 
cumberlandensis, ZZolbr. N. Am. Herp. i. p. 115, pl. xviii. 
(1842); A. Dum. Cat. Méth. Rept. p. 18 (1851). 
holbrookii, Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 23 (1844), and Sh, Rept. i. 
p. 25, pl. xv. fig. 1 (1855). 
sancuinolenta, Gray, Sh. Rept. pl. xv. fig. 1. 
Trachemys elegans, Agass. Contr. N. H. U.S. i. p. 435, pl. iii. figs. 
9-11 (1857). 
Clemmys elegans, Strauch, Chelon, Stud, p. 82 (1862), and Verth. 
Schildkr. p. 77 (1865). 
Trachemys holbrookii, Gray, Ann. § Mag. N. H, (8) xii. p. 181 
(1873), and Suppl. Cat, Sh. Rept. 1. p. 47 (1870). 
lineata, Gray, Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) xi. p. 147 (1873). 
Pseudemys elegans, Cope, Check-List N. Am. Rept. p. 53 (1875). 
The typical C. elegans differs from C. scripta by a rather more 
elongate and more depressed carapace and in coloration ; but as the 
differences are slight, and besides not constant, specimens occurring 
which partake of the characters of the two forms, I think it prefer- 
able to regard C. elegans as a race of C. scripta. The broader 
bright bands on the sides of the head are separate throughout, and 
the upper, broadest, is red; each plastral shield usually with a large 
