O REPTILES. 



Gaz. t. 76,/. 4. T. gigantea, Schw. Arch. Konisb. i. 327. Dum. 

 $< Bib. E. G. ii. 120. Schoepf. t 22. Shaw, Zool. t. 3. Weig- 

 mann, Bon. Trans, t. 13. T. Vosmaeri, Fitz. Cat. 44. Dum. $r 

 Bib. E. Gen. ii. 140. T. nigrita, Dum. $• Bib. E. Gen. ii. 81. 

 T. Daudinii, Dum. #■ Bib. E. Gen. ii. 125. T. Elephantina, 

 Dum. $• Bib. E. G. ii. 110. T. Perraultii, Dum. $• Bib. E. G. 

 ii. 126. La ronde, Lacep. Quad. Ovip. i. 126, t. 5. T. orbicula- 

 ris, Bechst. in Lacep. i. 154. T. rotunda, Latr. Rept. i. 107. 



Black ; pectoral shields short ; nuchal plates variable or want- 

 ing; animal black ; last vertebral often as broad as the three last 

 margiual. 



a. Adult, 32 inches. Nuchal plate, shell only, not a good state. 



b. Very young, only upper part of shell, no nuchal plate, 4 inches. 



Presented by J E. Gray, Esq. 



c. Adult, 21 inches. Nuchal plate distinct. 



d. Very young, 4 inches. Nuchal plate distinct. Last vertebral 



narrower than the three last marginal. Bengal. Presented by 

 General J. Hardwicke. 



e. Young, 14 inches. Nuchal plate distinct. Shell only. 

 /. Young, 7 inches. Nuchal plate none. 



g. Young, 6 inches. Nuchal plate none, feet bad. 



h. Young, 5^ inches. Nuchal plate none. Shell only ; nucleus 



of marginal and gular plates pale. 

 i. Very young, 4^ inches. Whitish; nuchal plate none; nucleus 



of plates dark. 

 j. Adult animal and shell, 23 inches. 

 k. Upper shell only, very large and broad. Presented by E. 



Cross, Esq. 



The Coui. Testudo radiata, Shaw, Zool. iii. t. 2. Grew, Mus. 

 t. 3,/. 2. Bell, Test. t. 1, 2. Dum. & Bib. E. G. ii. 83. T. Coui, 

 Daud. R. ii. 271, t. 26, f. 2. T. Madagascariensis, Comm. Mus. 

 Par. T. calcarata, part, Merrem. 



Shell hemispherical ; shields flat, grooved, black, yellow-rayed, 

 areola small, rufous ; nuchal shield triangular ; sternum produced 

 in front, truncated behind. 



a. Upper shell only, 9 inches. Madagascar. From the Museum 



of the Royal Society. 



b. and c. Shell only. Madagascar. Presented by Gen. Th. Hard- 



wicke. 



d. Shell and animal, Q\ inches. Madagascar. 



e. Shell only, wanting some plates, 5| inches. Madagascar. 



/. Young, shell only, 4 inches. Gular plate short, truncated. 



Madagascar. 

 g. Young, shell only. 

 h. Very young, shell only. 

 i. Half grown, shell only. 



