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R. ii. 159, t. 22. Schoepf. t. 5. Wagler, Syst. t. 5,/. 6, 7. T. 

 anonyma, Schw. Seba, i. 130, t. 80,/. 7. Gothv. Schildk,f. 15. 

 Shell ovate, depressed, dilated behind ; shields smooth, black- 

 brown with round yellow spots ; nuchal linear ; sternum yellow 

 brown varied ; head yellow-spotted. 



a. Animal and shell. Inhabits N. America. Presented by Henry 



Doubleday, Esq. 



b. Shell and dry animal. 



E. Sternum broad and truncated at each end, (Chrysemys). 



The Painted Tortoise. Emyspicta, Schweig. 306. Gray, 

 Syn. 26. Dum. et Bib. E. G. ii. 297. Holbrook, N. A. Herpet. ii. 

 19, t. 3. Testudo p. Herm. Schneid. Sch. 348. Schoepf. t. 4. Shaw, 

 Zool. t. 10,/. 1. Seba, i. t. 80,/. 5. T. cinerea, Brown, Illust. t. 

 48. Shaw, Zool. t. 12. Schoepf. t. 3,/. 2, 3. Young. 



Shell oblong, depressed, keelless, very smooth, shields thin, 

 olive-brown, with a broad yellow or red margin ; head and throat 

 black, yellow-lined ; tail long, slender. 



f. Animal and shell. Presented by Henry Doubleday, Esq. 



b. Shell and dry animal. Presented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 

 a. d. fy e. Shell only. N. America. 



g. Young, in spirits. N. America. 



c. Young, from spirits. 



Bell's Emys. Emys Bellii, Gray, Syn. 31. Dum. et Bib. E. 

 G. 302. E. speciosa, Clift, Cat. Mus. Col. Surg. n. 1525, (not 

 Gray). 



Shell oblong, solid, rather depressed in the centre, convex on 

 the sides, olive waved with irregular black -edged pale-dotted green- 

 ish lines placed on the edge and across the middle of each shield ; 

 vertebrals nearly square, first urceolate, the rest 6-sided ; beneath 

 black, yellow-dotted ; sternum flat, surrounded with an irregular 

 yellow edge, front edge deeply denticulate. 



Inhabits America ? Mus. Col. Surg. 



F. Sternum acute at each end. Emyoides. 



The Sharp-chested Emys. Emys kinostemoides, Gray, Syn. 

 32. E. cinostemoides, Dum. et Bib. E. G. ii. 303. 



Shell (very young) oblong, depressed, pale brown, with a blunt 

 white keel, margin whitish, serrated, beneath yellow, spotless, 

 shields of the disk marked with irregular black-edged white lines : 

 head brown white-streaked, beneath pale. Length \\ inch. 



Inhabits ? Mus. Col. Surg. 



G. Species only known in the very young state. 



The Ringed Emys. Emys annulifera, Gray, Syn. R. 32. 

 Shell (very young), oblong, depressed, entire behind, the shield 



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