178 TESTTJDINID.T!:. 



T. ibera. It is characterized as follows : — Plastron movable ]>os- 

 toriorly ; siipracaudal divided ; tail endiiia; in a horny spur ; four 

 claws to the fore limbs and three to the hind limbs ; no conical 

 tubercle on the back of the thigh. 



39. Testudo horsfieldii. 



Testndo horsfieldii, Grai/, Cut. Tort. p. 7 (1844), and Sh. Rept. i. 



p. 7, pi. i. (1855) ; Gilnth. Rept. Bnt. Ind. p. 7 (18G4). 

 Ilomopiis barnesii, Bhjth, Joiirn. ^4^•. Snc. Bewj. xxii. p. 042 (1851). 

 Testudo (Iloraopu^) horsfieldii, Strattch, Chdon. Stud. p. 80 (1802), 



and Verth. Schildkr. p. 34 (18G5). 

 Testiidinelli horsfieldii, Gray. Snpnl. Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 12 (1870). 

 Hoiuopus horsfieldii, Theoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 3 (1876). 



Shell considerably depressed, not much longer than broad, at least 

 twice as long as deep ; nuchal border not or but very slightly 

 notched; hind margin not or but very feebly reverted, nof: serrated; 

 nuchal shield present, narrow ; supracaudal undivided ; dorsal 

 shields more or less distinctly striated ; vcrtebrals much broader 

 than long, nearly as broad as costals. Plastron large, notched 

 behind, flat in both sexes ; gular shields usually as long as their 

 distance from the pectorals ; suture between the anals as long as or 

 longer than that between the femorals ; axillary and inguinal small. 

 Head moderate ; beak feebly hooked, tricuspid ; alveolar ridge of 

 upper jaw rather short and feeble. Both pairs of limbs with four 

 claws ; anterior face of fore limbs with large imbricate scutes, 

 forming five or six longitudinal series ; a group of enlarged conical 

 tubercles on the hind side of the thigh ; tail ending in a horny claw- 

 like tubercle. Brown or olive above, uniform or blotched with 

 black ; plastron with large patches of black, which may cover it 

 nearly entirely. 



Length of shell 20 centim. 



Central Asia, from the Aralo-Caspian district and the Kirghiz 

 Steppes to Afghanistan, 



a. 5 , stfld. Afghanistan. East India Company [P.]. 



(Type.) 



b. 5 , stfld. Afghanistan. 



c. c^'jStffd. Gulrau, Afghanistan. Dr. Aitchison [C.]. 

 d-f/. Yg., spir. Gulran, Afghanistan. Dr. Aitchison [C.]. 

 h. 'd , spiv. Turkestan. ' Dr. A. Giinther [P.]. 

 i S 1 spir. Tschinas, Turkestan. 



k. Yg., spir. Tschinas, Turkestan. St. Petersburg Mus. [E.]. 



/. 2 > spir. Amu Daria. St. Petersburg Mus, [E.]. 



40. Testudo angulata *. 



Testudo angulata, Schweirp/. Prodr. \^. 52 (1814) ; JBell, Mon. Test. 

 pi. — (1835) ; Bum. S,- 'Mr. ii. p. 150 (1835). 



* 'i'lie account of the coloration of tine soft pnrts given by C4ray, Proc. Zool. 

 See. 1866, p. 306, and Suppl. Cat. Sli. Kept. p. 13, is based upon a specimen 

 made up of the siielf of tliis species and the iiead and limbs of a Nicoria 

 punctularia ! 



