170 TESTUDINIDJE. 



/. TIprr., skel. ? 



(,. Yg., shell. ? Dr. .7. E. Gray [P.]. 



h. cf , carapace. ? 



^. Ad., skull. ? (Type of T. planiceps.) 



24, Testudo nigra. 



Testiulo iiiijra, Quoif Sf Gaim. J^oi/. Uranie et Physic, Zool. p. 172, 

 pi. xl. (1824; : pitm. cf Bihr. ii. p. 115 (1835); Wiegm. N. Acta 

 Leop.-Carol. xvii. p. 188, pi. xiii. (1835); Strauch, C'helon. Stud. 

 p. 85 (1862). 



califoruiana, Qiioi/ ^- Gaim. Bull. Sc. Nat. i. p. 00, pi. xi. 



(1824). 



clopliantopus, Harlan, Journ. Ac. Philad. v. p. 284 (1827) ; 



Gibith. Phil. Trans, clxv. p. 261 (1875), and Gig. Land-Tort. 

 p. 63, pis. XXX., xlii.-xliv., xlvi., li.-liii. (1877). 



indica, part., Gray, Syn. Rept. p. (1831). 



Shell thin, about twice as long as deep, with the upper anterior 

 profile subhorizontal in the male ; shields concentrically striated, 

 but less strongly than in the preceding species. Plastron truncate 

 behind. Otherwise as in the preceding, 



Galapagos Islands (8. Albemarle). 



a. Hgr., skel. Galapagos. Capt. E. M. Leeds [P.]. 



25. Testudo vicina. 



Testudo vicina, Giinth. Phil. Trans, clxv. p. 277 (1875), and Gig. 

 Land-Tort. p. 73, pis. xlvii. it liv. (1877). 



Intermediate between T. nvjrita and T. microphyes. Shell rather 

 narrow, depressed, with the upper anterior profile subhorizontal in 

 the male ; shields striated. Plastron constricted in front and excised 

 behind. 



Galapagos Islands (S. Albemarle). 



a. Ad., skiill. Iguana Cove, S. Commander Cookson j 



Albemarle. fCI. ( ,m . 



6. Ad., skel. P ^ ^ KTypes.) 



c. Yg., stffd., skull ? J 



separate. 



20. Testudo microphyes. 



Testudo microphyes, Giinth. Phil. Trans, clxv. p. 275 (1875), and 

 Gig. Land-Tort. p. 78, pis. xxxii.-xxxviii., & xlii.-xlv. (1877). 



Shell thin, about twice as long as deep, declivous in front in the 

 female, narrowed in front and with nearly horizontal profile in the 

 male, margin feebly reverted in front and behind ; no nuchal ; 

 supracaudal undivided ; dorsal shields quite smooth in the adult ; 

 vertebral shields much broader than long, at least as bi'oad as 

 costals. Plastron with broad bridge and short and narrow lobes, 

 the hinder of which is truncate in the adult male ; median suture 



