158 TESTUDINIDiE. 



Loiijrtli of slicll 55 coiitim. 



Tropical buuth America cast of the Andes ; Windward Islands. 



„. ITrrr. W. Indies. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



h. \h^T. cJ,slcel. Cayenne. 



C'd. Yfr., spir. Pernambuco. W. A. Forbes, Esq. | P.]. 



e,f. cT $,stffd. (sliuU Para. 



& bones separate). 



{/, Y<r., spir. Xeberos, N.E.Peru. 



■//. Ilgr., stflfd. IJrazil. 



?, U. J $ , .'*tlTd. Tropical America. 



I, m, 11, 0,2). (S, ? , il- yy., Tropical America. 



skels. 



q, r, .f, t, u. cJ , $ , hgv. & Tropical America. 



yg., shells. 



5. Testudo emys. 



Testudo omys, Schlcf/. 8f Mull, in Tvmminch, Verh. Nat. Nederl. Ind. 



p. 34, pl.'iv. (1844); Anderson, Proc. Zool. Sac. 1872, p. 132, figs. 

 Geoemyda spinosa, part., Cantor, Cat. Mai. Bept. p. 2 (1847). 

 Testudo emydoides, A. Bum. Cat. Meth. liejyt. p. 4 (1851). 

 JMaiiouria fiisca, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1852, p. 134, and Cat. Sh. 



Eept. i. p. 10, pi. iii. (1855), and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 395, 



pi. xxxi., and Suppl. Cat. Sh. liept. i. p. 15 (1870). 

 Testudo plmyrei, Bhjth, Jonrn. As. Soc. Berig. xxii. p. 639 (1853) ; 



Theoh. Proc. ZaioL Soc. 1870, p. 074 ; StoUczka, Ann. Sf Ma;/. N. H. 



(4) viii. p. 212 (1871) ; Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 425, tigs. 

 Teleopus luxatus, Leconte, Proc. Ac. PhUad. 1854, p. 187. 

 Mauouria luxata, Sfrauc/i, Chelon. Stud. p. 25 (1862). 

 emys, Straueh, I. c. ; Giinth. liept. Brit. Ind. p. 10 (1864) ; 



Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 517, and App. Cat. Sh. Bept. p. 7 



(1872) ; Theoh. Cat. Bept. Brit. Ind. p. 4 (1870). 

 Testudo (iScapia) lalconeri. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 109, 



figs., and 1871, p. 515. 

 Scapia falcoueri, Graij, Svppl. Cat. Sh. Bejit. i. p. 0. 



phayrei. Gray, Ann. ^- May. N. II. (4) viii. p. 320 (1871). 



gigantea. Gray, App. Cat. Sh. Bept. p. 8. 



Geoemyda impressa, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 343, figs. 



Shell considerably depressed, its depth not half its length ; ante- 

 rior and posterior margiiis reverted, more or less strongly serrated ; 

 nuchal present ; supraeandal shields two ; discal shields concen- 

 trically striated, often concave ; vertehrals much broader than long 

 and at least as broad as costals. Plastron large, gular region some- 

 what ])roduced and usually notched, hind lobe deeply notched ; the 

 jiectoral shields may be widely separated from each other, or from a 

 short median suture : axillary shield very small, inguinal large. 

 Head moderate; two large prsef rental shields and a large frontal; 

 beak not hooked ; jaws feebly denticulated, the alveolar surface of 

 the upper jaw with a strong median ridge. Fore limb anteriorly 

 with very large, bony, pointed, imbricate tubercles, forming four or 

 five longitudinal series; hind limb with very large bony tubercles on 

 the ]dantar surface, and larger, conical, s})ur-like ones on the heel, 

 and a group of still larger, conical ones on each side on the back of 



