CLASS REPTILIA. 



broad, square ; front of sternum projecting ; tail obsolete. 

 North America. 



Bell-shaped Tortoise. Test. Marginata. Schoepf. t. 11, 12, 

 f. 1. T. Graji. Herm. T. GraccB, Lacep. T. Campanu- 

 lata, Walb. 



Shell oblong, ventricose ; hinder margin flattened, expanded 

 toothed ; shields grooved ; blackish yellow varied ; areola 

 yellow, contracted ; nuchal plate, very slender, long. 

 Egypt .? 



Radiated Tortoise, Shaw. Test. Radiata, Shaw. Zool. t. 2. 

 J. Coui, Daud. T. Calcarata, Merrem. 



Shell hemispherical ; black, yellow rayed, areola sunk ; nu- 

 chal plate none. INIadagascar. 



Sulcated Tortoise. Test. Sulcata, Shaw, Miller, Cym. 

 Phys. t. Test, Calcarata, Merr. Test, radiata Var. 

 Gray, Syn. Rept. 



Shell sub-globular, yellow ; shield rather convex, deeply 

 grooved ; areola small, superior ; nuchal plate none. Sene- 

 gal. Dongola. Dr. Ruppell. 



Leopard Tortoise. Test. Pardalis, Bell. Zool. Jour. t. 15. 

 T. armata, Boie Mss. Test. Bipunctata, Cuv. R.A. 



Shell hemispherical ; yellowish, black spotted ; nuchal plate 

 none. Cape of Good Hope. 



Starred Tortoise. Test. Stellata, Test. Actinodes, Bell. 

 Z. Jour. t. 23. Test. Elegans, Shaw, t. 6. f. 1. and 

 Schoepf. t. 26. T. Stellata, Schw. 



Shell globular ; shields convex, grooved ; black, yellow- 

 rayed ; areola yellow, large ; nuchal plate none. India. 

 Ceylon. 



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