CLASS REPTILIA. 



broad, square ; frontj^of sternum projecting ; tail obsolete. 

 North America. 



Bell-shaped Tortoise. Test, Marginata. Schoepf. t. 11, 12, 

 f. 1. T. Graji. Herm. T. Gracce, Lacep. T. Campanu- 

 lata, Walb. 



Shell oblong, ventricose ; hinder margin flattened, expanded 

 toothed ; shields grooved ; blackish yellow varied ; areola 

 yellow, contracted ; nuchal plate, very slender, long. 



Egypt? , . 



Radiated Tortoise, Shaw. Test Radiata, Shaw. Zool. t. 2. 

 J. Coui, Daud. T. Calcarata^ Merrem. 



Shell hemispherical ; black, yellow rayed, areola sunk ; nu- 

 chal plate none. Madagascar. 



Siilcated Tortoise. Test. Sulcata, Shaw, Miller, Cym. 

 Phys. t. Test. Calcaratay Merr. \Test. radiatal Var, 

 Gray, Syn. Rept. 



Shell sub-globular, yellow ; shield rather convex, deeply 

 grooved ; areola small, superior ; nuchal plate none. Sene- 

 gal. Dongola. Dr. Ruppell. 



Leopard Tortoise. Test. Pardalis, Bell. Zool. Jour. t. J 5. 

 T. armata, Boie Mss. Test. Bipunctata, Cuv. R.A. 



Shell hemispherical ; yellowish, black spotted ; nuchal plate 

 none. Cape of Good Hope. ■ : 



Starred Tortoise. Test, Stellata, Test. Actinodes, Bell. 

 Z. Jour. t. 23. Test. Elegans, Shaw, t. 6. f. 1. and 

 Schoepf. t. 26. T. Stellata,' Schw. 



Shell globular ; shields convex, grooved ; black, yellow- 

 rayed ; areola yellow, large ; nuchal plate none. India. 

 Ceylon. 



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