TORTOISES. 9 



g. Shell only, wanting a few plates, 5 inches. Vertebral shield 



very high. Cape of Good Hope. 

 k. Shell, youug, 2\ inches. Plates flattish. Cape of Good Hope!' 

 I. Animal and shell, young, 2\ inches. Plates rather convex. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



Var. 3. Shell oblong, ventricose : sternum convex, dark in the 



middle, white on the sides : nuchal plates short, truncated : 



shields convex, often high, truncated. 

 h. Shell, adult, 5^ inches. Dorsal shields high, conical; caudal 



plate produced. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Robert 



Brown, Esq. 

 i. 8fj. Shell, young. Dorsal shield rather convex ; caudal plate 



inflexed. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Robert Brown, 



Esq. 



Verreaux' Tortoise. Testudo Verroxii, A. Smith, Illustr. 

 Zool. S. Africa, t. 8. $. 



Shell black brown, varied with pale yellow rays and spots, be- 

 neath yellow, black in the centre ; head above yellow ; feet with 

 large imbricate scales in front ; marginal shields placed at an an- 

 gle with respect to the costal shield; nuchal plate triangular; dis- 

 cal plate simple, convex. 



Inhabits South Africa. Probably only a variety of T.geome- 

 trica, from a single specimen in Dr. A. Smith's collection. 



The Margined Tortoise. Testudo marginata, Schoepf. t. 

 11, 12, f. 1. Gray, Syn. 11. Exped. Morea, t. 7,/. 2. Dum. $• B. 

 E. G. ii. 37. Wagler, Amph. t. 25. T. Graii, Herm. Obs. Zool. 219 

 T. Graca, Lacep. Q. O. t. 5, f. 2. T. Graca, var. Schlegel, F. 

 Japon. 7. T. campanulata, Walb. Chel. 124. T. lutraria, Gmel. 

 T. rotunda, Lacep. Scheuch, P. S. ii. 261 . 



Shell oblong, ventricose, hinder edge horizontally expanded ; 

 shields black, yellow-varied, grooved, areola small, yellow; nuchal 

 plate slender, long; animal blackish, limbs largely scaled. 



a. Young, 3j inches. Caudal plate produced, flat. S. Europe. 

 Presented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 



The Tartaruga. Testudo Groeca, Linn. S. N. ii. 552. Gray, 

 Syn. 13. Exped. Morea. t. 7,f. 1. Shaiv, Zool. ii. t. 1. Schoepf. t. 

 8, 9.— Dum. <$• Bib. E. G. ii. 49, not Pallas. T.Carolina, Herm. 

 T. geometriea, Brunnich, Adriat. 92. T. Hermanni, Schneid. 

 348. Seba, t. 80,/. 1. Knorr, Del. Nat.il t.52,f. 1. T. pusilla, 

 Shaiv, Zool. iii. 53. T. Ibera, Pallas P Zool. Ross. Eichw. Z. 

 Spec. ii. 196. Fauna Casp. Cauc. 43, t. 5.? T. Mauritanica, Dum. 

 S,- Bib. H. Gen. ii. 44. Edw. Birds, t. 204. T. Zohaffa, Forskael, 

 F. Arab. 12. 



Shell oblong, subglobose ; shields rather convex, black and 

 yellow-varied ; nuchal shield distinct. 



