CLASS REPTILIA. 



SECTION A.— CATAPHUACTA, SHIELDED 



EEPTILES. 



ORDEE CHELOIS^IA. 



FAMILY TESTUDINID^.. 



TESTUDO, Oppel. 



1. T. iNDiCA^Gmel. 



a. stuffed female. Galapagos Islands. 



2. T. RADIATA, Shaw. Madagascar. 



a. stuffed male. 



h. stuffed female. (Some plates gone.) 



c. stuffed female. (Non adult.) 



3. T. STELLATA, ScllW. 



T. elegans, Schoepff. 



T. megalojnifi, BJytli. 



a. large stuffed female. 



h. shell of smaller female. Vizagapatam. Capt. Rolo. 



c. similar stuffed. Ditto. Ditto. 



d. small female stuffed. 

 Nuchal plate invariably absent. 



4. T. GEOMETRICA, L. 



«. stuffed female. (Some South Africa. Major Shcrwill. 



plates gone.) 

 I. ditto ditto Ditto. Ditto. 



c. shell of very young male. Ditto. Ditto. 



Very like the Indian T. stellata. 

 S])ccimens a and b have no nuchal plate, c has it large and 



distinct. 





