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Hab. Mus. Berl. (non vidi.) only a very young specimen. 



B. Testa margine integro, sterni laterihus sulcarinatis. 

 Orbis Veteris Incolse. 



8. Emys tecta, (Tented Terrapin.) — Testa ovato-oblonga 

 solida, olivacea, dorso elevato angulariter compresso, scu- 

 tellis vertebralibus elongato hexangulatis, 1, 2, et 3 cari- 

 natis postice productis sub- tuber culatis, margine integerrimo. 



Ermjs tecta, Bell, MSS. (v. t. Mus. Bell.) Illust. Ind. 

 Zool. t. Testudo Dura, et T. Katinja, Hamilton, MSS. 

 (v. Icon. Mus. Ind.) 



Junior. Sterno rubro nigroque variegato. Testudo Pang- 

 shiire, et Test. Khagraskata ; Hamilton, MSS. (v. Icon. 

 Mus. Ind.) 



Habitat in India, Dr. Hamilton, Gen. Hardwicke. 



The shell is very solid, with a strong internal rib on each 

 side, just behind the back of the front opening ; the first, 

 second, and especially the third vertebral plates with a keel, 

 which is bright orange when ahve, and produced into a peak 

 at the end of each plate. The sternum is high and 

 keeled on the sides, dark brown, pale-edged, and in the 

 young shells variegated with black and red; the head is 

 greenish, red-spotted, and the neck yellow -Hned. 



9. Emys lineata, {Lined Terrapin.) Testa oblonga 

 olivacea leviter tuberculata-carinata, margine postico 

 dilatato, scutellis vertebralibus primo quadrato, reliquis 

 longe hexagonalibus. sterno lutescente ; capite cinereo coeru- 

 lescente, mento genisque luteo variegatis, superciliis nucha- 

 que coccineo lineatis, cauda longa. 



Emys lineata, (v. Icon. Hard.) cop. Illust. Ind. Zool. t. 



Habitat in India, General Hardwicke. 



The first vertebral plate is nearly square, the rest are 

 narrow hexagonal, and the sternum is keeled on the sides ; 

 but the animal, in these plain species, affords the best cha- 

 racter : it is greenish, with a bluish grey tint on the head, 

 and marbled with yellow on the chin and cheeks, with a 

 bright orange line over each eyebrow, and six or eight on 

 the back of the neck ; the chin has two yellow spots, and 

 the tail is long. 



10. Emys Batagur, {Batagur Terrapin.) Testa subor- 

 biculari depressa leviter carinata pallida olivacea, margine 



