18/1.] dr. j. e. gray on tortoises. 51 7 



3. Testudo elongata. 



5. Kachuga peguensis, 6. K. trilineata, and 8. K. bkrd- 



MOREI. 



I have already answered these remarks in my preliminary observa- 

 tions ; and Mr. Theobald's impression that K. jieguensis had been 

 founded on a skull (probably aberrant) of either Tetraonyx lessoni 

 or Batayur trivittata, and the idea that the skull of Kachuga old- 

 hami is not distinct, do not require any answer from me. 



If these skulls belong to the same animal, then the whole of the 

 results of my examinations of Tortoise skulls, of which I must say I 

 feel justly proud, must go for nothing ; but Mr. Theobald has not 

 discovered that Kachuga oldhami is the head of the well-known 

 Emys thurgi, which proves to belong to the family Bataguridce ; and 

 he surely will allow that Tetraonyx lessoni, Batagur trivittata, 

 and Emys thurgi are distinct species, to whatever genera they may 

 be referred. 



The observations about the skulls of the males and females of 

 Kachuga trilineata, under such circumstances, are not worth con- 

 sidering. I personally examined Mr. Theobald on his reasons for 

 thinking the specimens which he brought home to be male and 

 female of that species ; and I thought they were very inconclusive, 

 and required verification from an accurate and patient observer. 



Testudo phayrei is not in my catalogue, therefore I give the syno- 

 nyma of it : — 



Testudo phayrei. 



Testudo phayrei, Blyth, Journ. A. Soc. Beng. xvii. p. 56, xxiii. 

 p. 639 (shortly described), xl. p. 77 ; Theobald, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 675. 



Testudo indica, Theobald, Cat. Rent. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 8. 



Manouria emys, Theobald, Journ. Linn. Soc. x. p. 10, and Cat. 

 Rep. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 9. 



"Manouria emys" Theobald, Cat. Rept. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 9. 



Hab. Arracan (Blyth) ; Burmah (Theobald). 



As there is much confusion about Manouria, I take this oppor- 

 tunity of giving a revision of the synonyma : — 



Manouria emys. 



Testudo indica, Bibron's MS. in Mus. Zool Soc. 



1844. Testudo emys, S. Midler, Verhandl. Reptiles, p. 34, t. iv. 



1847. Geoemyda spinosa (adult), Cantor, Rept. Malay Renin. 



1852. Manouria fusca, Gray, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 53 ; Ann. & Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. 1855, vol. xv. p. 68; P. Z. S. 1860, p. 395; Ann. & 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. 1861, vol. vii. p. 216; Cat. Shield Rept. p. 16, 

 t. hi., Suppl. p. 15. 



1854. Teleophus luxatus, Leconte, Pr. Acad. N. Sci. Phil. vii. 

 p. 187 (Oct. 1854). 



Manouria emys, Giinther, Rept. Brit. India (not Theobald). 



Hab. Penang {Cantor). 



