308 Mr. Bell on the Box Tortoises. 



Terrapene odorata. Merrem^ p. 27. 



Cistuda odorata. Say^ Journ. Ac. Sc. Phil. IV. 206. 



Habitat in America Septentrionali. 



Mus. Brit. 



Shell oval, convex ; sternum with only eleven plates. 



Species 4. 

 Boscii. S. testa ovata Icevi ; scutis marginalibus 20, sterni 11. 

 Testudo Pennsylvanica, var. 3. Daud.il, 128. 

 Terrapene Boscii. Merrem, p. 27. 

 Habitat in America Septentrionali. 



Shell ovate, smooth ; marginal plates 20, pectoral 11. 



1 give this species from Merrem's description, not having seen 

 a specimen of it. It is not mentioned by Mr. Say in his account 

 of the Land and Freshwater Tortoises of the United States, in the 

 Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences ^ of Philadelphia. 



Genus III. TERRAPENE. Merrem. 

 CisTUDA. Say. 



Sternum bivalve ; valva utraque eodem axe mobilis ; valva 

 posterior portionum duarum posteriorum sterni sistens. 



Sternum bivalve ; the two valves moving on the same axis ; the 

 posteriour valve consisting of the two posteriour portions or lobes 

 of the sternum. 



Species 1. 

 EurOpea. T. testa otat& planiuscula^ subcarinata ; subradiatim 

 punctafd. 



Testudo Europaea. Schneid. Schildkr. 323. Schoepffj p. 1. 1. 1. 

 ShaWf Gen. Zool. 30. t. 5. 



T. lutaria. Linn. S. N. p. 352. 



? T. orbicularis. Linn. S. N. p. 351. 



T. Meleagris. Shaw, Nat. Misc. 4. p. 144. 



Emys lutaria. Merrem, p. 24. 



Habitat in Europa temperata. 



Mus. Nost. 



