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B o I E' S S C H Í I. D R K Ò T E
T A B . XIII.
Character essentialis. Testa oblonga, ephippii-formi, postice dilatata, rotimdata, recto-,
antice piano-descendente, suhangiixtata et viarginibus sid)expansa¡ scutellis disci sulcatis piceo-nigris,
areolis Jlcmdix obsolete gihbis, laeñbiis, hracteis marginalihiis, piceo - nigris, margine infimo Jlavido;
sterno imp¡-essissimo ; cauda pedibust/ue squamis rubris, capite scutellis uurantiis Jlavisque variegalis.
{Mas aduli.)
Synonymia. Testudo terrestvis americana Ril. Stobaeus in Act. Liti, et sclent, suec. 1730.
p. 59. (excl. syn. Marcgr. Tes l. geometv. ab auctoribus inter synoiiyma Tes iut l i i i i s labulatae (also
recepta;) descriptio aoimalis juiiioris. Tesiudo Gmel. Syst. Nat. p. 1045. n. 33.
D E S C R I P T I O . 0
Corporis forma universalis. Caput subdistiiictum oblongo-ovatum, angulosum, rostro subproducto,
alto, compresso, obtuso-acuminato, pilco depresso, plano, temporibus subrotundatis; nares
angustae, longulae, subobiicpio-liorizoutales; maxilla superior inferiorem pyxidum instar includens tomiis
rectis, iutegris, aculis, dertro elongalo antice in medio semilunialari-emarginato; oculi modice magni subobliqui^
aures squama majuscula, ovata, molli, frons scuto magno, pone acute lanceolato, antice rectotruncato,
obsolete gibbo, rostrum supra scutis duobus magnis, regio supra órbitas ac tempora scutellis
polygonis, impressiuscidis, occipitis margo posticus scutellis subquadi-atis parvis, plañís, regio circa oris angulum
scutellis irregularibus, rugulosis, impressis tecta; scutum oblongum supra utvamque aurem simileque
juxta ulmmque latus partis posticae sculi frontalis^ coUum modice longum, crassiusculum, teretiusculum,
cute sublaxa, circa occiput et juxta latera subplicata, tota vermcis minimis, depressis, in mento latioribus,
subscutelliibrmibus, appianatis tecta. Testa elongata, convexa, in medio supra et ad latera epliippü
instar maxime impressa, in parte postica quam antica paullo altior, multo latior, convexior, rotundata, postice
maxime rotundaU et roctiusculo-desccndens, mainine ibi introrsum, ad latera extrorsum üexa, parte antica
maxlnie convexa, versus latera planiuscule descendente, margine antico supra coUum descendente, sinuata,
laterali extimo protracta, paullo ascendente, supra pedes subsinuata; scutella disci tredecim, vertebraba
quinqué, lateralia quaterna, magna, polygona, lineis numerosis profunde exsculptis, rectis sulcata, areoHs
angulosis obsolete gibbis, laevissimis, in vertebralibus scutellis in medio, in lateralibus et in ultimo vertebrali
supra centrum sitis; scutum vertebrale primum quinquangulare ultimo paullo minus, ángulo antico
])rotracto, acuto, circa et supva areolam convexum, secundum et tertium magnitudine aequalia, sexangularia,
illud in medio gibbum, hoc planum, quartum iterum in medio, praesertim supra areolam gibbum, sexangulare,
postice angustólum recto-truncatum, quintum ingens, postice maxime dilalatmn angulato-arcuatum,
loto convexum, areola extra medium sita ; scutellujn laterale primum circuii quadrantem aequans margine
externo dilalatum, angulalo-arcuatiun, marginibus intemis distincte angulosum, supra areolam arcuatam
gibbum, fere sexangukre, lateralium angustissimum, impressum, areola plana vix prominente; tertium
secundo niajus, appianato-convexum, quinquangulare, quartum subtus subdilatatum, subobliquum, quadrangulare
areola siibpromlnente; bracteae marginales viginti-tres, absque areolis, quarta, quinta et sexta
cxceptis, margine intimo areola subquadrangulari parva, obsolete aut distincte impresso-punctulata, ac insuper
infra areolam rugis profunde impressis, angulosis, transversis auctis, omnes lineis versus bracteae apicem in-
") Moris adulti.
WilOtBIt, Ampiiib. II.