40 HYDRASPIS. 



Test, sulrufa, Lacep. t. 12 ; cop. E. M. t. G, f. 5. (v. Mus. 

 Par.) Emys subrufn, Schw. Test, hadia, Daud. 



Junior. Scutellis concentrice sulcatis. Aestudo galeata, 

 Schoepf t. 3, f. 1, cop. Galeated tortoise, Shaw, t. 12. Test, 

 scahra, Retz. Emys olivacea, Schw. (v. t. Mus. Brit.) Test. 

 Se?iega/ensis, Daud. (v. t. Mus. Par.) 



Habitat in Africa, Cap. Bon. Spei, Senegal? (v. v. Hort. 

 nost. et t. Mus. Brit., Par., et Bell.) 



I have never seen this tortoise from India, but being 

 brought from the Cape by the Indian ships, they, as well as 

 many other Cape animals, are often called Indian. This 

 animal is pale brown, black speckled, and the shell, when 

 alive, ash-coloured, black-spotted. 



2. Hydraspis AdansoiiU, [Adansoii's Hydraspis.) Testa 

 ovata humili postice latissima lutea nigro punctata, scutello 

 nuchali nullo, vertebralibus carinatis, primo elongato pandu- 

 riformi postice triangulari. 



Emys Adansonii, Schw. (v. t. Mus. Par.) 



Hab. in Nigritia. 



The Paris Museum specimen has lost most of its shields. 



3. Hydraspis Macquarrii, [New Holland Hydraspis.) Testa 

 ovata depressa antice contracta postice expansa dentata 

 olivaceo-fusca, linea dorsali impressa, scutellis rugulosis, nu- 

 chali angusto, sterno lutescente. 



Emys Macquarrii, Cuv. MSS. R. A. ii. 1 1 note. (v. t. 

 Mus. Par.) 



Habit, in Nova Hollandia, Macquarrie River. 



The hinder marginal plates are nicked in the middle of 

 their edge. Length 11, breadth 8 inches. 



4. Hydraspis planiceps, [Flat-headed Hydraspis.) Testa 

 oblonga nigro fusca dorso complanata lateribus declivi, mar- 

 ginibus lateralibus reflexis, scutello nuchali lineari, sterno 

 luteo marginato, cauda brevi. 



Test, planiceps et Te<it. plafycephala, Schn. Berl. Naturf, 

 iv. t. 16. — Schoepf, t. 27. Emys planiceps, Schw. Test. 

 Martinella, Cuv. MSS. (v. t. Mus. Par.) Emys discolor, 

 " Thunb. MSS." Schw. Emys caniculata, Spix, Bras. t. 8. 

 Emys caniculata et E. aspera, Cuv. MSS. (v. t. Mus. Par.) 



Junior. Testa dorso leviter complanato, Schoepf, t. 27. 

 Emys Geoffroyana, Schw. (v. t. Mus. Par.) Chelodina Geof- 

 froyana, Fitz. Emys depressa, Spix, Bras. t. 3, f. 2. (not 

 Pr. Max.) 



