20. TESTUDO. 17!) 



Testiulo bi'llii, Ormj, Spic/'l. Zool. p. 2, pi. iv. fi;.'. 3 (TS;50). 



Cbur^iiKi anyulatii, Grtn/, >Si//i. licpt. p. lo, pis. i. & ii. (18.'51), and 

 Cat. Tort. p. 11 (1844), wm/ >S/i. Jfcjtt. i. p. 12(1855); iStruuch, 

 Cheloyi. Stud. p. 49 (1802), and Vvrt/i. ^diildkr, p. 30 (180")); 

 Gray, Pruc. Zool. Soc. 1873, pi. Ix. tig. 0. 



Carapace elongate, very convex, posterior border not or but feebly 

 reverted ; nuchal shield narrow, elongate ; supracaiidal single, in- 

 curved ; dorsal shields strongly striated concentrically, except in 

 old .specimens ; vcrtebrals as broad as or broader than costals, 

 riastroa large, notched i^osteriorlj ; gular region much produced, 

 truncate or rounded anteriorly ; gular shield single, much longer 

 than the suture between the hunierals ; suture between the i)ec- 

 torals short ; suture between the aiuds as long as, or longer than, 

 that between the femorals ; entoplastral bone very small. Head 

 moderate; a pair of large prefrontal shields, usually followed by a 

 large frontal ; beak feebly hooked, bi- or tricuspid ; alveolar ridge 

 of upper jaw very short and feeble. Scales on the front of the fore 

 limb rather small, except a large one on the inner side near the 

 elbow, and a scries along the outer side. Shell yellow, each dorsal 

 shield with a black border and usuall)' a black central spot ; plas- 

 tron black in the middle, or with some large black blotches. 



Length of shell 19 centim. 



South Africa. 



a. 2 , stffd. Cape of Good Hope. E. Erown, Esq. [V.' 



h. Ad., shell. Cape of Cood Hope. II. Brown, Esq. [P, 



c. S , stfiU. Cape of Good Hope. Dr. J. E. Gray [P.] 



d, e. $ , spir. S. Africa. 

 /, </. $ & hpr., stffd. S. Africa. 

 h, i. Ad. & ligr., skels. S. Africa. 

 h, I, m. Ad. lis: hgr., shells. S. Africa. 



41. Testudo yniphora. 



Testudo yniphora, VaUlanf, C. li. Ac. Sc. ci. p. 440 (1885), and 

 Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ix. p. 118 (1885). 



Carapace oval, posterior margin reverted and serrated; shields 

 concentrically striated; nuchal minute. Gular region of plastron 

 much i)roducL'd as a flat point curving upwards ; gular shield single ; 

 hind lobe openly emarginate ; pectoral shields very narrow. Fore 

 limb with broad imbricate tubercles. Carapace fulvous, areoho 

 yellow, each shield bordered with brown ; each marginal shield 

 with a triangular brown spot ; plastron uniform yellow. 



Length of shell 38 centim. 



Island north-east of the Comoro group. 



