1. KACHUGA. 57 
d. Hev., stffd. Ganges, near Benares. 
e. Her., skull. Poonah. Dr. Leith [P.]. (Type of 
Pangshura leithit.) 
Jj. Mex stiid, —? 
g. Yg., spir. —? 
h,t,k. Ad. & hgr., ——? 
shells. 
4, Kachuga smithii. (Prarn I.) 
Batagur smithii, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1863, p. 253. 
Pangshura smithii, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 36 (1864); Theod. 
Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 15 (1876); Lydekker, Mem. Geol, Surv. 
Ind. (10) iii. pl. xxii. fig. 5 (1885). 
Clemmys smithii, Strauch, Verth. Schildkr. p. 89 (1865), 
Emia smithii, Gray, Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rept. 1. p. 62 (1870). 
Carapace much depressed, feebly keeled. Nuchal shield small, 
trapezoid, broadest posteriorly ; first vertebral with sinuous lateral 
borders, usually a little narrower in front than behind; second 
vertebral shortest, broader than long, usually with straight or 
slightly convex posterior border ; third vertebral considerably longer 
than broad, subquadrangular, posterior border straight or slightly 
convex; fourth vertebral longest, tapering anteriorly and forming a 
narrow suture with the third; fifth vertebral much broader than the 
others. Plastron feebly angulated laterally, large; front lobe rounded, 
hind lobe angularly notched and as long as or a little shorter than 
the width of the bridge; the longest median suture is that between 
the abdominals, which about equals the length of the front lobe; 
gulars usually shorter than the suture between the humerals, their 
suture with the latter shields forming a right angle; inguinal large, 
axillary smaller. Head moderate; snout short, obtuse, feebly pro- 
minent ; jaws with denticulated edge, upper not notched mesially ; 
alveolar surface of upper jaw broad, the median ridge nearer the 
inner than the outer border; bony choanz between the orbits; 
the width of the lower jaw at the symphysis is less than the 
diameter of the orbit. Fore limbs with large transverse scales. 
Pale olive-brown above; dorsal keel usually blackish; plastral 
shields and lower surface of marginals dark brown, bordered with 
yellow. 
Length of shell 21 centim. 
Upper Ganges and Indus. 
a. Ad., stffd. India. (Types.) 
b. Her, stffd. River Chenab, Punjab. Sir A. Smith Pl pee. 
ce. Ad., shell. Indus. Dr. Leith [P.]. 
d. Ad., stffd. India. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 
e. Ad., shell. India. T. ©. Jerdon, Esq. ||P. |. 
J, 9. Ad., shells, India. W. Theobald, Esq. on 
5. Kachuga sylhetensis. 
Pangshura sylhetensis, Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, p. 69; 
Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 15 (1876). 
Jerdonella sylhetensis, Gray, Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 61 (1870). 
