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hatched, up to the half grown. A narrow streak of light 

 color passes from each nostril over the eyebrow, above 

 the tympanum, to the neck ; a similar line goes from the 

 eye downward and back over the angle of the mouth, be- 

 low the tympanum, to the neck ; and there is yet another 

 from each nostril downward, at each side of the symphy- 

 sis, to the lower surface of the lower jaw. The top of the 

 head is freckled with light colored small spots. The speci- 

 men is a gravid female. 



Of the Key West specimens there are five adults and a 

 series of seven young ones. Excepting that they are more 

 olive in color, the features of the Cuban are reproduced 

 in them. The three yellow stripes, on the vertebrals and 

 the costals, and the lines on the head distinguish them at 

 once from Ginosternum pennsylvanicum. Of the latter 

 there are now before us about fifty specimens, of all ages 

 and sizes and from all parts of its range. On comparing 

 a series of young ones from the Key with another from 

 North Carolina, the former are found to be equally dark 

 and similarly marked with yellow near the outer edges of 

 the plastron and on the marginal shields. The northern 

 representatives are without the three yellow stripes on the 

 back and the cephalic lines are behind the eye, irregular 

 and broken ; there are no traces of the dorsal markings. 

 The individuals from the Key have the cephalic lines dis- 

 tinct to the tip of the snout, and in but one case, almost 

 black, are the costal stripes much reduced. On this last 

 specimen the marginal yellow spots are confined to the 

 under surface. 



Of the distribution of the striped tortoise there is little 

 to be said. The specimen first described was sent us by 

 the late Professor Poey without notice of its abundance 

 or the exact locality from which he secured it. Several 

 collectors have secured specimens in Key West. It was 



