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between each claw. Claws 5 ■ 5, elongate, sharp. Shell 

 depressed, sides narrow, revolute. Nuchal none. Sternum 

 solid, rather narrow, truncated in front, narrower and nicked 

 behind. lutergular shield small, marginal ; sterno-costal 

 suture covered by the end of the pectoral and abdominal 

 plates. Africa. 



Pelomedusa, Wagler, Sijst. 136 (1830). 



Gray, Cat. Tort. B.M. 39.. 



Fitz. Sijst. Rept. 29. 

 Pentonyx, Bii/jpe!/, 3ISS. Mvs. Frank. (1831). 



Bum. ^- Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 390 ; Cat. Mcth. R. 18. 

 Hydraspis (galeata), sp., Bell, Zool. Journ. iii. 51.5. 



* Pectoral shields small, short, triangular ; humeral large ; 

 occiput with small shields. Pentonyx. 



1. Pelomedusa Gehafiae. The Gehafia. 

 Olive ; shields radiately and concentrically grooved ; be- 

 neath pale yellowish-white, very slightly keeled ; pectoral 

 shields triangular, not reaching to the central line. 



Pelomedusa Gehafiae, Gra;/, Cat. Tort. B.M. 38. 

 Pentonyx Gehafiae, Riippell, Mus. Frank. (1831). 

 Bum. Cat. Meth.R. 18. 



Hab. Abyssinia. 



a. Adult (stuffed). Abyssinia. From Dr. Riippell' s Col- 



lection. 



b. Young. Abyssinia. Dr. Riippell's Collection. 



** Pectoral and humeral shields equal, oblong, four-sided, 

 tran.werse ; occiput largely shielded. Pelomedusa. 



2. Pelomednsa subrufa. The Pelomedusa. 



Shell brown, olive, ovate oblong ; first vertebral plate 

 short, very broad in front. 



Pelomedusa subrufa, Graij, Cat. Tort. B.M. 38. 

 Testudo subrufa (La Roussatre), Lacep. Q. O. i. 173. t. 12 ; 



Enc;/. Mcth. t. 6. f. 3. 

 Testudo subrufa, Lotr. Rept. i. 120. 



Baud. Rept. ii. 132. 

 Emys subrufa, Schweig. Prod. 308. 26. 

 Hydraspis subrufa. Gray, SyA. 40. 

 Testudo scabra, Retz. 

 T. badia, Bound. Zool. Beytr. iii. 34. 

 T. galeata, Schoepf. Test. 12. t. 3. f. 1 (young). 



Latr. Rept. i. 152. 



Shaw, Zool. iii. 57. t. 12. f. 3. 



Baud. Rept. ii. 136. 

 Emys galeata, Schweig. Prod. 307. no. 25. 



Schlegel, Faun. Jajjon. 44. 



TFagler, Sysf. 132. t. 2. f. 36, 44. 

 E. olivacea, Schweig. Prod. 307. 24 (young). 

 Pentonyx capensis, Bum. ^ Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 390. t. 19. 



f. 21 ; Cat. Meth. R. 18. 

 Testudo senegalensis. Baud. Rept. 



Pelomedusa galeata, Wagler, Syst. 136 (1830), t.2. f.36,37. 

 Fitz. Syst. Rept. 29. 



Hab. Africa; Cape of Good Hope; Madagascar; Senegal. 



Far. 1. Shields smooth, or with only a few concentric an- 

 nular grooves. 



a. Adult (stuffed). Plates worn smooth. Cape of Good 



Hope. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



b. Young (dry) ; only two legs. Shields slightly concen- 



trically grooved. Cape of Good Hope. 



c. d, e. Very young (dry, from spirits). Shields smooth, 



slightly concentrically grooved. Cape of Good Hope. 

 Presented by J. S. Bowerbank, Esq. 



h. Young (m spirits). South Africa. Mr. Bartlett's Col- 

 lection. 



i &j. Young (in spirits). South Africa. From the Zoo- 

 logical Society. 



k. Adult (stuffed). South Africa. 



Far. 2. Black, grey-black spotted ; shields all with close, 

 rather granular, radiating ridges and concentric 

 grooves ; areola small. 



g. Adult (stuffed). Black ; areola small. South Africa ; 

 Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



/. Young (stuffed) ; wantmg sternum. South Africa. Pre- 

 sented by J. S. Bowerbank, Esq. 



Osteology : — 



Pelomedusa galeata, Wagler, Syst. t. 2. f. 38-44. 



Toung, when alive, pale olive-green. 



*** Boubtful species. 



3. Pelomedusa Mozambica, Peters, MSS. (1848). 

 Hab. Mozambique (Mus. Berlin). 



4. Pentonyx AyiEKic an a, Cornalia, Ferteb. Syn. in Mus. 



Mediolanensi, 13 (1849). 



Testa oblouga, in medio coarctata, minime carinata, scutis 

 distiuctis ohvaceo-brunneis flavo-maculatis tribus lineis cas- 

 taneis circumdatis. 



Hab. New York (!). 



b. Claws 5 • 4. Head covered with a thin skin, entire, or 



divided into small flexible shields. 

 Chelydidae A. b. Gray, Cat. Tort. B.M. 36. 



3. PLATEMYS. 

 Head moderate, flat, covered with a continuous thin skin. 

 Temple with small scales. Beaks naked, weak. Chin two- 



