TESTUDO. oes 
the corresponding costal. Plastron large very openly not- 
ched in front, deeply notched behind; gulars very long, the 
suture between them being nearly one and a half as long 
as the suture between the humerals, suture between the 
humerals as long as that between the femorals, suture be- 
tween the anals smaller than that between the humerals 
and nearly twice as long as that between the pectorals. 
Axillary small, inguinal large. Head moderate with feebly 
hooked beak, upper head shields small and irregular. No 
large tubercle on the hinder side of the thigh. Carapace 
dark brown with yellow radiating rays, shields of plastron 
brown with an excentrically placed yellow spot from which 
radiate yellow rays. 
Length of shell 14 cm., depth 8,5 cm., length measu- 
red over the curve 19,5 cm.. 
I dedicate this species to the memory of the late Dr. 
Alexander Strauch, who by his very valuable and highly 
esteemed papers on Chelonians has so much advanced our 
knowledge of this interesting group. 
LrypuN Museum, Sept. 1893. 
Notes from the Lieyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
