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VN'KMMX To THE CATALOGUE OF SHIELD REPTILES. 



1". Damonia oblonga. 



i;.\i. 



Damonia oblo <j Mag, Nat. Hist. 1>7I. 



\iii. p. 867. 



Shell oblong, elongate, scarcely wider behind; baci 

 convex, Mark, obscurely 8-keeled, the lateral keels being 

 on tii<- u] ' ] i 1 ' ites ; first vertebra] shield 



longer than broad, urn-shaped— thai is. contracted on the 

 front pari of the aides; the second nearly quadrangular, as 

 long as broad, slightly angled on the sides ; third and fourl h 



hexangular, the fourth rather Invader than Long, and very 

 narrow behind. Sternum flat, high, and keeled on the 

 sides, black except where worn. Head very large, tl.it at 

 the top, blackish brown, with a pale streak from above the 

 nostril, continued over the orbit, becoming wider over the 

 temple, and continued along the side of the neck; nose 

 with three perpendicular streaks on each side, the outer 

 ; nned In lew into a broader streak extending along 

 the side of the jaw under the orbit to the angle of the 

 month and on to the neek : under edge of the lower beak 

 and of the shields on the side of the chin pale-edged. 

 He. el covered with thin smooth shields, one large plate 

 extending from the nose to the occiput, with smaller subsym- 

 metrieal shields behind it, the shields on the side of the 

 head being largest ; a large temporal shield on each side 

 tiding from the back edge of the orbit to the front edge 

 of the temple and the angle of the jaw ; lower eyelid large, 

 smooth, with two thin band-like plates. 



The yellow lines under the nostrils are very similar to 

 those in our largest specimen of Damonia macroeephala, but 

 our smaller one of that species has only two perpendicular 

 lines under the nostrils ; so that probably the lines in this 

 species also vary in this respect. The head-shields of the 

 two species are very similar : indeed there is no doubt these 

 species are very nearly allied ; but they differ considerably 

 in the dorsal shields and general colouring and form of 

 the thorax. The first costal shield elongate, much larger 

 than the same shield in D. macroeephala. 



Hab. Celebes. 



It is very like Damonia macroeephala from Siam and 

 ( 'ambojia, but differs in being of a narrower, oblong form, 

 and having very differently shaped shields over the verte- 

 bral line, and in the shell being of a more uniform black 

 colour, especially on the underside. 



Damonia Reevesii (p. 44), add : — 

 Clemmys Reevesii, Strauch, Lhelon. Stud. p. 32. 



Damonia nigricans (p. -14), add: — 

 Clemmys nigricans. Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 32. 



** Head modi rati , /m!i -spotted. 



Damonia Hamiltonii (p. 43), add: — 

 Clemmys Hamiltonii. Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 32. 



Eryina laticeps ( p. 45), add : — 

 Clemmys laticeps, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 32. 



Graptemys pseudogeographica (p. 45), add: — 



Clemmys pseudogeographica, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 33. 

 Qray, Tortoises §c. t. 37 & 3b (from life). 



Graptemys geographica (p. 45), add : — 



Emys valida, Leconte, Proc. Phil. 1859, p. 7. 

 Clemmys valida, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 32. 

 Clemmys geographica, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 33. 



Pseudemys serrata (p. 46), add : — 

 Clemmys serrata, Strauch, Clielon. Stud. p. 32. 



Pseudemys hieroglyphica (p. 47), add :— 

 Clemmys hieroglyphica, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 33. 



Pseudemys lahyrinthica (p. 47), add : — 

 Clemmys labyrinthica, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 32. 



Pseudemys ventricosa (p. 47), add : — 

 Clemmys mobilensis, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 32. 



Pseudemys concinna (p. 47), add : — 



Clemmys concinna, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 32. 

 Clemmys floridana, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 32. 



Pseudemys decussata (p. 47), add : — 



Gray, Tortoises Sec. t. 39 & 40 (from life). 

 Clemmys decussata, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 33. 



Trachemys Holbrookii (p. 47), add : — 

 Clemmys elegans, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 32. 



Trachemys scripta (p. 4S), add : — 

 Gray, Tortoises See. t. 41 (from life). 



