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those who had observed from life. A more trivial error is that of 

 adopting Gray's name teda for Bell's tectum. Dr. Gray's midahe in 

 this matter of names would almost seem to be his ^method, to judge 

 from this and other instances (vide ante under Testudo elongata, B.) 



26. P. TENTORi, Gray. 



a. stuffed adult. Indus R. Sir A. Burnes. 



h. adult shell only, 8.25 Ditto. Ditto. 



inches. 



(sternum injured.) 



From these specimens, it seems the vertebrals are rectangular in the 

 adult, the first being, however, broadly pentangular witli an obtuse 

 angle in front. The young specimen, recorded as having been procured 

 by Mr. Blyth from the vicinity of Calcutta, is no longer in the 

 museum. Respecting the occurrence of this species near Calcutta, 

 Dr. Gunther remarks, " This ice doubt, as the species may easily he con- 

 founded ivitJi young specimens of the Batagur and of the species allied 

 to it." Dr. Gunther is probably right as to the non-occun'ence at 

 Calcutta of this species, but he may probably be mistaken, when 

 saj'ing it can be confounded with the Batagur. 



It remains to determine what was the species alluded to by Mr. 

 Blyth. As the specimen is lost (in common with so many others !), 

 it is not easy to say with c^tainty what the species was, the only thing 

 quite certain being that it was not the Batagur, as suggested by Gun- 

 ther. I am inclined to think it may have been a young P. jiavivente'^f 

 Gunther, which I believe occurs near Calcutta, though no example is 

 in the museum. 



* P. FLAViVEXTER, Gunthcr. Lower Bengal. 



* P. Smith, Gunther. 



■^j 



PLATYSTEBNUM, Gray. 



27. P. MEGACEPHALUM, Gray. 



a. stuffed young Martaban. Major Berdmore. 



(bad state.) 



CHELYDRA, Schweigger. 



28. C. Serpentina, L. 



a. shell only. North Carolina. Rev. J. Fitzgerald. 



KINOSTERNUM Spix. 



29. K. oDORATUM, Daud. 



a. h..c. young, in spirits North Carolina. Rev. J. Fitzgerald, 

 (bad state.) 



