10. Hosiorus. 1 17 



posterior margin not sciTated ; inguinal 

 sliiokl large, in contact with the femoral ; 

 fore limb with four claws 4. nogueyl, p. 148. 



1 . Homopiis areolatus. 



Testudo aroolrtta, ThunhiTt/, Vctcnuh. Ac. llandL viii. p. 181 (1787); 



ScInH-pf, Test. p. 104, pi. xxiii. (171)2); Daud. lirpt. ii. p. 287 



(1802) ; livll, Mon. Test. pi. — (l8;Jo) ; titraiich, C'helon. Stud. 



p. 92 (1862), and Verth. Schildhr. p. ;jo (180o). 



fasciata, I)uud. I. c. p. 204. 



pusilla (Hon L.), Daud. I. c. p. 2nO. 



C'lu'r>iiie fasciata, Men: Tent. p. 20 (1^20). 



areulata, Merr. I. c. p. 30. 



tc'tiatlact via, Merr. I. c. p. 32. 



Ilomopus areolatus, 7J//wi. iff liibr. ii. p. 140 (183o) ; Gray, Cat. 



Tort. p. 10 (1844), and ,Sh. Jlept. i. p. 11 (18.5."i), and I'roc. Zool. 



Soc. 1873, p. 720. 



Shell depressed, more than twice as long as deep, of equal 

 depth throughout, margin not serrated ; dor.sal shields more or 

 less swollen, separated by deep grooves, with impressed areoloG 

 surrounded hy deep concentric grooves ; a small nuchal ; ver- 

 tebral shields broader than long, as broad as or a little narrower 

 than the costals. Plastral lobes short, about half the width of the 

 bridge, front lobe truncate, hind lobe openly notched ; the longest 

 median suture is between the abdominals and equals about four or 

 five times tliat between the pectorals ; the smallest shields are the 

 gulars ; axillary and inguinal ver}' small. Beak very strongly 

 hooked. A large pnefrontal shield, sometimes divided longitudinally. 

 Fore limbs covered with A-ery large, subequal, strongly imbricate, 

 pointed scales or tubercles, one of which, on the inner side near 

 the elbow, is movable at right angle to the others ; four claws to 

 both pairs of limbs. Carapace olive, centre of each shield reddish 

 brown ; plastron brown in the middle, yellow towards the 

 pcri])hery. 



Length of shell 10 centim. 



South Africa. 



R. Brown, Esq. [P.]. 

 Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



Dr. J. E. Gray [P.]. 



2. Homopus feinoralis. 



Homopus femorali.s, Boulenr/. Pnc. Zool. Soc. 1838, p. 251, pi. xiv. 



Shell depressed, more than twice as long as deep, flat on the 

 vertebral region, posterior margin reverted and serrated ; dorsal 



