1396.] BATBACHIANS OF THE MiLAT PENINSULA. 859 ; 



platynota inhabits the valleys of the Malay Peninsula and Penang, 

 but is apparently not numerous ; however, Giinther (R. B. I. p. 18) 

 remarks, " this was certainly an incorrect determination, as is 

 evident froui his description " : I have not made out to what 

 species Cantor's Penang Tortoise belongs. 



Hub. Mergui, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



7. CiCLBMTS DHOE, Gray. 



Cydemys oldhamii, Giinther, Kept. Brit. lad. p. 15, pi. v. &g. B. 



Cydemys dhor, Boul. Oat. Ohel. etc. p. 131. 



It is stated ia several works that this tortoise occurs in the 

 Malay Peninsula ; Dr. Gray (Cat. Shield Eept. 1855, p. 43) says 

 that three young tortoises from Penang, described by Cantor 

 (p. 6) as Tetraonyx affiiiis, were probably the young of this species ; 

 these specimens are now considered to belong to Callagur picta 

 and Batagur baska. 



Hah. Northern India, Burma, Siam, Camboja, Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago. 



8. CrCLRMYS AMBOINBNSia, Daud. 

 Cisludo amboineiuis, Cantor, p. 5. 



Ouora amhoinensis, Giinther, llept. Brit. Ind. p. 12, pi. iv. 

 figs. A, B. 



Cydemys aniboinensis, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 133 (skull fig. 

 p. 128, and shell fig. p. 129). 



' There are specimens in the British Museum from Malacca and 

 Singapore. Cantor says, " This species appears to be numerous in 

 the valleys, in ponds, rivulets and paddy fields, Malayan Peninsula 

 and Singapore." Mr. Eidley informed me ho had found it plentiful 

 at Malacca. I found two specimens near the Ayer Etam road in 

 Penang : the length of carapace of the larger was 198 mm. 



Mab. Burma, Siain, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, extending 

 eastward to the Moluccas. 



9. Gboemyda spinosa. Gray. 

 Oeoemyda spinosa, part.. Cantor, p. 2. 



Geoemyda spinosa, Giinther, Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 18 ; Boul. Cat. 

 Chel. etc. p. 137. 



There are specimens in the British Museum from Penang 

 (Cantor) and from Singapore (A. E. Wallace). Mr. Eidley has 

 found this species on Bukit Timah, Singapore. In January 1896 

 I found two specimens in the water, in streams on the south side 

 of Bukit Timah, Singapore ; the length of carapace of the larger 

 was 186 mm. In captivity these tortoises spent nearly all their 

 time in the wat«r ; they fed daily, eating for their size large 

 quantities of fruit, preferring pineapple, but also taking orange, 

 banana, raisins, lettuce, etc. On the 14th of May one laid an 

 oblong, equal-ended, white egg. These specimens are now alive 

 in the Society's Gardens (August 1896). 



Hob. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



