20. TESTUDO. 161 
notch ; suture between the anals very short; axillary and inguinal 
small, Head moderate; a pair of large prefrontal shields; beak 
feebly hooked, tricuspid; edge of jaws strongly dentate; alveolar 
surface of upper jaw with a strong tuberculate median ridge. Fore 
limb anteriorly with scattered, rhomboidal, large bony tubercles ; 
hind limb with large, conical, spur-like bony tubercles on the heel ; 
two or three very large conical tubercles on the back of the thighs, 
Yellowish or horn-colour, carapace closely spotted with black ; plas- 
tron uniform or with a few small black spots or radiating streaks. 
Length of shell 45 centim. 
Africa south of the Equator. 
a. Her., shell. K. Central Africa. Capt. Speke [P. ]. 
6. Q, shell. Algoa Bay. Dunsterville, Esq. [ P.]. 
Gy Nig, stitd. 8. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 
Oh Cd Ob Big Py Ca litedy ehWstie ey 
stffd. 
. do, skel. S. Africa. 
t,k. Her. & yg., shells. 8. Africa. 
l. 2, shell. —-? 
9. Testudo elegans. 
Testudo elegans, Schoepff, Test. p. 111, pl. xxv. (1792); Daud. Rept. 
ii. p. 266 (1802); Giinth, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 4 (1864); Theob. Cat. 
Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 2 (1876). 
stellata, Schweigg. Prodr. p. 56 (1814); Gray, Cat, Tort. p. 7 
(1844), and Sh. Rept. i. p. 7 (1855). 
Chersine elegans, Merr. Tent. p. 35 (1820). 
Testudo actinodes, Bell, Zool. Journ. iii, p, 419 (1828), and Mon. 
Test. pl. — (1835); Dum. §& Bibr. ii. p. 66 (1835); Strauch, 
Chelon. Stud. p. 75 (1862), and Verth. Schildkr. p. 19 (1865). 
geometrica, Hutton, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vi. p. 689, pl. xxxviil. 
1837). 
HRS Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxii. p. 640 (1854). 
Peltastes stellatus, Gray, Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 8 (1870). 
Carapace very convex, dorsal shields often forming humps ; lateral 
margins nearly vertical; posterior margin somewhat expanded and 
strongly serrated ; no nuchal ; supracaudal undivided, incurved in the 
male; shields strongly striated concentrically ; first vertebral longer 
than broad, the others broader than long, third at least as broad 
as the corresponding costal. Plastron large, truncate or openly 
notched in front, deeply notched, bifid behind; suture between the 
humerals much longer than that between the femorals ; suture be- 
tween the pectorals very short; axillary and inguinal rather small. 
Head moderate ; forehead swollen, with convex forehead covered with 
rather small and irregular shields; beak feebly hooked, bi- or tri- 
cuspid ; edge of jaws denticulated ; alveolar ridge of upper jaw strong. 
Outer anterior face of fore limb with numerous unequal-sized large 
imbricate pointed tubercles ; heel with large, more or less spur-like 
tubercles; a group of large conical or subconical tubercles on the hinder 
side of the thigh. Carapace black, with yellow areole from which 
