20. TKSTUDO. 163 



narrow ; supracaiukl single, incurved ; vertebrals as broad as or 

 narrower tlian costals, first as long as broad or longer tliau broad. 

 Plastron largo, truncate or openly notched in front, deeply notched 

 behind ; suture between the gulars longer than that between the 

 anals ; suture between tlie humerals as long as that between the 

 femorals, and much longer than tliat between the pectorals ; axillary 

 small, inguinal large. Head moderate, with convex forcliead and 

 strongly hooked beak ; upper head-shields small and irregular ; 

 alveohu- ridge of upper jaw feeble. Anterior face of fore limb with 

 only a few (five or six), separated, very large scutes ; no large tubercle 

 on the hinder side of the thigh. Carapace black, with yellow areolie 

 from M-hich yellow- rays radiate ; eight to twelve yellow rays on 

 the vertebrals, nine to twelve on the costals, two to four on the 

 marginals ; ])lastron brown and yellow, the two colours forming 

 more or less ill-defined rays, or yellow, with black radiating streaks. 



Length of shell 135 millim. 



South .Ifrica (Cape Peninsula). 



a. Hgr., stffd. Cape of (lood Hope. 



h, c. Ad., sliell. Cape of Good Hope. Gen. Hardwicke [P."l. 



cl, e. Ad. & hgr., shells. Cape of Good Hope. Ptev. G. H. R. Fisk [P.]. 



/, ff, h, i, k, I, m, n. Ad. Cape of Grood Hope. 



& hgr., shells. 



12. Testudo verreauxii. 



Testudo verroxii, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. pi. viii. (1839) ; Gray, 

 Cat. Tort. p. 9 (1844) ; Bouhwj. Proc. Zool. Soc. 188G, p. 541 ; 

 Boettff. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1887, p. 189. 



Allied to T. geometrica. Lateral marginals forming an angle 

 with the costals ; nuchal well developed, a little longer than broad. 

 Suture between the gulars as long as that between the anals ; suture 

 between the humerals much longer than that between the pectorals 

 or the femorals. Beak very feebly hooked. Fore limb anteriorly 

 with very large scutes ; no enlarged tubercle on the hinder side of tlie 

 thighs. Carapace dark brown, each dorsal and costal shield with 

 four or five yellow rays proceeding from the yellow areolae ; plastron 

 yellow, dark brown in the middle. 



Length of shell 85 millim. 



South Africa, near the sources of the Orange River. 



13. Testudo trimeni. 

 Testudo trimeni, Bouleny. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 541, pi. Ivii. 



Allied to T. geometrica. Anterior and posterior margins serrated; 

 lateral marginals forming an angle with the costals, a convex border 

 with a well-marked longitudinal groove ; nuchal minute. Suture 

 between the gulars as long as, or shorter than, that between the 

 anals ; suture between the humerals usually not, or but little, longer 

 than that between the pectorals or the femorals. Beak very feebly 



