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jaint yellowish lines, dusky beneath. Carapace smooth, less 
elongated than in C. carolina. Plastron deeply marginate be- 
hind: full and rounded in front. Head moderate in size, lower 
jaw hooked, neck iong. Legs robust, scaly. 
Vicinity of ponds and streams. 
Recorded in R. L—N. Y. specimen in R. W. P. Coll. 
Malacoclemmys terrapin, Scnoepft. 
Terrapin. 
Testudo terrapin, Schoepf. 
Enns terrapin, Schocpff, Hoibrook. 
Length 5 to to inches. Color of carapace ashy brown or 
gray, with biack concentric markings on each plate; beneath 
reddish or orange, occasionally paler. Head, neck and ex- 
tremities gray, spotted with black. Carapace oval, carinate. 
Salt or brackish streams near the seashore 
Recorded from Mass. and Conn., also from R. I. by Hol- 
brook in 1842. 
g. Malacoclemmys geographica, Lesueur. 
Geographical terrapin; Map turtie. 
Tesiudo geographica, Lesueur, Leconic, Holbrook. 
Emys geographica, Leconie, Kirtland, DeKay. 
Graptemys gcographica, Agassiz. 
Length 9 to 10 inches. Color of carapace olive brown with 
a network of yellow stripes, these markings being less promi- 
nent towards the centre. Plastron yellow, often brown or black 
in centre. Head and neck dark olive, striped with yellow, lon- 
gitudinal lines; legs and tail olivaceous, striped with yellow. 
Carapace oval in contour, smooth, widely emarginate in front, 
notched behind. Head very large. Legs long, scaly. Tail 
short, pointed. 
Fresh water. 
Unlabeled specimen in Kingston College collection, sup- 
posed to be from R. I. 
10. Cistudo carolina, Leconte. 
Box turtle. 
Cistudo clausa, Gutelin. 
Cistudo virginia, Allen. 
Testudo carolina, Linnaeus. 
Cistudo carolina, Kirtland, Storer, DeKay. 
Length 5 to 7 inches. Color of carapace black with ir- 
regular spots, bands or blotches, the extent and character of the 
markings varying much. Plastron black, yellowish, reddish or 
spotted. Head, neck and extremeties light yellow, sometimes 
darker, with irregular black stripes on head. Carapace hemi- 




