1872.] DR. J. ANDERSON ON MANOURIA AND SCAPIA. 143 



The measurements of the head are as follows : — 



in. lm. 



Occiput to tip of snout 4 9| 



Anterior angle of eye to anterior ridge of nostrils . . 1 1 



Posterior angle of eye to margin of ear 1 1 1 



Depth below eye 1 3 



Breadth behind eyes, greatest 2 4 



Breadth before eyes (anterior angle) 1 2| 



Breadth behind nostrils 8 



Breadth behind ear 2 4 



Scales of head and body black, the skin brownish grey ; iris 

 reddish brown. The neck can be extended about 9 inches ; it is 

 very thin, and the skin hangs loosely on it. 



Fig. 9. 



Skull of typical specimen of Testudo phayrei. 



The skull (fig. 9) of Blyth's type of T.phayrei, the measurements 

 of the shell of which I have given in the foregoing table, is 3" 9'" 

 from the posterior extremity of the mastoid to the tip of the pre- 

 maxillaries, and 2" 7'" in breadth across the postfronto-malar su- 

 ture, which is the greatest breadth of the skull ; i. e. the breadth 

 of the skull is very little more than two thirds of its length. The 

 temporal fossa is large, and the occipital spine rather deep and 

 projecting slightly upwards, strongly backwards, and considerably 

 beyond the posterior border of the mastoid. The distance between 

 the mastoids equals that between the orbital border of the maxillo- 

 malar sutures of the two sides. The fronto-parietal area is depressed, 

 the depression being almost entirely confined to the parietals, the 

 frontals and prefrontals arching downwards and forwards, their area 

 being elongately quadrangular, and the lateral margin parallel. The 

 anterior border of the prefrontals is almost straight. The maxilla is 



