l-.l 



lateral put* of the carapace, are preferred, and are numbered from 1 to 6 ooaMeutifrly. Tbr 

 nut rum of the sixth vertebra of the carapace hat been removed, ihowing the proportion* of 

 to own advanced neural arch, and of the cucrrediiig one which it tupportrd. Tin- ninth 

 neural arrh hai resumed iu normal position, and u wholly fupported by iu own centrum. 

 The major part of the marginal piece* of the carapace are al*o preserved. 



HunteriaH. 



!'i4. The shell, with the skull, scapular arch and pelvis, of the Fainted Tortoise 



Fig. Shaw, Zool. iii. pi. 10 ; Schepff, Te*t. tab. 4. 

 Hub. The awanipi of North America. 



Mm. LeveriuHum. 



965. The shell of the Painted Tortoise ( Emyt picta). Mm. Brit. 



966. The shell of the Painted Tortoise ( Emyt picta). Mm. leveria*nut. 



967. The carapace, plastron, skull, scapular arch and pelvis of the Painted Tortoise 



(Emyt picta). The horny scutes have been removed. Mm. Brit. 



968. The shell of the Painted Tortoise (Emyt picta). llunteriaii. 



969. The shell, longitudinally bisected, with the dried integuments of the extremi- 



ties, of the Painted Tortoise (Emys picta). Mus. Brit. 



970. The shell of a young specimen of the Painted Tortoise (Kmy picta). The 



carapace has a fuller oval form than in the adult : the nuchal scute is relatively 

 larger, and the first three vertebral scutes are quadrate. Mm. Brit. 



U71. The shell of a younger specimen of the Painted Tortoise (Emyt picta). The 

 Krst three vertebral scutes arc broader in proportion to their length than in 

 the preceding. There is an unossified space in the centre of the plastron, and 

 another behind this. Mm. Brit. 



972. The carapace and plastron of the Concentric Terrapene (Emyt concentrica). 



Huttfria*. 



