SHIELD KEtTlLES. 95 



e. Sktill. Length to occiput, 6i in. 

 Ascension Island. Presented by — Waud, Esq. 



6. Skull. Length to occiput, 6f in. 

 Ascension Island. Presented by — Waud, Esq. 



/. SkuU ; very imperfect. 

 Tropical Ocean. 



r. Skull, without lower jaw. Length to occiput, 6| in. 

 Tropical Ocean. 



s. SkuU. Length to occiput, A.\ in. 

 Tropical Ocean. 62, 7, 18, 13. 



t. Skull. Length to occiput, %\ in. 

 Tropical Ocean. 62, 7, 18, 12. 



e\ Skull, without lower jaw. Length to occiput, 4,^ in. Weight of 

 animal, 66 lbs. 

 Tropical Ocean. Dr. Mantell. 



V. Skull; bones separate. Mounted by E. Gerrard, Jnr. 

 Tropical Ocean. 72, 12, 29, 2. 



3,. Head, covered with shields and skin. Length to occiput, 5 in. 

 Tiropical Ocean. 44, 2, 20, 26. 



o'. Head, with shields. Length to occiput, 3 in. 

 Tropical Ocean. 46, 11, 18, 41. 



^'. Head and dorsal shell, 6^ in. 

 Guiana. 67, 4, 2, 170. 



Genus 3. MYDAS. 



1. Mydas viEiDis, Gray, Cat. p. 75 ; Suppl. p. 119. Tortoises, dc, 

 t. 59, 60 (Ufe). 



a. Animal stuffed. Shell, 12^ in. 

 Brazils. 



h. Animal stuffed. Shell, 11| ia. 

 BrazUs. 



c. Animal and sheU, 1^ in. ; stuffed ; yoxmg. 

 Brazils. 



g. Animal and shell, 1^ in. ; stuffed ; young. 

 Brazils. 



h, h'. Animals, in spirits ; young. Back brown, with pale margin. 

 Fins pale brown, the front with black spots. 

 Malay Peninsular. Cantor. 60, 8, 19, 1414. 



i. Animals, in spirits. Dorsal and marginal shields with a regular 

 broad pale margin. Fins, front and hinder, black-spotted ; head 

 shields with a narrow pale margin. 

 "Ghelonia picta," Jeude, MSS. 

 Guiana? Jeude. 66,8,14,236. 



p. Skeleton, mounted. Dorsal shield, 33 in. 

 Ascension Island. 72, 3, 7, 2. Prepared by E. Gerrard, Jnr. 



