30 EMYS. 



show slight indications of a dark edged band along the centre 

 of the sternum, and two black rings on the sutures, between 

 the gular and humeral sternal plates. 



As Harlan appears to call this the red-bellied Terrapin, 

 it may be Emys ruhriventris of Mr. Le Conte, cited in Cuvier's 

 Regne Animal. 



25. Emys ornata, (Ornamented Terrapin.) Testa oblonga 

 longitudinaliter rugosa olivacea, scutellis vertebralibus irre- 

 gulariter annulatis, Imo urceolato, secundo et tertio longe 

 hexagonis, costalibus marginalibusque supra annulis pal- 

 lidis pupillis marginibusque nigris donatis, infra ocellis 

 suturalibus; sterno pallido, centro lateribusque fasciis nigro 

 marginatis donatis. 



Junior. Viridis, scutellis costalibus annulis duobus aurantiis 

 alUisque luteis notatis, capite luteo lineato, (v. v. et v. t. Mus. 

 Brit.) 



Hab. in America Meridionali, (v. t. Mus. Col. Surg. 

 Mazetland, A. Collie, Esq.. Brit. Mus.) 



The costal and marginal shields are marked with black 

 edged pale rings, having a black central dot, and the vertebral 

 plates with irregular rings. The under side is pale yellow, 

 with a dark edged line down the centre, and a double one 

 the whole length of the suture, between the sternmn and 

 the marginal shields. The head of the young animal has 

 yellow lines, with an interrupted orange streak on each side 

 the occiput, and a forked one on the side of the throat. 



26. Emys rugosa, {Rugose Terrapin.) Testa ovata oblonga 

 postice sub-serrata leviter tuberculato-carinata nigra punctis 

 literisque luteis ornata, scutellis rugulosis areolis indistinctis, 

 marginalibus luteis nigro punctatis, sterno luteo punctis 

 lineolisque nigris ornato. 



Test, rugosa, Shaw, Zool, iii. t. (v. Mus. Col. Surg.) 



/3. livida. Testa livida, nigro punctata, (v. Mus. Bell.) 



Hab. in America Septentrionali ? 



The shell oval oblong, bluntly and subtuberculately keeled, 

 the sides slightly contracted, black dotted and lettered with 

 yellow ; the shields longitudinally and somewhat radiately 

 grooved; the areola indistinct; the first vertebral one long, 

 urceolate 2d, 3d, and 4th long 6-sided, the 5th broad 6- sided, 

 the marginal shields smoothish yellow lettered and dotted with 

 black ; the five hinder pair deeply lobed in the centre, the 

 nuchal plate long and narrow, the sternum yellow, black 



