1914-] Miscellanea. 267 



The tail persists in this species as a short stumpy process even 

 when the frog has reached almost the maximum size. 



Centrai. College, C. R. Narayan Rao. 



Bangalore. 



REPTILES. 



Notes on Aquatic Chelonia of the Indus System. — In 

 the volume on the Reptiles and Batrachia (1890) in the ''Fauna 

 of British India," Boulenger records six species of aquatic Che- 

 lonia {Emyda granosa, Damonia hamiltonii, Hardella thurgii, 

 Kach'Uga dhongoka, K. smithii, K. tectum) from the Indus without 

 comment, while he includes this river in the area of distribution of 

 two others (Trionyx gangeticus and Chitra indica) with some doubt. 

 Trionyx gangeticus has been definitely recorded from the Indus 

 system by Dr. Siebenrock in his ''Synopsis der Rezenten Schild- 

 kroten'" {Zool Jahrhitcher, Jena, 1909) and by Dr. Annandale in 

 Rec. Ind. Mus., Vol. vii (1912}. I have also found it in rivers of the 

 same system; in which I have recently taken specimens of Chitra 

 indica. The following notes refer to these two species and others 

 that I have recently obtained in the Punjab. 



The following are the six Chelonia that I found in the Indus 

 system : — 



Trionychidae. Testudinidae. 



Trionyx gangeticus , Cuvier. Kachuga smithii (Gray), 



Chitra indica. Gray. Kachuga tectum (Gray). 



Emyda granosa (Schoepff). Damonia hamiltonii (Gray). 



I have to thank Dr. N. Annandale for the very great help 

 he gave me in the preparation of this paper, and for the kindness, 

 and the facilities given me while working in the Indian Museum 

 for a few days. 



Trionyx gangeticus (Cuvier). 



Boulenger, Fauna, p. 12: Siebenrock, p. 596: Annandale, (2) 



P- 157- 



The Indus, the Ganges and their tributaries, probably also 

 the Brahmaputra system. The form from the Mahanaddi River 

 has been separated as Trionyx gangeticus mahanaddicus by Dr. 

 Annandale {Rec. Ind. Mus., Vol. vii, Part iii, No. 25). Specimens 

 of the typical form were obtained from the following places : — 



Ferozepore (Rivers Sutlej and Beas united). 

 Makhu. ,, ,, 



Lahore (Ravi and Chota Ravi stream). 

 Ludhiana (Budha stream). 



Food : — On the whole it is carnivorous in habit. 

 A large specimen from the Chota Ravi on being dissected 

 showed bones of some bird in its stomach, another from the 



