96 TESTUDINID A. 
sutures yellowish. Soft parts olive; sides of head with more or 
less distinct yellowish curved lines ; two or three yellowish streaks 
along each side of the neck ; throat and lower surface of neck spotted 
with yellowish. 
Length of shell 123 centim. 
China, Japan. 
a, Her., stffd. China. J. Reeves, Esq. [P. |. wise 
b. Her., shell. China. J. Reeves, iy Ley ne) 
Capit: China. 
d. 9, stffd. Shanghai. R. Swinhoe, Esq. { C. ]. 
e-f. 39, spir. Shanghai. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [ C.]. 
g. Yg.,spir.(with con- Kiu-NKiang. Dr: W. Lockart [| P.]. 
fervoid growth). 
h. Yg.,spir.(withcon- Kiu-Kiang. Mr. F. W. Styan [C. ]. 
fervoid growth). 
tl. 9 & yg., spir. Mountainsnorth Mr. Pratt [C.]. 
of Kiu-Kiang. 
m. Yg.,spir.(witheon- Chi-Tsen. J. Walley, Esq. [P. ]. 
fervoid growth). 
mn. 9, spr. Foo-Choo. St. Petersburg Mus. [ E. }. 
o. 9, spir. Japan. Capt. H. C. St. John [P.]. 
p- &, shell. Japan. A. Adams, Esq. [C.]. 
q. Uegr., stffd. ie 
r. o,Skel. —P 
Var. unicolor. 
Damonia unicolor, Gray, Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) xi. p. 78 (1873). 
Clemmys unicolor, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 517, pl. xliv. 
Uniform black. 
a-b. 3, spir Shanghai. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C. ]. 
c. 6, stfid. Shanghai. R. Swinhoe, Esq. | C.]. > (Types.) 
d. 3, skel. Shanghai. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [| C. ]. 
4. Damonia mutica. 
Emys mutica, Cantor, Ann. § Mag. N. H. ix. p. 482 (1842) ; 
Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 25 (1864). 
nigricans, part.,Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 20, pl. xv. fig. 2 (1855). 
Damonia nigricans, part., Gray, Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 44 (1870). 
Carapace moderately depressed, tricarinate, the vertebral ridge 
strong, the laterals very feeble; nuchal small; vertebrals broader 
than long, a little narrower than the costals. Front and hind lobes 
narrowed, former truncate, latter deeply notched; sides obtusely 
angulated ; the width of the bridge equals the length of the hind 
lobe; the abdominal shields form the longest median suture, the 
gulars the shortest; no axillary shield, inguinal minute. Carapace 
brown; plastron yellowish, each shield with a large black blotch. 
Length 73 centim. . 
Southern China. 
a. Hgr., shell. Canton. Dr. Cantor. (Type.) 
