TORTOISES. 17 



The Dhongoka. Emys Dhongoka, Gray, Illmt. Ind. Zool. 

 ii. t. cop. Testudo D., B. Hamilton, MSS. E. lineata, var. 

 Dum. $ Bib. E. G. ii. 335. E. tectum, var. ? Schlegel,F. Jap. 51. 



Shell ovate, depressed, dark brown, expanded over the legs, 

 and subdentate behind ; back shelving, slightly keeled ; sternum 

 pale, sides high sloping, keeled : animal olive-green, pale beneath; 

 head with a daTk streak from the nostril ard eyes to the ears, and 

 a broad blue streak from the angle of the mouth, and on the cen- 

 tre of the chin. 



Inhabits India. From Dr, Buchanan Hamilton's drawing. 



The Thurgi. Emys Thurgii, Gray, Syn. 22, 72. Dum. Si- 

 Bib. E. Gen. ii. 318. Test. Thurgii, B. Hamilton, MSS. cop. 

 Gray, Must. Ind. Zool. t. . Emys flavo-nigra, Lesson, Bull. 

 Sci. xxv. 12, and Belanger, Voy. 22. E. Spengleri, var., Schle- 

 gel, F. Jap. 51. 



Shell oblong, rather convex, olive-brown, margin yellowish, 

 rather toothed behind ; vertebral plates 1st quadrate, 2nd and 3rd 

 broad, six-sided ; sternum olive, slightly keeled on the sides ; head 

 olive, with a yellow band from the nostrils, over the eye-brows, 

 along the side of the neck ; feet olive, yellow spotted. 



a. Adult, 13 inches. India, Bengal. From M. Piquot's col- 



lection. 



b. Young, 5 inches. India, Bengal. 



The Three-streaked Emys. Emys trivittata, Dum. #• Bib. 

 E. Gen. ii. 331. 



Shell smooth, entire, subcordiform, swollen, yellowish green, 

 with three broad blackish bands, yellowish beneath : animal olive ; 

 jaws toothed. 



Inhabits India, Bengal. In Mils. Paris 



The Chinese Emys. Emys sinensis, Gray, Pr. Z. Soc. 1834. 



Shell ovate, convex, rather strongly keeled, olive, black-spec- 

 kled ; shields smooth, with a central orange streak ; vertebral 

 shields broad, six- sided, 1st narrowest, as long as broad ; margin 

 entire, rather revolute in front, and expanded over the leg behind, 

 beneath yellow, with an oval, rather posterior, black-edged olive 

 spot ; sternum high, slightly keeled on the sides ; head and neck 

 olive, with narrow yellow lines. 



a. Adult, 4 inches long. Presented by John Reeves, Esq. 



Beale's Emys. Emys Bealii, Gray, Proc. Z. Soc. 1834. 

 Dum. $■ Bib. E. Gen. ii. 325. Cistuda ? Bealii, Gray, Syn. 71. 



Shell ovate, oblong, solid, rather convex, olive, black dotted ; 

 back slightly contracted and keeled behind, hinder edge rather 

 expanded ; vertebral shields transverse, six-sided ; sternum rather 



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