8 REPTILES. 



geometrica, Shaw, Zool. v. t.2, f.\. Le Geometrique, Lacep. 

 Q. O. 155, t. 9. 



Shell ovate, convex, shields convex, grooved, black, yellow- 

 rayed, areola large, placed near the hinder edge; nuchal shield 

 none; head and feet black, yellow-spotted; tail short. 



a. Adult, 6 inches. Yellow, black-rayed. Ceylon. Presented by 



J. E. Gray, Esq. 



b. Shell only. 



c. Upper shell only ; depressed, broad, pale ; nucleus very large, 



pale margin of shields blackish marked. 



d. Young: nucleus moderate ; nucleus and margin brown-edged, 



with 4 broad yellow rays. 

 Test, elegans, Schoepf. t. 26. Cop. Shaw, Zool. ii. I. 6. 



e. Adult, shell only, 10 inches. Shields very high, truncated. 



Philippines. 



The Toothed Cape Tortoise. Testudo semiserrata, A. 

 Sin. Must. South African Zoology, t. 4. 



Brown, yellow-rayed, below yellow, black-rayed; nuchal shield 

 triangular; the forefeet with large tubercular scales above the 

 claws. 



a. Adult. Shields rather convex. S. Africa. From the South 



African Museum. 



b. and c. Shields scarcely raised. S. Africa. From the South 



African Museum. 

 d. Young, shell only. Thorax orbicular ; margin more acutely 

 serrated. S. Africa. From the South African Museum. 



The Geometric Tortoise. Testudo geometrica, Linn. S. 

 N. i. 353. Gray, Si/n. 12. Dum. <$• Bib. E. G. ii. 57. T. luteola, 

 Daud. Rept. ii. 277, t. 2b, f. 3. T. tentoria, Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. 

 t. 13. Mus. Gohr.f. 13—16. Seba, t. 80,/. 8. Lacep. Q. O. t. 3, 

 /. 2. Shaw, Zool. ii. t. 2. Schoepf. t 10. Daud. t. 2b, f. 1. Bell, 

 Test. t. 1. 



Shell oblong, convex; shields yellow, grooved, black-rayed, 

 areola yellow, truncated ; nuchal shield long. 



Var. 1. Shell oblong, elongate, narrow : sternum concave: nuchal 

 plate elongate, narrow : caudal shield much incurved, (T. geo- 

 metrica). 



b. c. d. $■ e. Shells wanting the front lobe of sternum. S. Africa. 



Var. 2. Shell oblong, ventricose : sternum convex, black-rayed : 

 nuchal plates elongate, narrow : shields convex, truncated : 

 caudal shield incurved, convex. T. tentoria, Bell. 



a. Shell wanting the first lobe of sternum, \\ inches. S. Africa. 



ef. Shell. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Gen. Th. Hard- 

 wicke. 



