164 TESTTJDINIDJE. 



hooked ; fore limb anteriorly with extremely large imbricate scutes, 

 the four largest of Avhich form a continuous series from the elbow to 

 the outer fingers ; no conical tubercle on the hinder side of the 

 thigli. Carapace l)lack, with broad yellow or orange rays radiating 

 from a small spot on the areola? ; five or six rays on the vertebral 

 plates, and foiir to eight on the costals ; a yellow spot or streak at 

 the junction of two plates ; one or two rays on each marginal ; 

 plastron dark brown or black in the centre, with yellow rays, yellow 

 on the sides. 



Length of shell 105 millim. 



South Africa (mouth of the Orange River). 



a. Ad., stffd. Mouth of the Orange Rev. G. H. R. Fisk ) 



River. [P.]. I ,,^ . 



b, c, <h Ad. & Mouth of the Orange Rev. G. II. R. Fisk ( ^-^yP^s--' 

 hgr., shells. River. [P.]. ) 



e. Ad., stffd. S. Africa. 

 /. Ilgr., shell. S. Africa. 



14. Testudo tentoria. 



Testudo tentoria, Bell, Zool. Journ. iii. p. 420 (1828), and Mon. Test. 

 pi. — (1835) ; Boulenxf. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 541. 



geometrica, var. tentoria, Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 8 (1844), and Sh. 



Eept. i. p. 8 (1855). 



-, var. nigriventris, Gray, Sh. Rept. p. 8. 



Peltastes tentorius, Gray, Sup2)l. Cat. Sh. Sept. i. p. 9 (1870). 



Allied to T. geometrica. Anterior and posterior margins feebly 

 serrated ; lateral marginals sometimes forming an angle with the 

 costals ; number of marginals varying from 11 to 13 on each side ; 

 nuchal minute. Sutui'e between the gnlars as long as, or shorter 

 than, that between the anals ; suture between the humerals longer 

 than that between the pectorals or the fcmorals. Beak strougly 

 hooked. An enlarged subconical tubercle on the hinder side of the 

 thigh. Carapace black, the centre of the areolae with a small yellow 

 or orange spot, from which narrow rays of the same colour radiate ; 

 eight to twelve rays on the vertebrals, twelve to fourteen on the 

 costals, three or four on the marginals ; plastron brown in the 

 middle, yellow on the sides. 



Length of shell 120 millim. 



South Africa. 



a, h, c. Ad. & yg., Beaufort West. Rev. G. H. R. Fisk [P.]. 



shells. 



rl Ad., skcl. Cape of Good Hope. Rev. G. H. R. Fisk [P.]. 



e,/, (/. Ad. & hgr., Cape of Good Hope. R. Brown, Esq. [P.]. 



shells. 



h. Yg., stffd. ? 



^, k, I, m, n. Ad. &, — — r" 



hgr., shells. 



