AND ITS AFFINITIES. 201 



ties zusaramenstosseu"; and Boulenger mentions in his 

 description of Testudo emys ^) : „the pectoral shields may 

 be widely separated from each other or form a short 

 median suture." 



Dr. G. Bauer 2), however, is not so sure that the Su- 

 matra-species is the same as that of the continent. Though 

 he admits that there is a great possibility that there ex- 

 ists but one continental form and that Scapia Falconeri , 

 S. Phayrei^ S. gigantea and Manouria fusca may be syno- 

 nymous , still he points to some differences in the form 

 of the skull of the typical specimen of Teleopus luxatus 

 Leconte from Java and the skull of Manouria fusca as 

 figured by Gray. As to the Sumatra-species, Bauer had 

 no opportunity to compare a skull or a drawing of a skull 

 of T. emys with those of the other species, and therefore 

 declares himself incompetent to solve the question of the 

 synonymy of this species. He states three possibilities : 

 P Testudo emys differs both from the continental as well 



as from the Java-species. 

 2^^ Testudo emys is identical with Manouria fusca. 

 3" Testudo emys is identical with the Java-species: Teleo- 

 pus luxatus. 



As the typical specimens of T. emys are in the collec- 

 tions of the Leyden Museum , I thought it worth while to 

 try to solve this vexed question, but failed in the ulti- 

 mate solution of the problem, owing to the fact: that 

 none of our four Sumatra-specimens (two stuffed ones, 

 one small one in spirits , and one skeleton) was provided 

 with a statement as regards its sex. They all had the pec- 

 torals separated from each other, and flat sterna; the skeleton 

 only having an indication of a convexity in the region of 

 the femorals; and though it was very improbable still it 

 was possible that all these specimens were males. 



1) Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians and Crocodiles, 1889, 

 p. 158. 



2) Dr. G. Bauer, Bemerkungen iiber verschiedene Arten von Schildkröten. 

 Zool. Anz. 1892, p. 155. 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseutn, Vol. XVH. 



