SHIELD REPTILES. 45 



o. Animal in spirits ; half-grown. 

 N. America. 



1* Trachemys lineata, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1873. 



a. Adult. Animal in spirits. Spots on sternum large, solid. 

 N. America. 



2. Trachemys scripta, Gray, Cat. Suppl. p. 48. Append, p. 14. 

 Tortoises, t. 41, (life). 



b. Animal. Temple with a large square spot at the back of the 



obit. Sternum pale, with a solid spot on each gular, axillary, 

 inguinal, and marginal shield. Shell 4 in. Front claws short, 

 sternal spot solid. 

 N. America. Presented by Major Gen. T. Hardwicke. 



c. Animal stuffed. Temple with a large square spot at the back of 



the orbit. Sternmn pale, with regular subcentral black rings 

 on each sternal plate. Shell 61 in. Three middle front claws 

 elongate. Sternum, lower margin with large black rings. 

 N. America. 43, 12, 6, 19. 



/. Animal, in spirits ; young. Temple with a large, broad, erect, 



streak behind the eye, and a large triangrdar spot over the 



tympanum. Sternmn pale, with a round solid spot on each 



gular, inguinal, and marginal plate, green. 



N. America. 53, 12, 6, 46. Presented by the Zool. Soc. 



a. Animal stuffed. Shell, S\ in. Three middle front claws 

 moderate, broken. Sternum with a solid black spot on each 

 gular, axillary, inguinal, and marginal plate, and on one or two 

 of the other sternal plates. 

 N. America. 



a. Animal and shell, in spirits ; adult. Head and neck streaks 



very indistinct. Sternum black-speckled, with a large irregular 



spot on each shield ; three on each abdominal plate (when 



the horny shields are removed, only concentric rings are seen). 



"E. Troostii." Mus. Loyden. 



N. America, Cumberland River. 



k. Animal, in spirits. 

 Mississippi. Brandt. 



i, g. Animal, in spirits, young, with two spots on the front of the 

 thorax. 

 N. America. 58, 4, 8, 41. Presented by Odo Russell, Esq. 



j. Animal, in spirits, with six spots in the front and two at the 

 back of the thorax. 

 N. America. 58, 9, 8, 41. Presented by Odo Russell, Esq. 



I. Animal, in spirits ; very young. Gular or inner side of each 

 pectoral plate with small black spots, left abdominal plate with 

 a spot near the suture. 

 N. America. 



