1913-] ^- Annandale : Tortoises of Chota Nagfyur. 75 



Specimens in the Indian Museum. 



816 {10a. A.S.B.), & I Chaibassa (Singh- \ 



(shell and imper- ' bhum) district 'a.S.B. (Blyth). 

 feet skeleton). ' Chota Nagpur. ' 



189, cf (spirit). Bisnath plain, Capt. Godwin-Austen. 



N. Assam. 

 188^ $ (spirit : skull Bisnath plain, ,, 



separate). N. Assam. 



1017, 9 (skeleton). Base of Dafla ,, 



HiUs, N. Assam. 



No. 816 is the t^^pe of Geoemyda tricarinata, Blyth, while Nos. 

 189 and 188 are co-types of Chaibassia theohaldii, Anderson. 



Geoemyda sylvatica, Henderson, from Cochin is apparentl}^ 

 related to this species, but only the external characters have as yet 

 been described. Its depressed carapace, strongly hooked upper 

 jaw, etc. separate it distinctly. 



Genus Testudo, lyinn. 



Since Mr. Boulenger published his volume on the Reptiles and 

 Batrachia in the Fauna of British India four species of this genus 

 have been added to the Indian list. I have to add a fifth. The 

 four additional species already known are : — 



1. Tesiudo latinuchalis^ (Vaillant) (Lower Burma and 



Malaya). 



2. Testudo travancorica^ Boulenger (Western Ghats). 



3. Testudo horsfieldii,^ Gra}^ (Central Asia, Baluchis- 



tan). 



4. Testudo baluchiorum* Annandale (Baluchistan). 



The fifth species I propose to name Testudo parallelus. Its 

 position among the Indian species will be shown by the following 

 key : — 



I. Species with five claws on the fore-feet. 

 I. Supracaudal shield single. 



A. Forehead with large shields; cara- 

 pace not marked with radiating 

 pale hues ; no spurs on hind 

 thighs. 

 a. Nuchal shield (usually) present; 

 gular suture no longer than 

 pectoral suture, which is at 

 least nearly as long as humeral 

 suture . . . . T. elongafa. 



1 Boulenger, Fauna of the Malav Peninsula, vol. i. p 15 (r9i2). 



5 Id., Jniirn. Boiubav Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. xvii, p. 560, 2 pis. 



3 Id., Cat. CheL. p. 178. 



« Annandale, Jo'urn. As. Soc. B(^nqal, 1906, pp. 75 and 205, pi. 2, fig. i. 



