114 TESTUDINIDJS. 



t. 2 > stflfd. Astrakan ? 



^ / 9 & v"-.. skel. Europe. 



m. ■$ , spir. Enzeli, on the Cas- W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



pian Sea. 

 n. $ , shell. Enzeli, on the Cas- W. T. Blanford, Esq. [0.]. 



pian Sea. 

 0)P- c? $j spir- Bismil, Kurdistan. Dr. Lortet [P.]. 



2. Emys blandingii. 



Cistuda blandingii, Ilolbr. JV. Am. Ilerp. i. p. 39, pi. iii. (1842) ; 



Uekai/, Faun. N. York, liept. p. 2o, pi. i. fig. 2 (1842). 

 Lutreniys meleagris (non iShatv), Leconte, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1854, 



p. 180. ^ ^^ 



Emys meleagris, Agassiz, Contr. N. II. U. S. i. p. 442, pl.'.iv. figs. 20-22 



(1857). 

 blandingii, Strauch, CMoyi. Stud. p. 28 (18G2), ayid Vert/i. 



SJiildhr. p. 56 (1805) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 555, pi. 1. 



tig. 1. 

 Emydoidea blandingii, Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept, Stippl. p. 19 (1870). 



Carapace rather more elongate than in E. 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 tliirds 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 iuferiorly ; limbs black and yellow. 



Length of shell 21 millim. 



N.E. United States ; Canada. 



a-h, c-e. c? , ? , & hgr., spir. Michigan. 

 f. $,stffd. Michigan. 

 S?. $,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., Fleming, Phil. Zool ii. p. 270 (1822). 

 Cistudo, Bonap. Osserv. s. sec. Ed. d. R. Anim. p. 162 (1830) ; Gray, 



Cut. Sh. Rept. i. p. 39 (1855), and Suppl. p. 18 (1870) ; Agassiz, 



Contr. N. H. U.S.i. p. 444 (1857). 

 Emvs, part., Wagler, Si/st. Amph. p. 138 (1830). 

 Cistudo, part.. Gray, Si/n. Rept. p. 17 (1831) ; Dum. ^' Bibr. ii. p. 207 



(1834) ; Gray, Cat.' Tort. p. 29 (1844). 

 Diclida, part., Rqfiv. Atlant. Journ. p. 64 (1832). 

 Pyxidemys, part., Fitzing. Ann. Wien. Mus. i. p. 114 (1835). 

 Emyoides, Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 27. 

 Onychotria, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 17. 



