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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 Excerpt:...42.-Bonap. Test. Eur. et Amer. Bor. p. 162.-Wagler, Amph. 138. _ Terrapene clausa. Merr. Amph. p. 28.--Fitzing. Rept. p. 44. Ter. carolina. Bell, Zool. Journ. I1. p. 309. sp. 2. Cistuda clausa. Say, Journ. Acad. Philadelph. iv. pp. 205, 214. sp. 11. C. carolina. Gray, Syn. Rept. p. 18. La tortue д boîte. Bosc, Nouv. Dict. d'Ilist. Nat. xx11. p. 265. La bombée,-la tortue д boîte. Lacép. Quad. Óvip. 1. pp. 164, 169. Lunel tortoise from Carolina. Edwards, Nat. Hist. p. 205. Chegueretl tortoise. Pennant, Arct. Zool. 11. p. 328. Die «losen Schildkröte. Bloch, Schrift. Berl. Naturf. V11. p. 131. t. i. vnl. p. 18. и. testâ ovatâ, fusco flavoque nebulosâ. Terrapene nebulosa. Bell, Zool. Journ. п. p. 310. sp. 3. TERRAPENE CLAUSA. var f5. testâ globosâ, nigrâ, guttis maculisque flavescentibus. Testualo virgulata. Latr. Rept. 1. p. 100. et icon.-Daud. Rept. п. p. Q01. t. xxiii. f. 3, 4. Emys virgulata. Schweig. Prod. sp. 43.-VVagler, Amph. p. 138. Terrapene virgulata. Pitzing. Rept. 44. Ter. maculata. Bell, Zool. Journ. 11. p. 309. sp. Q. Habitat in America septentrionali. Mus. nostr.-Mus. Brit. &c.--oc et В in Mus. nostr. DEsc1uPT1o. Caput magnum, suprà planum, scutatum, ñiscum, aurantio, luteo vel flavo variegatum. Maœilla superior undulata, apice uncinato. Óeuli magni, fusci. Collum rugosum, squamosum, suprà fuscum, ad latera et infrà luteum, fusco maculatum. Petles anteriores crassi, subclavati, squamis rotundis, aurantiis vel flavis tecti; unguibus parvis, brevibus, cinereis. Perles posteriores rugososquamosi, luteoaurantii; unguibus aeutis, elongatis, quorum secundus reliquis longior. Cauda brevis, s...