11 — 
Hegel, Directeur du Jardln Imperial do St.-Petersbourg, vient 
d'alresser un exemplaire a la Societe. 
2. Hue lettre du Dr A. G unther, accusant egalement re- 
ception du meme volume VII des Transactions et faisant connai- 
tre lererul.at preliminaire de ses recherches sur les ossements 
de Tort ues de Eodrigues et de Maurice envoyes par le Pre- 
sident et le Secretaire pour etrc examines, 
Toici sa lettre ct la notice preliminaire cpTil adi’esse a ce 
sujet : 
British Museum, 7tli May 1873. 
Dear Sir, 
I am much obliged to the Royal Society of Arts and 
Sciences of Mauritius for the sixth volume of the “ Transac- 
tions” which I have received to-day, I enclose & preliminary 
notice of the Chelonian remains. 
Tours very truly, 
A, Gunther. 
L. Bouton, Esq. 
Preliminary Xu lice of some Extinct Tortoises from the Islands 
of Dodrigncs and Mauritius, by Dr. Albert Guntiier, E.R.S. 
“ Some time ago, Mr. L. Bouton, of Port Louis, sent me 
for examination some Chelonian remains from Rodrigues and 
the Mauritius, and more especially, among those from the 
latter island, a nearly complete carapace. This collection has 
been supplemented by a series of bones in the Geological 
Department of the British Museum, which were discovered at 
the same time and at the same place with the skeleton of 
Did as ineptus. 
“ As some time must elapse before the plates illustrating 
my description can be finished, I think it advisable to indi- 
cate the main results of my examination. 
