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TESTUDlNlDiE. 



sutures yellowish, h^oi't parts olive; sides of head with more or 

 loss distinct yellowish curved lines ; two or three yellowish streaks 

 aloiif^ each side of the neck ; throat and lower surface of neck spotted 

 with yellowish. 



Length of shell 12| ccntim. 

 China, Japan. 



ll-r..slllU. 

 JlyT.,sheU. 



China. 

 China. 

 China. 



Shanghai. 

 Shanghai. 



(I 



i> 



c. 2 » spir. 



d. $,stffd. 



e-f. c?$,spii' ^,. ^,. 



ff. Yg.,spir.(withcon- Kiu-Kiang. 



fervoid growth). 



h. Yg.,spir. (with con- Kiu-Kiang, 



fervoid growth). 



i-l. 2 & yg-, spir. Mountains north Mr. Pratt [C.]. 



J. Reeves, Esq. [P.l. | ^ ^^ ^ 

 J. Iveeves, liSq. [i .J. ) ^ ■"■ ' 



Vv. Swiiihoe, Esq. [C.]. 

 ]{. Suinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 

 Dr. W. Lockart [P.]. 



Ml-. F. W. Styan [C.]. 



J. Walley, Esq. [P.]. 



St. Petersburg Mus. [E.]. 

 Capt. II. C. St. John [P.]. 

 A. Adams, Esq. [C.]. 



Var. imicolor. 



Danionia unicolor, Oroi/, Ann. 8f Ma;/. N. H. (4) xii. p. 78 (1873). 

 Clemmys unicolor, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Hoc. 1873, p. 517, pi. xliv. 



Uniform black. 



a-b. cJ , spir 



c. d" , stffd. 



d. (S , skel. 



Shanghai. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C 



Shanghai. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C. 



Shanghai. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C. 



(Types.) 



4. Damonia mutica. 



Emys mutica, Cantor, Ann. i-V Mar/. X. H. ix. p. 482 (1842) ; 

 Gunth. liept. Brit Ind. p. 25 (1864). 



nigricans, part., Gr«y, Cut. Sh. Ixrjii. i. p. 20, pi. xv. fig. 2 (1855). 



Damonia nigricans, part., Gray, iSiq>pl. Cat. Hh. licpt. i. p. 44 (1870). 



Carapace moderately depressed, tricarinate, the vertebral ridge 

 strong, the laterals very feeble ; nuchal small ; vertebrals broader 

 than long, a little narrower than the costals. Front and hind lobes 

 narrowed, former truncate, latter deeply notched ; sides obtusely 

 angulatcd ; the width of the bridge equals the length of the hind 

 lobe ; the abdominal shields form the longest median suture, the 

 gulars the shortest ; no axillary shield, inguinal minute. Carapace 

 brown ; plastron yellowish, each shield with a large black blotch. 



Length 7g centim 



Southern China. 



a. Ilgr., shell. 



Canton. 



Dr. Cantor. (Type.) 



