514 DR. J. E. GRAY ON TORTOISES. [June 6, 



nose-leaf, the present species is easily to be distinguished from them 

 by the characters given in the diagnosis. 



The upper margin of the nose-leaf is not thickened as in those two 

 species ; and the three points are much larger. The ears are pointed, 

 hardly longer, but much larger than in Ph. tricuspidata. 



The fur is long and soft, that of the upperside and of the sides of 

 the belly white with brown points, that of the middle of the belly 

 entirely white. 



The metacarpus of the third finger is shorter than that of the 

 fourth finger, and not longer, as in Ph. tridens and Ph. tricus- 

 piduta. 



The alar membrane is attached as far as the base of the metatarsus, 



and the point of the tail is much less (only for 3 millims.) exserted 



than in Ph. tridens and tricuspidata. .... 



1 millims. 



Total length 75 



Head 16-5 



Length of ear 12 



Breadth of ear ' 10 



Tail 30 



Humerus 23 



Ulna 40 



metac. 1st ph. 2nd ph. cartilage. 



Length of 1st finger ... .. .. .. 5 



2nd finger. .29-5 



3rd finger. . 27'5 14-2 23-2 2 



4th finger. . 295 11-4 8-5 bifurcate 



5th finger. . 23 5 12-2 9'5 



Femur 1 7 



Tibia 165 



Foot, with claws 7 



Spur 9 



A single adult male was in the collection. 

 4. Taphozotjs longimanus, Hardwicke. 



3. Notes on Mr. Theobald's observations on Dr. Gray's 

 Paper on Tortoises. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c. 



[K*ceived May 22, 1871.] 



In the 'Proceedings' of the Society for 1870, p. 674, there are 

 some notes by Mr. Theobald on my paper on the families and genera 

 of Tortoises, published in the ■ Proceedings ' of the Society for 1869, 

 p. 165. I have very few remarks to make upon them, and take 

 them in the order they occur. I may merely premise that zoologists 

 generally give India its ancient and classical signification, and not 

 the confined political one which certain Indian zoologists wish to 

 apply to it. 



