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11. Test. Grceca, {Greek Tortoise.) Testa oblongo-globosa 

 scutellis subgibbis nigro flavoque variegatis ; caudali hamato 

 obtuso, nuchali gracili elongate. 



Testiido Grceca, Lin. nee Lacep. Test. Carolina, Her- 

 mann. Test, geometrica. Brunnich; Test. Hermanni. Gniel. 

 Seba, t. 80, f. I, cop. Shaw, iii. t. 1. — Schoepf, t. 8. — Blu- 

 menb. Abbild. N. H. t- 66.— Knorr. del. iii. t 51.— Mayer, 

 Zeit. t. 28. 



ex.. Scutellis posticis explanatis Schoepf. t. 9. 



/3 "Sterno lobo postico mobili," Bell. MSS. 



Habitat, in Europa Meridionali et Africa Septentrionali, 

 Mauritania, Ef/w. Long. 7.", Lat. 6.", (v. v. et t. Mus. Brit. 

 Par. et D. Bell.) 



T. Zolkafa, Forst., said to have no nuchal shield, 

 may be a variety of this species, but I have never seen it. 

 The hinder lobe of the sternum of the female, as has been 

 observed by INIr. Bell, is sometimes moveable. 



12. Test, areolaia, [Areolated Tortoise.) Testa oblonga 

 convexa, scutellis elevatis suicatis luteis, commissuris pro- 

 funde exaratis, areolis fulvis impressis, scuteilo nuchali 

 gracili. 



Test, areolata, Thunb, Nov. Act. Suec. Seba, 1 t. 80, f. 6.; 



Var. monstrosa scutellis vertebralibus 6, Gotwald, f. 14, 

 Schoepf. t. 23.; scuteUis marginalibus, 26 (v. Mus. D. Bell) ; 



Hab. ad Cap. Bon. Spei., D. R. Brown, Mus. Brit. 



j3 pallida. Testa hemispherica, scutellis paliide virescen- 

 tibus, areolis nigescentibus, scuteilo caudali lato iticurvo, sterni 

 lobo postico mobili, (v. v. Hort. D. Bell.) 



Apt to vary in the number of dorsal and marginal plates. 

 T.fasciata, Daud. of Ceylon, from Van Ernest's notes, is 

 perhaps a monstrosity, with 18 dorsal, and 27 marginal 

 plates. 



Animal pale brown, beak strongly toothed, head with 

 small scales and a large occipital plate ; fore legs with 

 lanceolate tubercular scales ; tail short, conical, thickly 

 covered with small scales. 



I should have been inclined at first sight to have consi- 

 dered the variety as a distinct species ; but it exactly agrees 

 in the sculpture of its shields, and in the peculiar scaling of 

 the animal with the type species. 



13. Test, signata, [Marked Tortoise.) Testa humili, scu- 

 tellis disci plauiusculis flavescentibus lineolis punctisque nigris 



