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almost to lead to the supposition that if was made from the same 
individual. From the drawing we not only learn the habitat, but 
also that the colour of the living animal is very like that of the dry 
specimen. 
4. Notice or A New Srecises or DoGANIA FROM ASIA. 
By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., etc. 
We received for the Museum a dried and varnished specimen of 
the genus Dogania, unfortunately without any special habitat, which 
appears to be distinct from Dogania subplana. It is scarcely two- 
thirds the size of the specimen which we received from General 
Hardwicke, which agrees with the type specimen of Geoffroy, on which 
the species was originally described ; yet the dorsal shield is more 
ossified, the ribs more expanded, and the surface of the bone of the 
back and chest more granulated. This leads me to believe that it 
must be of a distinct species ; I shall therefore give the diagnosis of 
the two kinds. 
DoGANIA SUBPLANA. 
The first odd transverse bone of the dorsal shield smooth, with a 
narrow band of granules on the middle of the hinder edge. The 
first, fifth, sixth, and seventh ribs narrow, the last being the narrow- 
est and shortest ; the second, third, and fourth ribs broader, dilated 
at the outer end, the width being about one-third of the length. 
The sternum smooth, with a small, narrow, oblong, longitudinal 
granular patch on the hinder edge of the transverse bone. 
Hab. India, Singapore? 
The dorsal disk of this species is well figured by Cuvier, Oss. Fos. 
Pe tehs. tf. 5. 
Mr. Swinhoe informs me that this animal is common in the rivers 
of China and Formosa; that it is known to the Europeans there by 
the name of “ Terapan,”’ most likely a corruption of the American 
word ‘Terrapin,’ and is esteemed a great delicacy by the Chinese, 
and fetches a good price in the market to make soup. 
The head of the older specimen is not so large compared with the 
body. The animal has the power of drawing its head within the 
skin of the neck. 
DoGANIA GUENTHERI. 
The odd transverse bone in front of the dorsal shield entirely co- 
vered with granulations, like the ribs. The ribs all nearly similar in 
width (nearly four times as long as wide), and very slightly and 
gradually dilated at the outer end; the last rib the smallest, narrow 
and short compared with the others. The hinder sternal bones broad, 
with a large oblong patch of granulations at the inner hinder end. 
The labral bones with a large indeterminate group of tubercles near 
the suture that divides them. 
Hab. India, ? 
