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on the renewed dermal plates seems to be always irregular. 

 Keel always present, marked by a continuous yellow stripe. 

 Plastron usually yellow, unmarked, sometimes variegated 

 with brown. Hind feet usually slightly webbed but the 

 amount of webbing very variable, some specimens with feet 

 unwebbed, others with the webs comparatively well devel- 

 oped. 



Hind claws three or four; of the earlier specimens received 

 from Florida nearly all were three-clawed, in those received 

 lately four-clawed hind feet seem to be more usual. Of four 

 typically marked bauri received November 12, 1903 from Or- 

 lando. Fla., one has the hind claws four on both feet, two 

 have them three on both feet, and one has four on one foot 

 and three on the other, zygomatic arch complete in every 

 specimen I have ever examined from Florida. Dr. Lonnberg* 

 however states that the skull of a specimen from Orange Co., 

 Fla., in his possession, had no zygomatic arch, not even the 

 slightest rudiment of a quadrato jugal being present. 



The carapace of T. bauri, I might add is narrower in pro- 

 portion than that of the other forms and has a less tendency 

 to flare outward behind. 



Young T. bauri just hatched show the characteristic head 

 markings, narrower carapace, and yellow stripe down the 

 keel of the adult. 



Terrapene major, Two specimens from Tallahassee in 

 continental Florida are the largest Terrapene I have ever had, 

 measuring 170 and 180 mm in lengh of shell. The shell is 

 not as narrow and flares outwardly more behind than in bau- 

 ri, the carapace is dark brown with yellow spots arranged 

 radially and a yellow stripe down the keel. Head with yel- 

 low markings, but not as in bauri. Plastron yellow with 

 more or less black round the edges of the plates. Zygoma- 

 tic arch complete, broad. Hind feet more strongly webbed 

 than in any other Terrapene I have had, the webs more exten- 

 sive in the smaller specimen. Hind feet with four claws. A 



*Is the Florida Box Tortoise a distinct species by Einar Loennberg. 

 Proc U. S. N. M. XIX No. 1107. 



