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the surface. Running water of some depth was within few feet, 

 but the animal had not entered it, and had, during the night, 

 come for at least a quarter of a mile along the sand from another 

 hiding place beneath some grass, without once entering the water. 

 The people of the country are quite aware of this habit, and when 

 I pointed out the tracks to a fisherman, he said at once that the 

 tortoise would be found in the sand by following them. It is evi- 

 dent, therefore, that Giinther's statement, that Emyda is tho- 

 roughly aquatic, requires modification. I have often seen tracks 

 on the sand of streams before, but always supposed them to be 

 made by Emys or its allies. The time of year was the middle of 

 March at the commencement of the hot season. 



Zoc. Seo river, a tributary of the Mahanaddi in Raipiir. 



3. Teionyx Gaxgeticus, C u v. var. 



I obtained three specimens in Bilaspur, all of small or moderate 

 size : they differ from Calcutta specimens in coloration, but not to 

 any important extent in form : the carapace is perhaps a little 

 broader, in proportion to the length, but the difference is very tri- 

 fling ; both have the swelling on the anterior dorsal portion of the 

 carapace, and precisely similar ornamentation. In the younger 

 specimens, the anterior dorsal bone is separated by an unossified 

 space from the first costals, but in an older specimen they are per- 

 fectly united. 



The largest specimen exceeded a foot in length when alive, the 

 carapace now measures 8-5 inches in length by 8 in breadth. The 

 second measured 7 inches by 6 when living, the carapace in the 

 dried specimen being 4 inches by 3*25. The small specimen pre- 

 served in spirits measures 3*9 by 3-5, 



All were rather pale olive in colour above, on the shell as well 

 as on the head and limbs. In the smallest specimen there were 2 

 pairs of very indistinct ocelli on the carapace. The back of the 

 head and neck shewed black veinings. Neither head nor limbs 

 were spotted nor presented any pale markings, the lower parts were 

 flesh coloured, lips yellow. There were in the smallest specimen 

 about 1 5 very irregular rows of granules on each side of the shell, 

 and some scattered isolated granular tubercles on the hinder por* 



