20. TESTUDO. 163 
narrow ; supracaudal single, incurved; vertebrals as broad as or 
narrower than costals, first as long as broad or longer than broad. 
Plastron large, truncate or openly notched in front, deeply notched 
behind ; suture between the gulars longer than that between the 
anals ; suture between the humerals as long as that between the 
femorals, and much longer than that between the pectorals ; axillary 
small, inguinal large. Head moderate, with convex forehead and 
strongly hooked beak; upper head-shields small and irregular ; 
alveolar ridge of upper jaw feeble. Anterior face of fore limb with 
only a few (five or six), separated, very large scutes; no large tubercle 
on the hinder side of the thigh. Carapace black, with yellow areole 
from which yellow rays radiate; eight to twelve yellow rays on 
the vertebrals, nine to twelve on the costals, two to four on the 
marginals ; plastron brown and yellow, the two colours forming 
more or less ill-defined rays, or yellow, with black radiating streaks. 
Length of shell 185 millim. 
South Africa (Cape Peninsula). 
a. Her., stffd. Cape of Good Hope. 
b,c. Ad., shell. Cape of Good Hope. Gen. Hardwicke [P.!. 
d,e. Ad. & hgr., shells. Cape of Good Hope. Rey. G. H. R. Fisk [P.]. 
Ag, h, 2, ky l,m,n, Ad. Cape of Good Hope. 
& her., shells, 
12. Testudo verreauxii. 
Testudo verroxii, Smith, Ill. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. pl. vii. (1839) ; Gray, 
Cat. Tort. p. 9 (1844); Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 541 ; 
Boettg. Ber. Senck, Ges. 1887, p. 139. 
Allied to 7. geometrica. Lateral marginals forming an angle 
with the costals ; nuchal well developed, a little longer than broad. 
Suture between the gulars as long as that between the anals; suture 
between the humerals much longer than that between the pectorals 
or the femorals. Beak very feebly hooked. Fore limb anteriorly 
with very large scutes ; no enlarged tubercle on the hinder side of the 
thighs. Carapace dark brown, each dorsal and costal shield with 
four or five yellow rays proceeding from the yellow areole; plastron 
yellow, dark brown in the middle. 
Length of shell 85 millim. 
South Africa, near the sources of the Orange River. 
13. Testudo trimeni. 
Testudo trimeni, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1886, p. 541, pl. lvii. 
Allied to 7. geometrica. Anterior and posterior margins serrated ; 
lateral marginals forming an angle with the costals, a convex border 
with a well-marked longitudinal groove; nuchal minute. Suture 
between the gulars as long as, or shorter than, that between the 
anals ; suture between the humerals usually not, or but little, longer 
than that between the pectorals or the femorals. Beak very feebly 
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