216 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on Batrachians 
&. From snout to vent 75 millim.; hind limb 80. 
ey) 1) » 90 5 9» 97 «8D. 
Numerous specimens were obtained by Mr. Grant in 
December on the sides at the bottom of a well at Deelfontein, 
where they could be seen in the daytime squatting in or near 
the water ; others were taken on the veldt in March, April, 
and December, and in camp in November. 
In its shorter hind limbs this species differs from B. regu- 
laris much as our B. calamita differs from B. viridis; it also 
has the inner finger shorter as compared with the second. 
3. Rana angolensis, Bocage. 
4, Rana Delalandit, D. & B. 
REPTILIA. 
CHELONIA. 
1. Testudo Seimundi, sp.n. (PI. XVII.) 
Shell very convex, twice as long as deep, the dorsal shields 
somewhat swollen and separated from one another by deep 
furrows ; lateral marginals divided by a very deep groove; 
shields strongly striated concentrically ; six vertebral shields, 
fifth smallest, all except the first much broader than long; 
12 marginals on each side; nuchal small, longer than broad ; 
supracaudal single, strongly incurved. Plastron large, flat 
(male), the gular shields forming a narrow rounded projection 
in front, the hind lobe deeply notched; suture between the 
gulars longer than that between the anals; suture between 
the humerals longer than that between the femorals, nearly 
four times as long as that between the pectorals; axillary 
small, inguinal large. Head moderate, with very convex, 
swollen forehead and strongly hooked beak; upper head- 
shields very small, with the exception of three preefrontal 
shields in a transverse row; alveolar ridge of upper jaw 
very feeble. Anterior face of fore limb with very large 
bony scutes or tubercles as in T.. tentorta; a very large bony 
tubercle on the back of the thigh. Yellowish horn-colour 
above, with short or interrupted blackish - brown striz 
radiating from the centre of each shield; plastron similar, 
with mere traces of the dark radiating strive; soft parts 
yellow, head with a few dark brown specks. 
Length of shell 98 millim. 
A single male specimen was picked up by Mr. Seimund 
under a Karroo bush in veldt 8 miles east of Deelfontein, about 
300 yards from a small rise or kopje. 
This new tortoise is to be placed near 7’. tentorva, Bell, 
from which it differs in the shape of the gular extremity of 
