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5. TESTTJDO PARDALIS, Bell. 



Tab. IX. & X. 



Tcstuclo pardalis. Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. Suppl. p. 6. 



Hab. South (and Western ?) Africa. 



Mr. BeU observes : — " The neck was so remarkably long and extensile, that the head could be 

 easily raised much above the level of the top of the back ; and thus the animal was enabled to look 

 round on all sides, merely by turning the head — a peculiarity which I have never observed in any other 

 species." " It fed heartily on grass, which it appeared to prefer to any other food, and which it 

 plucked with a sidelong movement of the head, exactly similar to that of a goose." 



6. TESTUDO ACTINODES, Bell. 

 Tab. XI. & XII. 

 Peltastes sfellatus, var. actinoides. Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. Suppl. p. 8. 

 Hab. East Indies. 



It varies greatly in the number of yellow rays, and in the flatness and convexity of the dorsal 

 shields. 



The specimen figured is peculiar for having very convex shields, which Mr. Bell considered a 

 specific character. 



This is a tender species, and will not live in this country dm'ing the winter. 



These animals, according to Captain T. Hutton, have the curious habit of butting one another 

 when two animals happen to meet, which causes the nuchal margin of adult shells to be often chipped. 



7. TESTTJDO GEOMETRICA, Linn. 

 Tab. XIII. 

 Peltastes geometricus, Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. Sujopl. p. 9. 

 Hab. South Africa. 



This species will not live through the winter in this climate, according to Mr. Bell's experience. 



8. TESTUDO TENTORIA, Bell 

 Tab. XIV. 

 Peltastes tentorius, Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. Suppl. p. 9. 

 Hab. South Africa. 



This species is very like P. geometrica ; but the dorsal shields are generally conical, with a small 



