SHIELD REPTILES. 7 



2. Peltastes platynotus, Gray, Cat. Suppl. p. 8 ; Append, p. 5. 



a. Shell of adult. Sternum flat. Anal notch angular, broad. Cau- 



dal plate broad, not inflexed. 

 Burmah. Theobald. 68, 5, 11, 3. 



b. Upper shell only, of adult, without sternum. 

 Emys platynota, Blyth. 



Bimnah. 67, 6, 18, 2. Presented by W. Theobald, Esq. 



c. Shell, very young, with a strong rounded keel. Costal plates 



with two white spots on each margin. Length If in. 

 Burrnah. Theobald. 



d. Shell alone, of half-grown, 4J in. long. Sternum quite flat. Anal 



notch angular. 

 Bumiah. Theobald. 68, 5, 11, 2. 



3. Peltastes stellatus, Gray, Cat. p. 7; Suppl.Tp.8; Append, p. 5. 



Var. 1. Thorax oblong, elongate. Scutellum nearly flat. 



g. Animal, adult. Shell, length 10J. in. Sternum flat. Anal notch 

 angular, broad. $ . 

 India. Capt. Boyes. 48, 2, 1, 29. 



h. Animal stuffed, adult. Shell, 91 in. ; wants the left gular 

 shield. Sternum flat. Anal shield straight. $ . 

 India. 48, 2, 9, 30. 



/. Animal, adult. Shell, 1\. Sternum slightly concave in the 

 middle. Caudal plate convex, inflexed. $ . 

 India. 48, 2, 1, 32. 



a. Animal stuffed. Shell, 7 in. Sternum flat. 

 Ceylon. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



i. Shell, 3f in. Sternum flat. 

 India. 46, 5, 11, 21. 



j. Shell, smaU. 35 in. Sternum flat. 

 India. 65, 2, 12, 8. Presented by Charles Falconer, Esq. 



k. Shell, 4 in., with remains of animal. 

 Poonah. 68, 8, 28, 6. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



I. Shell, Si in. 

 T. elegans. 

 India. 67, 4, 2, 128. Mus. Utrecht. 



ii. Animal and shell, adult, in spirits. 

 India. Zool. Soc. 63, 6, 22, 1. 



Var. 2. Thorax oblong, elongate. Vertebral plates elevated, conical. 



e. Shell, 91 in., of adult. 

 Phihppine Islands. 54, 3, 14, 2. 



o. Animal stuffed, adult. Shell, 81 in., with one additional ver- 

 tebral plate. 



P. stellata, var. actinoides, Gray, Cat. Suppl. p. 8. 

 Ceylon. Zool. Soc. 



