17. ciNixYs. 143 



a 



■,b.(SSc jg., sheila. Gambia. 



c. Yg., spir. Ancobur R., Gold Capt. 13iivtoii Sc Lieut. 



Coiist. Camerou [P.]. 



d. Yg,, spir. Ashautee. 

 (',/,[/. \g., spir. Gal)()on. 



A, i, k. (S 2, *I-^1"J- \^'- Africa. 



/. d , skel. W. Alrica. 



m, n, 0. ,5 5, shells. ;W. Africa. 



p. Ugr., shell. ? T.^ IJell, Esq. [P.], 



(Type of C. castcoiea.) 



2. Cinixys hoineana. 



Kiiiixys hoiueaua, Bell, Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 400, ])1. xvii. lig. 2 

 (1827) ; Gray, Syn. Rept. p. lo (1831) ; Dum. !^- Bibr. ii. p. 101, 

 pi. xiv. lig. 2 (1835); Graij, Cat. Tort. p. 11 (18-44); Berthohl, 

 N. Act. Ac. Leop.-Carol. xxii. p. 423, pis. xliii.-xlv. (1850) ; Gray, 

 Cat. Sh. liept. i. p. 13 (1855), and Proc. Zool. Sue. 1863, p. 100 ; 

 Strauch, Verth. Schildkr. p. 38 (1805) ; Gray, Sujijjl. Cat. Sh. 

 Sept. i. p. 14 (1870). 



Anterior and posterior margins of carapace strongly reverted and 

 dentatcd, serrated and spinose in the young ; posterior profile of 

 carapace angulated, descending vertically from the anterior part of 

 the fifth vertebral shield ; anterior marginals much longer than 

 posterior ; a narrow nuchal shield ; discal shields concentrically 

 grooved ; vertebral shields broader than costals. Plastron with 

 very thick anterior lip, notched in front, but not projecting 

 beyond the carapace ; hind lobe of plastron very short, truncate, 

 about half the width of the bridge ; the longest median suture is 

 between the abdominal shields, and equals about twice that 

 between the pectorals ; the smallest plastral shields are the anals ; 

 inguinal large, axillary small. Coloration as in the preceding. 



Length of shell 20 centim. 



Guinea, Gaboon. 



a, 6. (5 5, shells. Cape Coast, Ashautee. Lieut. M. 0. Friend, 



R.N. [P.], 



c. 2 , skel. W. Africa. 



d. Yg., spir. ? 



3. Cinixys beUiana. 



Kinixys belliana, Gray, Syn. liejjt. p. 69 (1831) ; Dum. (§• Bibr. ii. 



p. 168 (1835) ; Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 12 (1844), and Sh. Rept. i. 



p. 13, pi. ii. (1855) ; 'Sfrauch, Verth. Schildkr. p. 40 (1865) ; Bla/if. 



Zool. Abyss, p. 444 (1870) ; Gray, Sappl. Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 13 



(1870) ; Sclater, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1871, p. 544 ; Peters, Reise n, 



Mossamb. iii. p. 5 (1882). 



schoeusis, Riipp. Mas. Senckenb. iii. p. 220, pi. xvi. (1845). 



Testudo geometrica (non L.), Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Mosamb. p. 52, 



pi. vi. figs. 1 & 2 (1851). 

 Kinixys spekii, Gray, Ann. ^- May. N. H. (3) xii. p. 381 (1863), 



and Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 14. 

 Ciuixys dorri, Lataste, Le Natur. x. pp. 164 & 228, figs. (1888). 



