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front lobe a little broader than hind lobe, narrower than 

 the carapace; intergular shield very large, three times as long 

 as the suture between the pectorals; suture between the anals 

 longest. Head moderate, narrow; the skin behind the eyes 

 divided into small shields; mandibular symphysis a little longer 

 than half the diameter of the orbit. Fore limbs with a series 

 of five transverse lamellae on the upper surface; digits entirely 

 webbed, with four claws. 



Brown above, chestnut-brown or yellowish-brown below 

 Length of shell i8o mm. 



Habitat: Rotti!; New Guinea (Katow). — Queensland. 



2. Chelodina siebenrocki Werner. 



Chelodina siebenrocki^ Werner, Verb. Zool, bot. Ges. Wien LI 1 901, p. 602, Taf. 5. 

 Chelodina siebenrocki^ Douglas Ogilby, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl. XIX 1905, 



P- 23, 30. 

 Chelodina siebetirocki^ Siebenrock, Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. X 1909, p. 572. 



Carapace oval, depressed, vertebral region flat. Nuchal shield 

 one time and one fourth as long as broad; first vertebral 

 broader than second; second and third more broad than long, 

 as broad as the costals; fifth smallest; posterior costals and 

 vertebrals with longitudinal rugosities. Plastron moderate, its 

 anterior lobe much narrower than the carapace; intergular one 

 time and two thirds as long as the pectoral suture, twice as 

 long as broad; suture between the pectorals longest, one time 

 and a half as long as that between the femorals, two times 

 and one third as long as that between the abdominals. Head 

 very long and narrow, nearly twice as long as broad; skin of 

 head divided into small shields behind the eyes, undivided in 

 the median line. Lower jaw weak, symphysis one third of 

 the diameter of the orbit; two very small barbels may be present. 

 Fore limbs with a series of seven or eight broad, band-like 

 lamellae on the anterior part; digits entirely webbed, with 

 four claws. Black above, dark brown below. Length of shell 

 165 mm. (After Werner, not seen by me). 



Habitat: German New Guinea. 



3. Chelodina oblonga Gray. 



Chelodina oblonga^ Gray, in Grey's Trav. Austr. II 1841, p. 446. 

 Chelodina oblonga^ Boulenger, Cat. Chel. 1889, p. 216. 

 Chelodina oblonga^ .Siebenrock, Zool. Jahrl). Suppl. X 1909, p. 572. 

 Chelodina nigosa^ Douglas Ogilby, Kec. Austr. Mus. I 1890, p. 56, pi. 7. 



