78 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. IX, 1913.J 



Angul in the interior of Orissa from Mr. J. Taylor; other localities 

 are given in the papers cited. 



Although I can at present only put on record definitely five 

 species of Chelonia as having been recorded from Chota Nagpur, 

 viz. : — 



? Geoemyda trijuga (amphibious), 

 Geoemyda indopeninsularis , nov. (amphibious), 

 Geoemyda tricarinata (terrestrial), 

 Testudo parallehis, nov. (terrestrial), 

 and Eniyda granosa intermedia (aquatic), 



it is probable that the following species, at any rate, also occur: — 



^Kachiiga lineata ^. 



j Kachuga dhongoka f « , . , 

 "^estVLdiimd-^iei ^ Kachtiga tectum intertnedia i ^ 



1 Batagur baska 



[^Testudo elegans Terrestrial species. 



/ Trionyx leithii \ 



Trion5^chidae < Trionyx gangeticus mahanad- ] Aquatic species. 



( dicus ) 



These seven forms have been found on both sides of Chota 

 Nagpur, and no reason wh^^ they should not be found in that divi- 

 sion of the Province of Bihar and Orissa can at present be brought 

 forward. 



It would be idle, until we know more of the tortoises of the 

 division, to discuss in detail the geographical distribution of those 

 that have actually been found. It is, however, noteworthy that of 

 the four Testudinidae, two should belong to previously undescribed 

 species; while two, or possibly three, are closely related to, when 

 not identical with, forms otherwise known only from territory 

 east of the Gangetic delta, and quite distinct from forms found 

 in the valley of the Ganges. The three species are : — Geoemyda 

 tricarinata, which is specifically identical with a form only known 

 to occur in Assam north of the Brahmaputra, Testudo parallelus 

 (very closely related to T. elongata, found in Assam, Burma, 

 Indo-China and the Malay Peninsula) and Geoemyda indopenin- 

 sularis, which is related to the Burmese (? and Assamese) race of 

 G. trijuga and ranges westwards and southwards into the Bombay 

 Presidency. Testudo parallelus is closely related not only to T. 

 elongata but also to T. travancorica, which is only known from 

 the Western Ghats,' and also to T. forsteni from Celebes; the 

 four species together forming a very compact and distinct section 

 of the genus Testudo. 



1 Dr. J. R. Henderson has recently sent me a specimen from the western 

 slopes of that range in Cochin and Mr. F. Hannyngton one from Coorg. 



