16 EMYDOSAURIAN AND TESTUDINIAN REPTILES 
Length of third vertebral shield ee ate 2 * 67 
Width of third vertebral shield ye ie a5 33 100 
Length of fourth vertebral shield... a ae Sen 57 
Width of fourth vertebral shield = aie of ae 92 
Length of fifth vertebral shield te ass a3 a 74 
Width of fifth vertebral shield uf ie oe aa 102 
Length of first costal shield Xe BE a ae 95 
Width of first costal shield Se ds ae Ae 108 
Length of second costal shield Be 5c #3 ne HF 
Width of second costal shield ae mn me xy 130 
Length of third costal shield te 4¢ ws 68 
Width of third costal shield a bs ai i 120 
Length of fourth costal shield 5 AG a in 84 
Width of fourth costal shield as ae oe ae 66 
Length of gular shield Ate eo se be 20 
Width of gular shield (along outer border) Be oe ie 20. 
Length of humeral shield .. 2% se es ie oe. 
Width of humeral shield .. 3 25 =. AP 44 
Length of pectoral shield .. oe oe 5 he 62 
Width of pectoral shield .. s a bs A 63 
Length of abdominal shield rs 5 2 a 25. 
Width of abdominal shield oe ae aa ee 73 
Length of anterior inframarginal shield 3¢ 4¢ St 25 
Length of posterior inframarginal shield ok ats se 45 
Length of femoral shield .. aus = x Z 43 
Width of femoral shield .. ia ya Sis ae 49. 
Length of anal shield ae Bc ae a 81 
Width of anal shield ae a oe on ata 31 
Fly River, British New Guinea. 
Type in the Queensland Museum, Brisbane. 
The specimen does not appear to be fully grown since 
the median plastral vacuities are not so completely ossified as 
the remaining portion of the plastron. 
Nothing whatever is known of the habits of this tortoise, 
but it may be presumed that they do not materially differ 
from those of its neogzan relatives. 
The surface of the carapace is for the most part covered 
with a vegetable growth, which has every appearance of a 
confervoid formation, but I am told that under the microscope 
it seems rather to be of fungoid origin. The greater part of 
this growth is very short, but in some places isolated tufts, 
having a length of from ten to twelve millimetres are to be 
found. The substance itself is so much dried and shriveled 
through long exposure to air and light, and a copious use of 
preservatives, that its determination is a matter of excessive 
difficulty. 
