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large dull black mark that extends from near the gula on 

 the center 6f the belly to the anals without any lateral 

 branches as in Chrysemys hellii. The young are very differ- 

 ent in the marking of the plastron from Chrysemys mar- 

 ginata of Indiana, Eastern Illinois, and Michigan. The 

 shields of the plastron are alternately red and yellowish-white 

 on each side of a dark center streak. This turtle is called by 

 the fishermen '*Eed belly *' and with right, as in spring noth- 

 ing of the dark central mark of the plastron can be seen. 



2. Chrysemys dorsalis Agz. 



This is another rather scarce turtle that I have found in our 

 most southeastern counties in the so-called '* sunken lands." 

 It is easily recognizable from a wide reddish streak along the 

 center of the back. So far I have specimens from Butler 

 County, May 1, 1898. 



3. PsEUDEMYS TEXANA, Baur. — The Tcxas Cootcr. 



This turtle has gone so far under the name Pseudemys con- 

 ciima, Le Conte. Le Conte says it inhabits the rivers of 

 Georgia and Carolina. I have never seen it below Augusta 

 on the Savannah or Columbia on the Congaree ; we have 

 therefore to consider specimens frOm these localities as typical. 

 The species is characterized by its broad and low shell and its 

 small head. 



Dr. Baur considers Pseudemys texana as the representative 

 of Pseudemys in the southern portion of the country west 

 of the Mississippi: — Texas, Indian Territory, Northern 

 Mexico, Missouri. Professor Agassiz mentions in his mono- 

 graph on turtles some that were collected by Dr. Roy, in 

 Southwestern Missouri. I have received two nice specimens, 

 one from Mr. F. A. Black, from Newton County, and the 

 other from Mr. J. Carroll Miles, from Carthage, Jasper 

 County, where he collected it from the Spring River, which 

 empties into the Neosho, a tributary of the Arkansas River. 

 In 1895, when on a business trip to Paris, Texas, I collected 

 there a very fine specimen, the carapace of which is a good 

 deal higher than of any other I have seen so far. 



