99 TESTUDINID.A, 
9. DAMONTA. 
Emys, part., Dum. & Bibr. ii. p. 232 (1855); Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 14 
(1844); Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 21 (1864). 
Geoclemmys, part., Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 17 (1855). 
Clemmys, part., Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 28 (1862). 
Damonia, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1869, p. 193, and Suppl. Cat. Sh. 
Rept. i. p. 42 (1870). 
Neural plates hexagonal, short-sided in front. Plastron exten- 
sively united to the carapace by suture, with long axillary and 
Skull of Damonia subtrijuga. (From Gray, P.Z. 8. 1869.) 
inguinal peduncles; the latter anchylosed between the fifth and 
sixth, exceptionally fourth and fifth costal plates; entoplastron 
intersected by the humero-pectoral suture. Skull with a bony 
temporal arch; alveolar surfaces very broad, without median ridge ; 
choanz behind the level of the eyes. Skin of posterior part of head 
divided into small shields. Digits webbed. Tail short or moderate. 
East Indies, China, Japan. 
