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vertebral shield at least as long as broad, octagonal, with a distinct 

 notch in its posterior margin (which is the shortest), about half as 

 broad as the first costal ; second vertebral shield similar in shape 

 and proportions but sometimes shorter ; third vertebral shorter 

 than either of the first two ; fourth and fifth broader than long ; 

 fifth as broad as fourth costal ; two caudals, the notch between 

 them obscurely indicated. Posterior margin of shell smooth, 

 soinewhat retroverted, especially in the female ; anterior margin 

 smooth, barel}'^ retroverted in either sex. Lower part of marginal 

 shields on the bridge very deep and approaching the vertical. 



Plastron brown with paler margins, deeply concave in the 

 male ; the anterior lobe considerably, the posterior lobe distinctly 

 shorter than the bridge ; posterior notch deeply angulate ; anterior 

 extremity truncate. Epidermal shields in the following order of 

 length : humerals, pectorals, anals, abdominals, gulars. Plastron 

 firml}^ united by bone to the carapace, with axillar and inguinal 

 buttresses as in G. trijuga. Axillary and (sometimes) inguinal 

 shields present. 



Head longer than tail, dark olivaceous or brownish without 

 definite markings in either sex, but with a somewhat obscure dark 

 mid-dorsal line running backwards from the snout in the male 

 and narrowing posteriorly ; throat dirty white. Skull resembling 

 that of G. trijuga, but with the temporal arch incomplete owing to 

 the vestigial condition of the quadrato-jugal bone ; dorsal surface 

 flat and horizontal ; dorsal profile of squamosal bone much more 

 strongl}^ concave than in G. trijuga and supra-occipital bone 

 more strongl}' produced backwards ; upper jaw deeph^ notched 

 at apex ; tooth at apex of lower jaw very prominent and distinct. 

 In the h3"oid skeleton the posterior cornua are much broader 

 and the median cornua longer and stouter than in the allied species. 

 The iris is chestnut-brown. 



Limbs powerful, black above, greyish below ; feet flattened, 

 with well-developed webs ; claws long and powerful (especially in 

 the male), sharply pointed, more or less curved, blackish; horny 

 shields large and strong on both limbs, arranged as in G. trijuga. 



Types. Nos. 17098 ( cf ) and 17100 ( 5 ) Rept. Ind. Mus. 



Geographical distribution. — The specimens in the Indian Museum 

 are from the vSinghbhum district of Chota Nagpur and there is one 

 in the vivarium of the Bombay Natural History Society from the 

 Dharwar district in the interior of the southern part of the 

 Bomba}^ Presidency. It was taken at Devikop, 26 miles south 

 of the town of Dharwar. 



Measurements of specimens of Geoemyda indopeninsularis. 



Type cf . Type 9 . Bombay 5 . 



Length of carapace (straight) 336 mm. 342 mm. 284 mm. 



Breadth of ,, ( ,, ) 231 „ 236 ,, 



Height of ,, .. ..130 ,, 148 ,, 135 „ 



Length of ,, along curve 350 ,, 350 ,, 



,, plastron (notch to notch) 282 ,, 310 ,, 258 ,, 



