SHIELD REPTILES. 45 



o. Animal in spirits ; half-grown, 

 N. America. 



1* Teachbmys lineata, GrcM/, Ann, S Mag. Nat. Hist. 1873. 



a. Adult. Animal in spirits. Spots on sternum large, soM. 

 N. America. 



2. Teachemys scrieta, Gran/, Cat. Stuppl. p. 48. Append, p. 14. 

 Tortoises, t. 41, (life). 



6. Animal. Temple with a large square spot at the back of the 



obit. Sternum pale, with a solid spot on each gular, axillary, 



inguinal, and marginal shield. Shell 4 in. Front claws short, 



sternal spot soHd. 



N. America. Presented by Major Gen. T. Hardwicke. 



0. Animal stuffed. Temple with a large square spot at the back of 



the orbit. Sternum pale, with regiilar subcentral black rings 

 on each sternal plate. Shell 6^ in. Three middle front claws 

 elongate. Sternum, lower margin with large black rings. 

 N. America. 43, 12, 6, 19. 



/. Animal, in spirits ; young. Temple with a large, broad, erect, 



streak behmd the eye, and a large triangular spot over the 



tympanum. Sternum pale, with a round sohd spot on each 



gular, inguinal, and marginal plate, green. 



N. America. 63, 12, 6, 46. Presented by the Zool. Soc. 



a. Animal stuffed. Shell, 8J in. Three middle front claws 

 moderate, broken. Sternum with a solid black spot on each 

 gular, axillary, inguinal, and marginal plate, and on one or two 

 of the other sternal plates. 

 N. America. 



a. Animal and shell, in spirits ; adult. Head and neck streaks 

 very indistinct. Sternum black-speckled, with a large irregular 

 spot on each shield ; three on each abdominal plate (when 

 the homy shields are removed, only concentric rings are seen). 



"E. Troostii." Mus. Loyden. 

 N. America, Cumberland Biver. 



Tc. Animal, in spirits. 

 Mississippi. Brandt. 



i, g. Animal, in spirits, young, with two spots on the front of the 

 thorax. 

 N. America. 58, 4, 8, 41. Presented by Odo EusseU, Esq. 



j. Animal, in spirits, with six spots in the front and two at the 

 back of the thorax. 

 N. America. 58, 9, 8, 41. Presented by Odo KusseU, Esq. 



1. Animal, in spirits ; very young. Gular or inner side of each 



pectoral plate with small black spots, left abdominal plate with 

 a. spot near the suture, 

 N. America. 



