SlernothcePits. 305 



Species 5. 



Amboinense. K. testa ovali Ice vi j scutis tnaf^gmallbus^4» 

 Testudo Amboineiisis. Baud. 11. 309. 

 Terrapene Amboinensis. Merrem, p. 28. n 



Habitat in Amboina. 



Shell oval, smooth ; marginal plates 24. 



Species 6. 

 NIGRICANS. K, testa suborbiculatdy carinataj scutis margina- 

 libus 24. 

 Testudo subnigra. Latr. I. 89. Baud, II. p. 197. 

 ? La noiratre. Lacep. I. p. 175. t. 13. 

 Habitat ? 



Shell suborbicular, carinated, marginal plates 24, 



Genus II. STERNOTHiERUS. Mihi. 



Sternum uni-valve : lobus anterior mobilis, lobi duo posteriores 

 connexi, immobiies. 



Breast-plate having but one moveable valve; formed of the 

 anteriour lobe. The middle and posteriour lobes immoveably 

 connected and fixed. 



Species 1. 



TRiFAsciATUS. S, collo elougato : testa ovali^ carinatA ; scutis vioo 

 imbricatiSf rugoso-striatis ; marginalibus^b. 

 Habitat — - ? 

 Mus. nost. 

 Tab. Supp^^IL_„ 



Neck very long ; shell oval, carinated, slightly wrinkled ; 

 plates almost imperceptibly imbricate ; marginal plates 25. 



Description, 

 The head long, narrow, and somewhat depressed ; of a yellow 

 colour, with two deep brown bands on each side, passing from 

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