1914.] Miscellanea. 269' 



The measurements of some in the collection of the Indian 

 Museum are as follows : — 



1. Carapace 52*3 cm. X 597 cm. Largest specimen from Calcutta. 



2. ,, 5-9 cm. X 6'05 cm. A specimen from Jalpaiguri, 



Northern Bengal. 



3. ,, 4*8 cm. X 5*1 cm. The smallest specimen from Jal- 



paiguri. 



4. ,, 2'9cm. X 3'3 cm. A very small $ from Allahabad, 



On comparing the young one with a young specimen of 

 Emyda granosa scutata (Peters) which was taken at Moulmein just 

 after hatching and the size of which is4"icm. X3-6 cm., it ap- 

 pears that the young ones of C. indica on hatching are actually 

 smaller than those of Emyda granosa scutata, which is a much 

 smaller form when adult. 



In the young specimens of this form it appears that the 

 upper jaw is not fully ossified as it breaks off when the skeleton 

 is being prepared. This was the case with my specimen from 

 Makhu and some of the skeletons in the Indian Museum. 



On the inner margin of the hypoplastron there are five pro- 

 cesses on that of the left side and four on the right side.^ 



The contents of the stomach of a specimen from Ludhiana 

 included the bones of a fish and some small snail-shells. 



Emyda granosa (Schoepff). 



Boulenger, Fauna, p. 49 : Siebenrock, p. 59 : Annandale (2), 

 p. 171. 



Distribution : — '' Valle3's of the Indus and the Ganges, but 

 it probably occurs in Assam and certainly does so on the coast of 

 Arrakan." Specimens of the typical form were obtained at Phag- 

 wara in a small stream known as the Baen, in a small rivulet 

 about four miles from Ferozpore, and also in the Budha stream at 

 Ludhiana. 



The colour of the plastron varied from perfect white to yellow. 



The number of bony marginal plates varies from 14 to 20. 



Kachuga smithii (Gray). 



Boulenger, Fauna, p. 42 : Siebenrock, p. 453. 



Distribution : — The species has been recorded from the upper 

 Ganges and Indus with their tributaries. Dr. Annandale tells me 

 that the young specimen he recorded {Rec- Ind. Mus., vol. i, p. 

 171 ; 1907) from Rajshahi on the lower Ganges as K. sylhetensis 

 really belongs to this species. I found it to be quite abundant at 

 Ferozpore (Sutlej and Beas united), Lahore (Ravi), and at 

 Kapurthala (in a small stream known as Baen). 



I Annandale in Rec. Ind. Mus., VII, p. 170, says that there are three or 

 tour. 



