104 TESTUDINIDiE. 



a-b. n.-r. J , spir. Near Shiraz, Persia. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C. 



2 shell. Near Shir.iz, Persia. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C. 



Y-.. shell. Basrah. Br. Leith [P.]. (Type of 



c. 



E. (jrayi.) 



e-(i 2&V£?.,spir. Basrah. Zoological Society. 



h yJ, spir. Fao, Head of Persian W. 13. Cuming, Esq. [P.]. 



* ^ Gulf, 



t. Y'g., spir. Euphrates Expedition. 



Var. rivulata. 



Clemniys caspica, Michah. Ms, 1829, p. 1295 ; Wagl. Icon. Amph. 



pi. xxiv. (1830) ; Sf ranch, I. c. (part.). 

 Enivs caspica, Michah. Isis, 18.30, p. 816 ; Bibr. ^- Bonj, ExpH. Sc. 



Moree, Zool. p. 57 (1833) ; Dum. ^- Bibr. ii. p. 255 (part.) (1835) ; 



Grai/, Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 22 (part.) (1855) ; Schreib. Herp. Eur. 



p. 528 (1875) ; Lortet, Arch. Mus. Lyon, iv. p. 21, pi. viii. (1887). 



. rivulata, Valenc. in Bory, op. cit. pi. ix. fig. 2 (1830 ?). 



Terrapene caspica, Bonap. Sayyio Distr. Metod. p. 28 (1832), and 



Icon. Fann. Hal. (1836). 

 Emys tristranii. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 190, and Suppl. Cat. 



Sh. liept. i. p. 36 (1870). 



caspica, var. arabica. Gray, Suppl. p. 36. 



pannonica, Gray, I. c. 



arabica, Gray, Ann. f Mag. N. II. (4) xi. p. 298 (1873). 



Clemmys caspica orieutalis, Bedriaga, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. Ivi. 



p. 335 (1882). 



Lateral dorsal keels are very distinct in the yonng, and traces of 

 them may usually be seen in the adults. Dorsal shields elegantly 

 marked, in the young, with flexuous yellowish lines ; large oval 

 dark brown spots alternating with the arrangement of the mar- 

 ginals inferiorly ; plastron dark brown, with a small yellowish spot 

 on the outer side of each shield ; all these markings becoming 

 indistinct or disappearing in the adult. Plastral bridge constantly 

 dark brown. Head with a few very fine yellow lines, but no ocelli ; 

 neck with yellow lines arranged as in the typical form ; soft parts 

 olive, with yellow streaks, the dark ground-colour predominating. 



Length of shell 18 centim. 



Dalmatia, G-reece, Turkey, Asia Minor, Syria. 



a. Yg., shell. S. Europe. Dr. J. E. Gray [P.]. 



b. 2 , stffd. S. Europe. 



c. Yg., spir. Valley of the Meinder. R. McAndrew, Esq. ) 



[P.]. I (Types of 



d. Yg., spir. Xanthus. Sir C. Fellows [P.]. J> E. pan- 



e. Yg., spir. Asia Minor, A. Christie, Esq. I nonica.) 



[P-]- J 



f-g. Yg., spir. Cyprus. Dr. Guillemard [C.]. Lord 



Lilford [P.]. 



h. 2 } shell & Yarmuk Biver, Canon Tristram [C.]. 



skull. (Type of E. tristrami.) 



i-k. Ilgr. & Mt. Carmel. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



yg., spir. (Types of E. arabica.) 



I, m, n. 2 , Syria. 



sttiU. 



