6 BoULENGER, Collection of Fishes, Batrachians & Reptiles. 



REPTILIA. 



CHELONIA. 



Testudinid^e. 



i. Testudo pardalis, Bell. 



1012. Loangwa River. August 12, 1904. 



1040. Petauke, N.E. Rhodesia. February 1, 1905. 



2. Cinixys belliana, Gray. 

 1089. Petauke. December 8, 1905 



Pelomedusid^e. 

 3. Sternothaerus sinuatus, A. Smith. 

 1088. Petauke, N.E. Rhodesia. December 7, 1905. 



4. Sternothaerus nigricans, Donnd. 



1078. Msofu River. November 6, 1905. 



108 1. Near Chiwali's, Alala Plateau, N.W. Rhodesia. 

 November 18, 1905. 



The latter specimen may be referred to the typical 

 form, the former to the var. castanea, Schw., as defined 

 by Siebenrock (in Voeltzkow, " Reis. Ostafr." vol. 2, p. 34, 

 1906). 



a. (1081) Length of shell, 90 millim. ; width, 74; 

 depth, 39. " Tympano-frontal " suture very short ; suture 

 between the humeral shields shorter than the intergular. 



b. (1078) Length of shell, 100 millim. ; width, 70 ; 

 depth, 42. " Tympano-frontal " suture longer ; suture 

 between the humeral shields as long as the intergular. 



According to Siebenrock, the true J>. nigricans would 

 be confined to the East Coast of Madagascar. 



