SHIELD REPTILES. 15 



s. Skeleton. Sternum flat. Caudal plate tliick, rather convex. 

 S. Africa. 6, 3, 17, 8. 



t. Shell, bad state. Sternum concave. Caudal plate rather convex. 

 5£in. 

 S. Africa. 57, 2, 3, 8. 



Tribe 2. HOMOPINA. 

 Genus 6. HOMOPUS. 



1. Homopus sigxatus, Gray, Cat. p. 11 ; Suppl. p. 13 ; Append. 



p. 6. Tortoises, dc, t. 20 (life). 



a. & b. Young, in spirit ; larger, with a very concave sternum, but 

 probably artificially produced by pressure of other specimens. 

 S. Africa. 48, 2, 29. 



c. Adult shell, without front of sternum. 

 S. Africa. 57, 2, 3, 18. 



2. Homopus areolatus, Gray, Cat. p. 11 ; Suppl. p. 13 ; Append. 



p. 6. Tortoises, <£c, t. 21 (life). 



a. Dry animal and shell ; not good state. 



C. of Good Hope. Presented by Piobert Brown, Esq. 



b. Shell, only 3J in. 



S. Africa. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



c. Animal and shell. 



S. Africa. S. A. Mus. 38, 6, 9, 12. 



g. Animal, dry, in shell. 

 S. Africa. 62, 2, 21, 84. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



e. Animal and shell. 

 S. Africa. Zool. Soc. 51, 7, 9, 10. 



d. Animal and shell, dry ; length, 4 in. 

 S. Africa. 51, 8, 25, 25. 



/. Shell, only 3£ in. 

 S. Africa. 42, 2, 19, 8. 



h, i,j. Shells. 

 S. Africa. 



h. Shell, with additional costal plates on one side. 

 S. Africa. 



I. Shell, 3|. Sides of sternum very high. 

 S. Africa. Mus. Utrecht. 67, 4, 2, 109. 



m. Shell, 3f in. Very broad behind. Sternum rather convex. 

 S. Africa. Mus. Utrecht. 67, 4, 2, 111. 



n, p. Shells, 3i in. Rather depressed ; wanting some plates. 

 S. Africa. 67, 4, "2, 110 & 112. 



o. Shell and skin in spirit. 

 Cape of Good Hope. Parzudaki. 59, 9, 20, 24. 



