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sized, imbricate scales, which arc largest towards the outer side ; no 

 enlarged tubercles on the thighs ; tail ending in a claw-like horny 

 tubercle. Carapace and plastron greenish yellow, each shield with 

 an irregular black spot or blotch, which may occupy its greater 

 portion, or may be much broken up or indistinct. 



Length of shell 27 ccntim. 



Bengal (Clmibassa), Burma, Camboja, Cochinchina. 



34. Testudo forstenii. 



Testudo forstenii, Schleg. ^- MiiU. in Tcnwiinck, Verh. Kat. Nederl. Ind. 



p. 30 (1844). 

 Peltastes forstenii, Gnu/, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. G15, pi. xliii., and 



App. Cat. Sh. JRept. p. 5 (1872). 



Very closely allied to T. elonr/ata, from which it differs only in the 

 absence of a nuchal shield, and the smaller pectoral shields ; the 

 suture between the latter measures only half that between the 

 humerals. 



Length of shell 17 centim. 



Celebes and Gilolo. 



a. 2 , stfTd. BoUahoeta, N. Salamatta, Celebes. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]« 



35. Testudo marginata. 



Testudo marginata, Schoepf, Te^t. p. 52, pi. xi. (1792) ; Dand. Repf. 



ii. p. 233 (1802) ; Bory -i^- Bibr. Expcd. Morce, Kept. p. 57, pi. vii. 



fig. 2 (1833); Dnm. 'S,- Bibr. ii. p. 37 (18.35); Gray, Cat. Tort. 



p. 9 (1844), and Sh. Bepf. i. p. 11 (185.5) ; Sowerhy S,- Lear, Tort. 



pi. XV. (1872) ; Lortc't, Arch. Mas. Lyon, iv. p. 7, pis. iii. k iv. 



(1887\ 



graja, Hermann, Ohserv. Zool. p. 219 (1804). 



Chersine'uiaro-inata, Merr. Tent. p. 31 (1820). 



Cliersus maiginatus, Waql. Si/st. Amph. p. 1m8 (1830); Bonap. Leon. 



Faun. Ltai. pi. — (1840). 

 Testudo campanulata, Strauch, Chelon. Stml. p. 05 (1862), and Verth. 



Schildhr. p. 12(1865). 

 Peltastes niarginatus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 173, and SuppJ. 



Cat. Sh. Bept. i. p. 10 (1870). 

 Testudo nemoralis, Schreih. LLcrp. Eur. p. 557 (1875). 



