Vol. II, No. 6.1 Notes on the Indian Tortoises, 205 
[N.S.] 
Testupo BaLucHIonuM, Annandale (PI. II, Fig. 1), 
; T. baluchiorum, Annandale, in Journ. As, Soc. Bengal, 1906, 
5. 
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of tubercles on the back of the thigh can be regarded as affording 
a constant diagnosis, as 7. horsfieldii is evidently variable in these 
respects. 
exotic tortoises of the genus Testudo in the Indian Museum, 
I may val attention to a large skull of the extinct T. triserrata 
from Mauritius, and series of skeletons of the Madagascan species 
T. radiata, Most of the specimens of the latter species are labelled 
“ Mauritius,” and itis probable that large numbers were at one time 
introduced into Calcutta from Madagascar wid that island. It is 
probable, further, that the species, which has certainly been con- 
gal. 
monest terrestrial Mollusc in Calcutta gardens is a snail introduced 
from Mauritius, namely, Achatina fulica, Vér. 
Nicoria trivuea (Schweigg.). 
In my recent note ' on the distribution of the var. thermalts of 
a species, | eigen to refer to Mr F.F. Laidlaw’s? record of 
occurrence in Maldives, whither it has probably been 
berigett from Cafion. The var. edeniana probably occurs in Chota 
Nagpur, judging from the large size of skeletons from that district, 
as well as in Burma, 
BELLIA CRASSICOLLIS (Gray). 
In addition to specimens from Burma and Malaya, there is a 
skeleton in the Museum said to have come from Travancore. In 
several specimens examined, the serration of tes posterior margin 
of the carapace is obsolete. 
Morena PeTersit, Anderson (PI. II, Fig. 4). 
re are several specimens in the nee from the neigh- 
sane lof Calcutta, as well as the 
. petersit is easily distinguished fro rom M. ocellata (PI. II, 
Fig. 3) by its coloration and by its skull characters; but the 
relative proportions of the plastral shields are not constant in 
either speci 
| Mem. As. Soc. Bengal 1, p. 185 
2 In Gardiner’s Maldives and Laccadives, Vol. I, p. 122, 
