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28. Contributions to Oriental Herpetology. No. IV.—Notes on the 
Indian Tortoises—By N. AnnanpauE, D.Sc., C.M.Z.8. 
wea one plate, ) 
Although the Indian Museum possesses an almost complete 
collection of the known Indian Chelonia, there is comparatively 
little to be said about the specimens; few have been added 
during the last twenty years, and the late Dr. J. Anderson, who 
was mainly instrumental in getting the collection together, de- 
scribed the greater part of it in considerable detail. More recent- 
ly, ho i Boulenger’s Catalogue of the Chelonia in the 
British Museum (1889) and Reptilia and Batrachia (“F 
India, st so much new light upon the group that 
were collected in the more remote districts of the Indian Empire, 
notably in Upper Burma and onthe North-West Frontier. In the 
cases of land tortoises it is easy to transport living specimens, 
while even the skulls and shells of aquatic species would be 
valuable. In this connection I must express my thanks to Messrs. 
Vredenburg and Tipper, of the Geological Survey of India fees 
to the Political Agent at Kelat, for obtaining and sending to t 
aoe Museum from Baluchistan, a large series of one rare er 
mportant form. Similar consignments from other parts would be 
ra gratefully received. = 
It is unnecessary to mention the marine species. 
TRIONYCHIDAE. 
TRIONYX GANGETICUS, Cuvier. 
We have several well-authenticated and typical skulls from 
Sind 
Emypa Granosa (Schoepft). 
The typical variety appears to be widely spread in Upper 
India, i abich it is probably confined. 
var. VIT 
E. ata, ie Faun. Ind , Rept., p. 17. 
I cannot regard this form as more than a variety of H. granosa, 
ined spec 
labelled as Vislenaiate to this form in the Museum from Chota 
Nagpur and Sind ; but their varietal identity is uncertain. 
