26 EMYS. 



Hab. in America Boreali. Length of shell 4, breadth 3 

 inches, (v. t. Mus. Par.) 



The shields are concentrically and radiately striated, the 

 head is blackish varied with yellow, with two large irregular 

 fulvous spots on the sides of the occiput. 



16. Emys guttata, [Spotted Terrapin.) Testa ovata plana 

 postice dilatata, scutellis laevibus nigro-fuscis, guttis flavis irro- 

 ratis, nuchali lineari ; capite luteo-maculato. 



Testudo guttata, Schn. Eerl. Gesells. Nat. Fr. iv. t. 4 — 

 Gotwald, f. 15. Test, punctata, Bosc. Schoepf, t. 5. Test, 

 anonyma, Schn. Seba, i, t. 80, f. 7, cop. Spotted Tortoise, 

 Shaw, t. 10. Einys guttata, Schw. 



/3. Scutellis nigris, maculis luteis centralibus notatis, (v. 

 Mus. Bell.) 



Junior. Testa nigra obtuse carinata, scutellis nigris maculis 

 luteis centralibus ornatis, (v. t. Mus. Bell.) 



Hab. in America Boreali. (v. t. Mus. Bell, Par.) 



1 7. Emys picta,(Painted Terrapin.) Testa oblonga subcon- 

 vexa, scuteUis tenuibus levissimis olivaceo fuscis lato flavo 

 marginatis ; capite giilaque nigris luteo-lineatis, cauda longa 

 gracili. 



Testudo picta, Herm. Schoepf, t. 4, cop. Painted Tortoise, 

 Shaw, Zool. t. 10. Emyspicta, Schw. n. 22, (v. t. Mus. Par.) 



Jun. Testa cinerea scutellis albido marginatis, (v. Mus. 

 Brit.) Test, cinerea. Brown Illust. t. 48, (v. t. Mus. Brit.) 

 cop. Cinereozis Tortoise, Shaw, Zool. t. Schoepf. t. 3, f.2, 3, 

 and Bechst. Lacep. t. — Kmys cinerea, Schw. n. 23. 



Hab. in America Boreali, (v. t. Mus. Brit., D. Bell, Par.) 



Caup has apparently without sufficient evidence referred 

 Emys marmorata, Spix, t. 10. to this species. 



18. Emys speciosa, [Specious Terrapin^ — Testa oblonga 

 plana antice carinata, margine postico lateraliter subreflexo, 

 scutellis radiatim et concentrice sulcatis, flavo nigroque minute 

 punctatis, areolis parvis, nuchali gracili elongate, sterni lutei 

 areolis nigris margine posteriori scutellorum impositis. 



Emys inscripta, Le Conte Mss. (fide t.. Mus. Par.) Emys 

 scahra. Say, non Lin. 



/3. levigata, Scutellis levigatis radiis nigris flavisque ornatis, 

 Emys speciosa. Bell, Mss. (v. t. Mus. Bell.) 

 Hab. in America Boreali, New Jersey, (v. Mus. Bell 

 et Par.) 



