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behind in the adult; second vertebral shortest, broader than long, 

 with straight posterior border ; third vertebral considerably longer 

 than broad, pointed behind, and forming a very narrow suture 

 with the fourth, which tapers anteriorly and equals in length the 

 first and second together ; fifth vertebral not broader than fourth, 

 pointed posteriorly. Plastron large, feebly angulate laterally, 

 truncate anteriorly, angularly notched posteriorly ; the longest 

 median suture is that between the abdominals ; suture between the 

 gulars as long as or shorter than that between the humerals ; 

 suture between gulars and humerals forming a right angle ; inguinal 

 and axillary large. Carapace olive-brown, usually with a lighter 

 streak along the keel ; plastral shields dark brown with a broad 

 yellow border. 



Length of shell 7 inches. 



Hob. Sylhet and Assam. 



41. Kachuga intermedia. 



Emys (Pangshura) tectum, var. intermedia, Blanf. J. A. S. B. xxxix, 



1870, pt. 2, p. 339, pi. xiv, and xlviii, 1879, p. 110. 

 Kachuga intermedia, Bouleng. Cat. Cliel. fyc. p. 58. 



Shell as in K. tectum, but second vertebral shield shortest and 

 broader than long. Carapace brown ; plastral shields black, with 

 yellow anterior aud lateral margins. Head dull olive, paler below ; 

 a ferruginous spot behind the eye, and three others, less well 

 marked, in a convex line on the occiput ; limbs uniform olive. 



Length of shell 4| inches. 



Hob. Hasdo river, Bilaspur, Central Provinces ; Godavari. 



This Tortoise is only known to me from Blanf ord's description. 



42. Kachuga tectum. 



Emys tecta, Gray, Syn. Rept. p. 23, pi. v ; id. III. 2nd. Zool. i, 



pi. Ixxii. 



Emys tentoria, Gray, P. Z. S. 1834, p. 54. 

 Pangshura tecta, Giinth. Rept. B. 1. p. 33 ; Theob. Cat. p. 13. 

 Pangshura tentoria, Giinth. Rept. B. 1. p. 34, pi. iv, figs. C, C'; Theob. 



Cat. p. 14. 



Pangshura flaviventer, Giinth. Rept. B. I. p. 35 ; Theob. Cat. p. 15. 

 Kachuga tectum, Bouleng. Cat. Chel. fyc. p. 58. 



Carapace elevated, tectiform, the keel ending in a nodosity on the 

 third vertebral shield ; posterior margin not or but very slightly 

 serrated ; nuchal shield small, square or trapezoidal ; first vertebral 

 very variable in shape, usually with straight lateral borders diverg- 

 ing forwards in the half -grown specimens, narrower in front and 

 with sinuous lateral borders in the adult ; second vertebral as long 

 as or a little longer than second, frequently obtusely pointed 

 behind ; third vertebral pointed behind, in contact with the point 

 of the very elongate fourth ; fifth vertebral broader than the 

 others. Plastron large, strongly angulated laterally in the young, 

 truncate anteriorly, angularly notched posteriorly ; proportions of 



