164 TESTUDINID &. 
hooked ; fore limb anteriorly with extremely large imbricate scutes, 
the four largest of which form a continuous series from the elbow to 
the outer fingers; no conical tubercle on the hinder side of the 
thigh. Carapace black, with broad yellow or orange rays radiating 
from a small spot on the areole ; five or six rays on the vertebral 
plates, and four to eight on the costals; a yellow spot or streak at 
the junction of two plates; one or two rays on each marginal ; 
plastron dark brown or black in the centre, with yellow rays, yellow 
on the sides. 
Length of shell 105 millim. 
South Africa (mouth of the Orange River). 
a. Ad., stffd. | Mouth of the Orange Rev. G. H. R. Fisk 
River. (eeeale (Types.) 
b,c, d. Ad. & Mouth of the Orange Rev. G. H. R. Fisk ( ° YP° 
her., shells. River. (eal: 
e. Ad., stffd. S. Africa. 
j- Her., shell. 3. Atrica. 
14. Testudo tentoria. 
Testudo tentoria, Bell, Zool. Journ. iii. p. 420 (1828), and Mon. Test. 
pl. — (1835) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 541. 
- geometrica, var. tentoria, Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 8 (1844), and Sh. 
Rept. i. p. 8 (1855). 
, var. nigriventris, Gray, Sh. Rept. p. 8. 
Peltastes tentorius, Gray, Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 9 (1870). 
Allied to 7. geometrica. Anterior and posterior margins feebly 
serrated ; lateral marginals sometimes forming an angle with the 
costals ; number of marginals varying from 11 to 13 on each side ; 
nuchal minute. Suture between the gulars as long as, or shorter 
than, that between the anals ; suture between the humerals longer 
than that between the pectorals or the femorals. Beak strongly 
hooked. An enlarged subconical tubercle on the hinder side of the 
thigh. Carapace black, the centre of the areole with a small yellow 
or orange spot, from which narrow rays of the same colour radiate ; 
eight to twelve rays on the vertebrals, twelve to fourteen on the 
costals, three or four on the marginals; plastron brown in the 
middle, yellow on the sides. 
Length of shell 120 millim. 
South Africa. 
a, b,c. Ad. & yg., Beaufort West. Rev. G. H. R. Fisk [P.]. 
shells. 
d. Ad., skel. Cape of Good Hope. Rey. G. H. R. Fisk [P. ]. 
é, J, g- Ad. & her., Cape of Good Hope. R. Brown, Esq. [P. ]. 
shells. 
h. Yg., stffd. —? 
2, k, l,m, n. Ad. & ——— 
her., shells. 
