SHIELD REPTILES. 73 



/. Aninial, dry. Shell, 3| in. Bad state. 

 Natal. 63, 2, 14, 46. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



a. Animal, young, in spirits. 

 Natal. 55, 10, 16, 24. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



Family 4. PELTOCEPHALID^E. 



Tribe 1. PELTOCEPHALINA. 



Genus 1. PELTOCEPHALUS. 



1. Peltocephalus tracaxa, Gray, Cat. p. 61 ; Suppl. p. 84 ; 

 Append, p. 24. 



a. Animal stuffed ; adult. Shell, 14 in. Shields concentrically 



grooved. Sternum pale yellow. 

 Emys Tracaxa, Spix, Bras. t. 5. 

 S. America. 42, 4, 29, 1. 



6. Animal stuffed ; adult. Shell, 19 in. Worn nearly smooth ; head 



imperfect. 

 Emys macrocephala, Spix, Bras. t. 4. 

 S. America. 44, 7, 19, 27. 



c. Animal and shell, in spirits. Sternum black, pale-varied. 

 Bahia. Wucherer. 63, 3, 27, 1. 



Genus 2. DUMERILIA. 

 1. Dumerilia madagascariensis, Gray, Cat. Suppl. p. 82. 



a. Skeleton, wanting one foot and tail, and shell, 12 in. 



D. madagascariensis, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1873, p, 149. 

 W. Madagascar, Anuavandra. 73, 2, 0, 0. 



b. Duplicate bones of right leg and foot. 

 Madagascar. 



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Tribe 2. PODOCNEMIDINA. 



Genus 3. CHELONEMYS. 



1. Chelonemys Dumeriliana, Gray, Cat. p. 62, t. 28; Suppl. p. 83. 



- a. Animal stuffed and shell, 14 in. 

 Lakes of Upper Amazons ; called ' Tracaja,' Bates. 51, 5, 6, 3. 



b. Animal stuffed ; imperfect. Shell, 5 in. 

 Hydraspis lata, Bell. 



S. America. Zool. Soc. 



c. Animal and shell in spirits ; young. 

 Para. Bates. 



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