A1TKNMX TO Till'. CATAl.tHUK OV SIIIF.1.1) REPTILES. 



Geeohied. Nederland. oven, beritt' Reptiles, p. 80, which 

 they state that they intended to describe and figure more 

 in detail; but 1 am Dot aware that the description or 

 figure has ever been published. 



Fhe following is an extract of all the particulars which 



the authors give of this species: — 



"Shield oblong and verj convex; no nuchal shield; hind- 



-■ Btemal Bcutes small; tail unusually short, obtusely ooni- 



soles with tubercular Bcales; scales along the outer 



margin ofthe fore feel large, unguioulate. Snoul above with 



i pair of large BOUtes ; then follows a crown-shield, with a 



moderate shield on each side; the other shields on the 



head irregular. Light-brown above, with irregular larger 



ami smaller black spot-; sternum with a large black spot 



.eh side. — Gilolo." 



Peltastes marginatus (p. 10), add :— 



Gray, I'.Z.S. 1S7i>. p. 657; Tortoises &c. t. 15 (from 

 life). 



Peltastes Leithii (p. 11), add: — 

 <. P.Z.S. L870, ].. f!.-)7. 



Peltastes graecus (p. 12), add :— 



Grai/, P. Z. S. 1^70. p. 058 ; Tortoises 6?c. 1. 14 (from 

 life ). 



Peltastes snlcatus (p. 1:.'), add: — 



Gr •>,. p. Z. S. Ib70, p. 658; Tortoises $c. t. 16 & 17 

 (from life). 



Bab. Ahyssinia. 



The front of the face short, with the upper beak three- 

 keeled in front and with three teeth on the edge ; the front 

 legs covered with very thick, triangular, convex scales, gene- 

 rally of a large size, with a few small ones intermixed ; the 

 hinder edge of the thigh with two large elongate conical 

 spines on each side, whence I call it Centrochehjs ; gular 

 plates pentangular, elongate, rather produced on the hinder 

 outer edge ; the anal shields triangular, produced, and sepa- 

 rated by a large triangular notch ; the subcaudal plate very 

 broad. 



TESTUDINELLA (p. 12), add:— 

 Testudinella, Gray, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 658. 



Testudinella Horsfieldii (p. 12), add :- 

 Gray, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 658. 



CHERSINA (p. 13), add :— 



Dr.Strauoh refers Testudo Grayii, peltastes, and Vosmaeri 

 of Dumdril and liibron to this genus, becauso tho pectoral 

 plate is said to be united into one plate in the specimens on 

 which these species are founded. T. peltastes and Vosmaeri 

 are very probably only variotios of T. eleplmntopus. I do not 

 recollect the specimen on which T. Grayii is founded, and 

 I believe it has not. been figured. Schweigger regarded it 

 as a variety of T, studo tah llata ; but in my Synopsis, which 

 was published after my visit to tho Paris Museum, I re- 

 garded it as a variety of Ohersim angulata. It wants a 

 nuchal shield. 



Chersina angulata (p. 13), add:— 

 Gray, Tortoises Sfc. t. 19 (from life). 



H0M0PUS (p. 13), add :— 



The caudal plate varies much in breadth in the different 

 specimens ; it is generally broad, but sometimes narrow in 

 specimens from the same locality. It is perhaps a sexual 

 character. 



Homopus signatus (p. 13), add : — 

 Gray, Tortoises §c. t. 20 (from life). 



Homopus areolatus (p. 13), add: — 

 Gray, Tortoises Src. t. 21 (from life). 



Kinixys Belliana (p. 13). 



A specimen in the Zoological Gardens has the caudal 

 plate divided (P. Z. S. 1871, p. 544). 



This Tortoise only makes its appearance in the hot or rainy 

 season from October to May, and is said by the natives 

 to hide deep in the ground during the cool season, or rest 

 of the year. It is said to he confined to the barren and 

 very rocky ground at Musserra and the Benguella country 

 (P.Z.S. 1871, p. 544). 



See also : — 



Testudo hemisphserica, Leicly. 



WinUer, Tort. Foss. p. 146, tab. 31, 32, 33. 



Testudo (Emys) nebrascensis, Leidy. 



Nuchal plate short and broad ; caudal margin and shield 

 rather narrow ; pectoral plate very short. 



