1. K.\CITL-GA. 57 



d. Hgi'., stffd. Ganges, near Benares. 



e. Hgr., skull. Poonah. Dr. Lcitli [P.]. (Typo of 



Pani/s/mya leithii.) 



/. Yg., sttfd. ? 



g. Yg., spir. ? 



h, i, k. Ad. & Ijgr., • ? 



shells. 



4. Kachuga smithii. (Plate I.) 



Batagur smithii, G7-ay, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18G3, p. 2-'53. 



Pangshiira smithii, Gunth. Repf. Brit. Ind. p. •')(! (1864); Tlwoli. 



Cat. licpt. L'rif. Ind. p. 15 (1870) ; Ij/dchkcr, Mem. Geol. iSurc. 



Ind. (10) iii. pi. xxii. fig. 5 (1885). 

 Clemmy.s smithii, St ranch, Verth. Schildkr. p. 80 (1805). 

 Emia smithii, Gray, Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rcpt. i. p. 02 (1870). 



Carapace much depressed, feebly keeled. Nuchal shield small, 

 trapezoid, broadest posteriorly ; first vertebral with, sinuous lateral 

 borders, usually a little narrower in front than behind ; second 

 vertebral shortest, broader than long, usually with straight or 

 slightly convex posterior border : third vertebral considerably longer 

 than broad, subquadrangular, posterior border straight or slightly 

 convex ; fourth vertebral longest, tapering anteriorly and forming a 

 narrow suture with the third ; fifth vertebral much broader than the 

 others. Plastron feebly angulated laterally, large; front lobe rounded, 

 hind lobe angularly notched and as long as or a little shorter than 

 the width of the bridge ; the longest median suture is that between 

 the abdominals, which about equals the length of the front lobe ; 

 gulars usually shorter than the suture between the humerals, their 

 suture with the latter shields forming a right angle ; inguinal large, 

 axillary smaller. Head moderate ; snout short, obtuse, feebly pro- 

 minent ; jaws with denticulated edge, upper not notched mesially ; 

 alveolar surface of upper jaw broad, the median ridge nearer the 

 inner than the outer border ; bony choanaj between the orbits ; 

 the width of the lower jaw at the symphysis is less than the 

 diameter of the orbit. Fore limbs with large transverse scales. 

 Pale olive-brown above ; dorsal keel usually blackish ; plastral 

 shields and lower surface of marginals dark brown, bordered with 

 yellow. 



Length of shell 21 centim. 



Upper Ganges and Indus. 



a. Ad., stffd. India. I /rn„„„^ s 



ft. Hgi-., stffd. Kiver Chenab, Pmijab. Sir A. Smith [P.]. ( y^^V^^-) 



c. Ad., shell. Indus. Dr. Leith [P.]. 



d. Ad., stffd. India. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.' . 



e. Ad., shell. India. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P. J. 

 /, g. Ad., sheUs. India. W. Theobald, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Kachuga sylhetensis. 



Pangshura sylhetensis, Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, p. 69 ; 



Theoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind- p. 15 (1870). 

 Jerdonella sylhetensis, Gray, Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 61 (1870). 



