22 TESTTJDINID^E. 



tricuspid; edge of jaws denticulated ; alveolar ridge of upper 

 jaw strong. Outer-anterior face of fore limb with numerous un- 

 equal-sized, large, imbricate, bony, pointed tubercles ; heel with large, 

 more or less spur-like tubercles ; a group of large conical or sub- 

 conical tubercles on the hinder side of the thigh. Carapace black, 

 with yellow areolse from which yellow streaks radiate ; these streaks 

 usually narrow and very numerous : plastron likewise with black 

 and yellow radiating streaks. 



Length of shell 10 inches. 



Hob. India (except Lower Bengal), extending west to Sind ; 

 and Ceylon. 



19. Testndo platynota. 



Testudo platynota, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxii, 1863, p. 83 ; Theob. Cat. 

 p. 2 ; Bouleny. Cat. CM. $c. p. 162. 



Very closely allied to the preceding, but carapace more regularly 

 oval ; posterior border not or but very slightly expanded, and more 

 feebly serrated ; vertebral shields flat. "Yellow rays on the dorsal 

 shields wider and fewer, usually three to the right and three to the 

 left of each shield ; plastron yellow, with some large black blotches 

 but without radiating streaks. According to Anderson, the scales 

 on the fore limb are fewer and all rounded, the sharp scales on the 

 heel are absent, and the conical scales on the posterior portion of 

 the thigh are very much smaller and not at all prominent. 



Hob. Upper Burma and Northern Pegu. 



20. Testudo emys. 



Testudo emys, SMeg. fy Miill. in Temnrinck, Ver. Nat. Nederl. Ind., 



Rept. p. 34, pi. iv ; Bouleng. Cat. CM. Sfc. p. 158. 

 Geoemyda spinosa, part., Cantor, J. A. S. B. xvi, 1847, p. 607. 

 Manouria fusca, Gray, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 134. 

 Testudo phayrei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 639. 

 Manouria emys, Giinth. Rept. B. 1. p. 10 ; Theob. Cat. p. 4. 

 Testudo (Scapia) falconer!, Gray, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 169, figs. 



Shell considerably depressed, its depth not half its length ; ante- 

 rior and posterior margins reverted, more or less strongly serrated ; 

 nuchal present ; supracaudal shields two ; dorsal shields concentri- 

 cally striated, often concave ; vertebrals much broader than long 

 and at least as broad as costals. Plastron large, gular region some- 

 what produced and usually notched, hind lobe deeply notched ; the 

 pectoral shields may be widely separated from each other, or from a 

 short median suture ; axillary shield very small, inguinal large. 

 Head moderate ; two large pra3frontal shields and a large frontal ; 

 beak not hooked ; jaws feebly denticulated, the alveolar surface of 

 the upper jaw with a strong median ridge. Fore limb anteriorly 

 with very large, bony, pointed, imbricate tubercles, forming four or 

 five longitudinal series ; hind limb with very large bony tubercles 

 on the plantar surface, with others larger, conical, and spur-like on 



