610 IIK. STANLEY S. FLOWER ox THE [jMayl6, 



It was caught at Siglap, Singapore, on tlie 14th December, 1^8-^ 

 in the presence of Mr. A. M. Skinner, Straits Settlements Civil 

 Service. 



Hah. Tropical seas, sometimes occurs in the temperate seas. 



Suborder THECOPHOPA. 

 Superfamily Crtptodira. 

 Family PlatxsternidvE. 

 2. Platysteenum megacephaltjm Gray. 

 PlatysUrnum megaceplialum, Blgr. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 46. 

 The Big-headed Tortoise is mentioned in the British Museum 

 Cataloo-ue from Laos. In the Siamese Museum there is a staffed 

 specimen without locality ; it measures : — 



Length of head about 60 mm. 



„ „ carapace in median line 1 60 „ 



„ tail 175 „ 



Hah. Burma, Siam, South China. 



Family Testudinib.e. 



3. Callagur picta Gray. 



4. Batagur baska Gray. 



5. Hardella thurgi Gray. 



References to the occurrence of these three species of water- 

 tortoises in the Straits Settlements are given in P. Z. S. 1896, 

 p. 858. 



At different times I have seen tortoises, some of great si7;e, 

 belonging to this group without being able to identify them, but 

 there are at least two species in the Malay Peninsula, one of which 

 inhabits the coasts (as Cantor remarks) as well as the rivers and 

 ponds. One species (apparently CuUarjur picta) is also found in 

 Siam ; we have seen it at Bangkok. 



N.B.— Dr. Hanitsch (Eeport Baffles Library and Museum, 1897, 

 p. 8) records Kaclmga lineata from Ulu Legeh. I have not seen 

 ihe specimen. 



(). Damonia subtrijuga (Schleg. & Miill.). 



Emys macrocepliala, Giinth. Eept. Brit. Tnd. p. 31 (1864). 



Damonia suhtrijuga, Blgr. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 94 (1889). 



The British Museum Catalogue mentions specimens from 

 Siam (M. Mouhot and W. H. Newman) and Cambodia 

 (M. Mouhot). This very handsomely marked and coloured little 

 tortoise is numerous round Bangkok, living apparently always in 

 freshwater ponds and canals and the swampy paddy-fields : in 

 captivity they refuse all food except molluscs, the common blue 

 mussel they crunch up and devour eagerly ; they are themselves 



