398 Mr. Bell on two tiew Genera of Land Tortoises. 



Genus. KIN IX Y S. 

 Pedes subclavati. 



Testa expansa, subdepressa. 



Dorsi pars posterior mobilis. 



Spec. 1. KlNIXYS CASTANEA. Tab. XVII. Fig. 1. 

 Sterno aniicè ultra testam superiorem prominente ; sentis margi- 



nalibus 23. 

 Habitat in Africa. 

 jMus. nostr. 



Description. Hearf rather long, somewhat depressed. Feet 

 compressed, less clavated, and the toes more distinct than 

 in the other species of the family. Shell of a rich chestnut- 

 brown colour, the older specimens having patches of yellow 

 principally towards the lower margin of the costal scuta ; 

 broad-ovate, rounded and gibbous posteriorly, the anterior 

 and posterior margins projecting and somewhat reflected : 

 the marginal outline deeply denticulated. Dorsal scuta 

 strongly marked with concentric striœ, and a raised line 

 in the direction of each angle, radiating from the area : 

 the vertebral scuta slightly carinated ; the first pentagonal, 

 the anterior angle acute, the area having a sharp ridge ; 

 the second, third, and fourth hexagonal ; the fifth gibbous, 

 quadrangular, the base very broad, and forming the seg- 

 ment of a circle : the first costal scutum trapezoidal, elon- 

 gated, the inferior margin rounded ; the second and third 

 pentagonal ; the fourth trapezoidal. Marginal scuta 23 ; 

 viz. 11 pairs, and a posterior single one ; the anterior ones 

 turned up at the areae, which are marginal, and have some- 

 what the appearance of being eroded ; the lateral and pos- 

 terior hollowed; the margin raised, projecting, and with the 

 areœ reflected. The moveable hinge or joint commences 



immediately 



