444 ZOOLOGY. 



Class REPTILIA.^ 

 Order GRELONIA. 



1. Cinixys belliana, Gray. 



Kinixys hdlAama, Gray, Synopsis Eept. Add. and Corr. p. 69. — 

 Catalogue of Shield Eept. in Coll. Brit. Mus. 1855, p. 13, t, ii. 

 Cinixys helliwna, Dum. et Bibr. Erp. Gen. ii. p. 168. 

 Kinixys Shceensis, Eiipp. Mus. Seuck. iii. p. 223. 



Five specimens were obtained in the Anseba valley, at 

 between 4,000 and 5,000 feet above tbe sea. This land 

 Tortoise chiefly inhabits the thickets on the banks of the 

 river, and under bushes in the neighbourhood. I never 

 saw it on open ground. 



2. Pelomedusa gehafie, Eiipp. 



Gray, Oat. Tort. Croc. &o. Brit. Mus. p. 38. j Cat. Shield Eept. 



p. 53. 

 Pentonyx gehafie, Eiipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 2. t. i. 

 Pelomedusa gehafiee, Gray, Cat. Tort. Croc. &o. Brit, Mus. p. 38 i 



Cat. Shield Eept. p. 53. 



Not uncommon in the Anseba and its feeders. I also 

 found it in the Lebka. During the dry season these 

 rivers completely disappear, and this Tortoise must bury 

 itself It has a most offensive smell. 



1 For the determinations of the majority of the reptiles, I am indebted to 

 the kindness of Dr. Giintheri 



