15. cycLEemys. 133 
a,b, c,d, e,f,g. Ad., her. & Lao Mountains. M.Mouhot[C.]. (Types.) 
yg., stffd. 
h. Ad., shell. Cachar ? T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P. ]. 
4, Cyclemys trifasciata. 
Sternotherus trifasciatus, Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. p. 305, pl. xiii. 
(1825). 
Cistudo trifasciata, Gray, Syn. Rept. p. 19 (1831), and Ill. Ind. Zool. 
ii. pl. Ixi. (1834); Dum. § Bibr. ii. p. 219 (1835); Gray, Cat. 
Tort. p. 31 (1844). 
Cuora trifasciata, Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 42 (1855); Giinth, Rept. 
Brit. Ind. p. 14 (1864). 
Terrapene trifasciata, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 27 (1862). 
Carapace depressed, with three obtuse keels, the lateral of which 
may become indistinct in the adult; vertebral shields as long as 
broad or a little broader than long, much narrower than the costals, 
first a little broader than second. Plastron as large as the opening 
of the shell, without distinct bridge, posterior lobe angularly notched ; 
the line of junction between the hyoplastron and the carapace 
shorter than that between the hypoplastron and the carapace ; 
pectoral shields as long as or a little longer than the abdominals, as 
long as or longer than the humerals ; inguinal small or absent. Head 
small; upper jaw feebly hooked, Digits moderately webbed, with 
sharp curved claws. Front part of arm with large scales. Cara- 
pace brown, with three black streaks along the keels; plastron 
blackish, with a yellow border, sometimes with traces of radiating 
yellow lines ; head yellowish, with two black streaks on each side, 
passing through the eye and joining above the ear; neck brown. 
Length of shell 17 centim. 
8. China. 
a. &, stfid. China. J. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 
6. Ad. shell, malformed. China. J. Reeves, Esq. | P. |. 
ce. 3, stffd. China. R. Inglis, Esq. [C.]. 
d. Her., spir. China. 
e. Ad., carapace. China. 
5. Cyclemys amboinensis. 
Testudo amboinensis, Daud. Rept. ii. p. 809 (1802). 
? Testudo melanocephala, Daud. 1. c. p. 128. 
Emys amboinensis, Schweigg. Prodr. p. 45 (1814). 
couro, Schweigg. l.c. p. 46; Schleg. Faun. Japon., Rept. p. 63 
1833). 
oan amboinensis, Mer. Tent. p. 28 (1820); Strauch, Chelon. 
Stud. p. 99 (1862), and Verth. Schildkr. p., 47 (1865): Sowerby § 
Lear, Tort. pl. xxiii. (1872). 
Kinosternon amboinense, Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. p. 805 (1825). 
Terrapene bicolor, Bell, /. c. p. 484, pl. xvi. 
couro, Fitzing. N. Class. Rept. p. 45 (1826). 
Cistudo amboinensis, Gray, Syn. Rept. p. 19 (1831), and Lil. Ind. 
Zool. i. pl. Ixxvii. fig. 2 (1832); Dum. § Bibr. ii. p. 215, pl. xv. 
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