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Boulenger's description in the "Fauna" quite corresponds 

 with that of specimens from various localities, except in the 

 appearance of the fourth vertebral shield, which varies very much 

 in specimens from the same as well as from different localities. 

 In some it tapers very much in front so that the suture between 

 this shield and the third is quite narrow, while in others it is much 

 broader. 



The colour also varies somewhat, from olive brown to pale 

 brown dorsally. In the young of this species there is an orange- 

 coloured band on the anterior part of the dorsal keel ; two orange 

 spots are also present just behind the nape, one on each side; 

 these disappear in adults. 



The animal chiefly feeds on rotten flesh. On enquiring from 

 fishermen at Ferozpore it was found that the animal is never 

 attracted by the flour bait which they use in fishing, but is often 

 caught also by the small prawns which they sometimes use as 

 bait. vSpecimens kept living in large tubs were seen to like flesh 

 much better than anything else. Large amounts of vegetable 

 matter found in the stomach of a specimen cut up in the Museum 

 at Calcutta show, however, that it takes vegetables also. Thus 

 it appears that the animal is omnivorous. A young specimen of 

 this form was found buried in mud with the head projecting, on 

 the side of the river Ravi at Lahore. The water had retracted 

 from this place about three months before, yet the animal was 

 found living. It appears, therefore, that this form can hibernate 

 like Emyda granosa.^ 



Kachuga tectum (Gray). 



Boulenger, Fauna, p. 43 ; Siebenrock, p 454 : Annandale (3), 

 p. 38. 



The range for this animal as given in the ''Fauna" is 

 Ganges and Indus systems. Specimens were obtained at Makhu 

 from the united water of the Sutlej and the Beas. None, how- 

 ever, could be got at Ferozpore and the fishermen there also 

 stated that this form does not occur there. Specimens were also 

 got at Ludhiana from the Budha stream, a tributary of the river 

 Sutlej. 



The colour of this form is variable with age. In the 

 young the plastron is orange-coloured with very distinct black 

 spots, while in the adult the orange is replaced by yellow and the 

 black spots become less numerous. The carapace in the young is 

 olive green with small black dots all over and the orange band 

 on the first three vertebrals is very much more distinct than in 

 the adult ; moreover, the carapace in the adult becomes dark 

 olive. 



The animal is herbivorous ; it desists from flesh but eats 

 blades of grass and other vegetables very readily. 



' Annandale in Rec. Ind. Miis., VII, p. 171. 



