SHIELD EEPTILES. 17 



** Kinixys. 



2. Kinixys erosa, Gray, Cat. p. 13 ; Suppl. p. 14. 



a. Shell, adult, 9A in., and fore feet. Thorax rather concave the 



whole length. 

 W. Africa. Gambia. 



b. SheU, 6 in. 



Kinixys castanea, Bell., Linn. Trans., xv., t. 18. *~ 



W. Africa. Presented by T. Bell, Esq. 



c. Shell, 5 in. Sternum flat. 

 W. Africa. 43, 2, 29, 1. 



d. Animal and shell in spirit ; young. 

 Gaboon. 57, 10, 28, 7. 



e. Animal and shell, in spirit ; yoimg. 

 Gaboon. 69, 2, 20, 1. 



/. Adult shell, 10^ in., with feet, worn. Sternum concave. 

 W. Africa. 63, 10, 8, 7. 



g. Shell, 8\ in. Sternum flat. 

 W. Africa. 63, 10, 8, 8. 



/;. Shell, 8£ in. Very richly coloured, with pale rays. Sternum flat; 

 last vertebral plate very convex in the lower part of the middle. 

 W. Africa. 63, 10, 8, 6. 



i. Shell, 8+ in., and skeleton. Sternum concave the whole length. 

 W. Africa. 70, 12, 28, 2. 



3. Kinixys Homeana, Gray, Cat. p. 13 ; Suppl. p. 14. 



a. Shell only, 6:] in. Sternum flat. 



W. Africa. (Demerara ?). Presented by Lieut. Matth. C. Friend. 



b. Shell only, 6| in. The sternum deeply concave in the middle. 

 Africa. Cape Coast Castle. 



Presented by Lieut. Matth. C. Friend, R. N. 



Tribe 4. MANOUEIANA. 

 Genus 8. MANOUPJA. 



1. Manouria Emys, Gray, Cat., Append, p. 7. M.fusca, Gray, Cat. 

 p. 16 ; Suppl. 15. 



a. Shell, 16 in. ; lost some of its plates. Hinder lateral margin 

 scarcely expanded, caudal plate convex, and rather inflexed 

 below. Front of sternimi acutely notched behind, and slightly 

 concave beneath. 



M. fusca, Gray, Cat. Sh. Hep., p. 16. 

 Penang. From the Zool. Soc. 



