216 CHELTDIDiE. 



as the suture between tlie pectorals; suture between the anals 

 about twice as lonj? as that between the femorals. Head a little 

 larp;cr than in C. lom/icolHs, with stronger lower jaw ; the diameter 

 of the latter at the symphysis is more than half the diameter of the 

 orbit. Pive broad transverse lamelkc on the upper surface of the 

 fore limb. Chestnut-brown above, brownish yellow inferiorly. 



Length of shell 14 ccntim. 



New (Juinea. 



a. Ilgr. 2 , spJr- Katow. M. L. D'Albertis [C.]. 



IMarquis G. Doria [P.]. 

 (One of the types.) 



3. Chelodina expansa. 



Chelodina expansa, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. lSo6, p. ■'tlO, pi. xii., and 

 Suppl. Cat. Sh. liepti. p. 72 (1870), and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, 

 pi. xxxiv. 



Carapace neither keeled nor grooved ; nnchal shield longer than 

 broad. Plastron intermediate, as to size and shape, between C. 

 novce-cfuinece and C. ohlonga, strongly angulated laterally ; lobes 

 considerably shorter and narrower than the opening of tlie shell ; 

 the width of the plastron, without the bridge, is contained twice in 

 its length; the longest plastral shields are the pectorals ; intergular 

 once and a half as long as the suture between the pectorals ; suture 

 between the auals shorter than that between the femorals. A series 

 of seven or eight transverse lamelhie on the ui)pcr surface of the 

 fore limb. Carapace brown, plastron pale brown ; soft parts olive 

 above, yellowish white below. 



Length of shell 20 centim. 



Queensland. 



a. d'jStffd. N.Australia. Mr. Stutchbuvv [C.J. ( .rp -. 



b. Yg., carapace. N. Australia. Mr. Stutchhnry [C.]. \ '^-"^^P^^-^ 



c. cJjSpir. Gayudah. Museum Godeiffroy. 



4. Chelodina ohlonga. 



Chelodina oLlouga, Gray, in Grri/s Trav. Aiisfr. ii. p. 440, pi. ■\-ii. 



(1841), and Vat. Tort'.\x 43 (1844), and Sh. licpt. i. p. 58, pi. xxiv. 



(1855) ; Straiich, Chelon. Stud. p. 165 (1802). 

 colliei. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1855, p. 200, ayul Cat. Sh. Eept. 



i. p. 5'J, and St/jipl. p. 72 (1870). 



Carapace narrow, broadest behind, the males with a feeble verte- 

 l)ral keel ; nuchal shield as long as broad or a little broader than 

 long. Plastron small, cruciform, angulated lateraDy, its longitudinal 

 portion morotlian twice as long as wide ; the longest plastral shields 

 are the pectorals, which at least equal the intergular in length ; 

 intergular as long as or a little longer than the suture between the 

 pectorals; suture between the anals as long as, or shorter than, 

 that between the femorals. A series of six or seven transverse 

 lamella? on the fore limb. Urown above, yellow inferiorly. 



Length of shell 2;i ccntim. 



North and West Australia. 



