4 TORTOISES, TERRAPINS, AND TURTLES. 



areola ; and it has a very small nuchal plate. The sternum is not rayed, but black in the centre and 

 white at the sides. 



Similar specimens, similarly conical and prominent, also occur in Peltastes geometricus, which 

 always ha^e a larger nuchal shield and rayed underside. 



9. TESTUDO MARGINATA, Schcepf. 

 Tab. XV. 

 Feltastes marginata. Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. Suppl. p. 10. 

 Hab. Shores of the Mediterranean ; Greece. 



This species is peculiar for the extraordinary expansion of the postorior margin, which renders it 

 one fifth broader over the thighs than at the middle of the sheU, especially in the male specimens. 



Mr. "White, of Selbourne, for many years kept a female of this species, and gives a history of it in 

 his interesting work. The Tortoise was named Testudo Whitei by Mr. Edward Bennett, and was 

 presented to the British Museum in 1858 by Mrs. Christopher, the niece of Mr. White. 



10. TESTUDO GR.ffiCA, Unn. 



Tab. XVI. 



Feltastes grcBcus, Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. Suppl. p. 12. 



Hab. Shores of the Mediterranean ; Asia Minor. 



This species is brought every year to London by the fruit-ships, and sold about the streets. 

 I am informed that it is often used to make soup. 



11. TESTUDO SULCATA, Miller. 

 Tab. XVII. & XVIII. 



Feltastes ? sulcatus, Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. Suppl. p. 12. 

 Hab. East Africa ; Abyssinia. 



This species is peculiar for the great height of the marginal plates, and for the very large scales on 

 the fore legs, and for the small size and produced form of the gular and anal shields. 



A species very similar to this in general form and appearance is found on the eastern slopes of the 

 Andes ; it has been confoimded with it by several authors, but is at once distinguished from it by its 

 more depressed form and the shortness of the marginal plates. It is figured as Testudo chilensis in 

 the ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society,' 1870. 



