TOL. | N. ANNANDALE: The Indian Mud-Turlles. 161 
the Gangetic delta was so peculiar in coloration that it may 
well represent a distinct local race. Specimens from Assam are 
perfectly typical in coloration. I have seen a consignment of 
over 500 individuals from Khulna being unloaded at the railway 
station. The ‘‘ fishery ’’ takes place mainly in October. 
SPECIMENS :— 
BENGAL. 
1050 (skull) Calcutta. Dr. J. Anderson. 
1920 (skl.) as 2; 
1797 (skl. deformed) a ¥ 
1049 (skl.) Ganges. i 
1047 (skull) Calcutta. Purchased. 
270 (skl.) : juv. x4 FA 
1796 (sk1.) ce : 
1784 (stuffed) - - 
6846 (spirit): juv. ¥ 2 
271-2 a) 3) 9) 
Togo (Skl.) Type of Tf: a 2; 
buchanani, ‘Theob. 
16752 (skl.) Gangetic delta. Dr. N. Annandale. 
292 (spirit): juv. R. Hughli. Purchased. 
287; 289-91 (spirit) : juv. = ? 
273-4; 276 (spirit) : Juv. Calcutta. Dr. W. Theobald. 
16627 (Sk1.) ( Oodhua allah, B.L. Chaudhuri, Esq. 
R. Ganges, near 
Rajmahal. 
283 ; 660 (spirit) Kaligunge. W. Dodgson, Esq. 
16505 (head in spirit) Dacca, E. Bengal. H.E. Stapleton, Esq. 
5578 (spirit) Nattore, Rajshahi T. R. Doucett, Esq. 
Dist., E. Bengal. 
ASSAM. 
650) «5% Nazir, N. of the J. M. Foster, Esq. 
Naga Hills, E. 
Assam. 
303 » >) > 
402-4 ,, Sibsagar. Se 2 Peal a tesa- 
BIO7S. 2s, poreee N.. E. oe ineles, s9- 
Assam. 
In this species the coloration of the dorsal surface normaily 
grows darker and more obscure with age, although the ventral 
surface is dark in the young and only assumes its uniform pale 
colour in half-grown individuals. Buchanan (Hamilton) in his 
collection of drawings now preserved in the Asiatic Society of 
Bengal’s library figured three stages as distinct species. The 
first of these drawings (No. 52) is labelled Testudo ocellata and 
represents the young in which four large ocelli and a bold reticula- 
tion of black lines are conspicuous on the dorsal surface of the 
