264 dr. j. e. gray on two new tortoises. [nov. 25, 



3. Notice of two New Species of Batagur in the Col- 

 lection OF THE British Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray. 



Dr. Gilntlier, -who is re-examining the Indian Tortoises in the Bri- 

 tish Museum, has drawn my attention to two young specimens of 

 the genus Batagur, which he beUeves to be different from those that 

 I have hitherto described ; and as tliere appears every reason to beheve 

 that they indicaf§ species that has not hitherto been recorded in the 

 Catalogue, I shall proceed to describe them provisionally until we 

 receive more adult representatives of them. They both belong to 

 the subgenus called Kachuga, as defined in my ' Catalogue of 

 Shield Hep tiles in the British Museum ' (p. 35). 



Batagur picta. 



Pale grey-brown, with three interrupted dark brown streaks on 

 the back, and a more or less triangular dark brown spot on the front 

 margin of the marginal shields ; beneath uniform pale yellow. Nu- 

 chal shield none. The first vertebral plate oblong, four-sided, rather 

 longer than broad ; the second, third, and fourth six-sided, second 

 and third as long as broad, the fourth rather longer than broad. 

 The margin entire, bent up behind. The pectoral and anal plate as 

 long as broad. Head (-when dry) pale olive, blackish on each side. 



Hah. Borneo, Sarawak (JVallace). 



Length 1 1, width 8| inches. Not full-grown, and with large inter- 

 costal spaces on the sides, showing that this species grows to a much 

 larger size. 



Batagur ellioti. 



Young state. Pale grey-brown, one-coloured when dry ; the hinder 

 margin strongly and acutely serrated. Nuchal shield broad, short. 

 Second, third, and fourth vertebral shields strongly keeled, and end- 

 ing in an acute prominence ; the first square, rather broader than 

 long ; second and third six-sided, broader than long ; fourth six- 

 sided, longer than broad. Underside uniform pale yellow. The 

 gular plate triangular ; the pectoral and anal shorter than broad. 

 The head dusky brown ; temple and beak yellow, with a blackish 

 streak from the nostril to the orbit, and continued behind from the 

 orbit over the tympanum. 



liab. Southern India, Eiver Kistna (JValter Elliot'). 



The specimen is very young, with very large narrow intercostal 

 spaces, showing that it grows to a considerable size. It is known 

 from all the other species by its sharp dentated margin. This cha- 

 racter may be obliterated in the adult specimens ; but I am not aware 

 that it occurs in any other xouvi^ Batagur, and we have most of the 

 described species in a young state. The specimen here described was 

 procured from Mr. Warwick, the dealer, wit^nout any habitat. But 

 Dr. Giinther has shown me a drawing, which has been sent to him 

 by my excellent friend Mr. Walter Elliot, of Wolfelee, with the above 

 habitat attached to it, which is so like the specimen described as 



