114 TESTUDINID®. 
% 9, stfid. Astrakan P 
k,l. Q & yg., skel. Europe. 
m. 9, spir. Enzeli, on the Cas- W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 
pian Sea. 
n. 2, shell. Enzeli, on the Cas- W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C. ]. 
pian Sea. 
0, p. 3 Q, spir. Bismil, Kurdistan. Dr. Lortet [P.]. 
2. Emys blandingii. 
Cistuda blandingii, Holbr. N. Am. Herp. i. p. 89, pl. ili, (1842) ; 
Dekay, Faun. N. York, Rept. p. 25, pl. i. fig. 2 (1842). 
Lutremys meleagris (non Shaw), Leconte, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1854, 
p. 189. 
Emys meleagris, Agassiz, Contr. N. H. U.S. i. p. 442, pl.‘iv. figs. 20-22 
(1857). 
—— blandingii, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 28 (1862), and Verth. 
Schildkr. p. 56 (1865); Bouleng. Proc, Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 555, pl. 1. 
fig. 1. 
Emydoidea blandingii, Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept., Suppl. p. 19 (1870). 
Carapace rather more elongate than in Z. orbicularis, its greatest 
width about two thirds of its length in the adult. Postorbital part 
of the head much longer ; interorbital space narrower ; the width of 
the mandibular symphysis one sixth the length of the mandible. 
Tail shorter; of male about twice and two thirds in the length of 
the shell, of female four times, of young once and a half. Carapace 
black, with round pale yellowish or brownish spots; plastron yellow, 
with a large black blotch on the outer and posterior side of each shield. 
Head dark brown above, with lighter dots or vermiculations, uni- 
form bright yellow inferiorly ; limbs black and yellow. 
Length of shell 21 millim. 
N.E. United States ; Canada. 
a-b, c-e. 6,9, & her, spr. Michigan. 
f. Q, stfid. Michigan. 
g. &, skel. ? 
13. CISTUDO. 
Terrapene, part., Merrem, Tent. p. 27 (1820); Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. 
p-. 308 (1825); Fitzing. N. Class. Rept. p. 6 (1826); Strauch, 
Chelon. Stud. p. 25 (1862). 
Cistuda, part., Mleming, Phil. Zool. ii. p. 270 (1822). 
Cistudo, Bonap. Osserv. s. sec. Ed. d. R. Anim. p. 162 (1880); Gray, 
Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 89 (1855), and Suppl. p. 18 (1870) ; Agassiz, 
Contr. N. H. U.S. i, p. 444 (1857). 
Emys, part., Wagler, Syst. Amph. p. 138 (1880). 
Cistudo, part., Gray, Syn. Rept. p. 17 (1881); Dum. § Bibr. ii. p. 207 
(1834); Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 29 (1844). 
Diclida, part., Rafin. Atlant. Journ. p. 64 (1882). 
Pyxidemys, part., Fitzing. Ann. Wien. Mus. i. p. 114 (1835). 
Emyoides, Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 27. 
Onychotria, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1849, p, 17. 
