164 CHELONIA. 



R. 679. The imperfect terminal extremity of the caudal sheath, ex- 

 (Fig.) hibiting some of the enclosed vertebrae. Figured by Owen 

 in the ' Phil. Trans.' for 1886, pi. xxxi. fig. 3. 



Presented by R. Fitzgerald, Esq., 1885. 



R. 680. Part of the terminal extremity of the caudal sheath, show- 

 (Fig.) ing vertebrae. Figured by Owen, I. c. pi. xxxi. fig. 4. 



Presented by R. Fitzgerald, Esq., 1885. 



R. 908. Cast of the terminal portion of the caudal sheath of a larger 

 individual, showing one vertebra in situ. The original is 

 preserved in the Museum at Sydney, and is figured by 

 Owen in the { Phil. Trans.' for 1888, pi. xxxvii. 



Made in the Museum, 1887. 



R. 1594 k. Cast of a dermal bone, which is probably part of one of 

 the proximal rings of the caudal sheath. The original is 

 preserved in the Museum at Sydney, and is figured by 

 Owen in the < Phil. Trans.' for 1888, pi. xxxvi. figs. 7-9, 

 as the sternal arch. 



Presented by E. P. Ramsay, Esq., 1888. 



R. 15941. Cast of a dermal bone probably belonging to the caudal 

 sheath. The original is in the Museum at Sydney. 



Presented by E. P. Ramsay, Esq., 1888. 



R. 1594 m. Cast of a dermal bone. This specimen has a surface 

 for sutural articulation at either extremity, like a mar- 

 ginal of the carapace, but is more curved, and has no 

 sulcus of epidermal shields. It may belong to the caudal 

 sheath. The original is in the Museum at Sydney. 



Presented by E. P. Ramsay, Esq., 1888. 



R. 1594 n. Cast of a dermal bone. The original is preserved in the 

 Museum at Sydney, and is figured by Owen in the * Phil. 

 Trans.' for 1888, pi. xxxvi. fig. 10, as one of the body- 

 scutes. It may have been one of the scutes on the limbs, 

 corresponding to the smaller ones found in many of the 

 large species of Testudo. 



Presented by E. P. Ramsay, Esq., 1888. 



R. 1594 o. Cast of one of the free marginals of the carapace. The 

 original is preserved in the Museum at Sydney. It shows 

 the sulcus between two marginal shields, and also indi- 

 cates that the extremities of the carapace were serrated. 

 Presented by E. P. Ramsay, Esq., 1888. 



