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which, on the front of the fore limb and on the heel, are pointed and spine- 
like ; a group of bony tubercles on the back of the thigh, the central ones 
very large and conical. Tail of male ending in a divided, claw-like bony 
tubercle. Yellowish or pale brown, dark brown or blackish on the periphery 
of the dorsal shields and on the anterior border of the marginals ; young with 
the carapace speckled with blackish ; plastron yellow or brown and yellow ; 
head and limbs yellow, more or less variegated with dark brown. 
Fig. I. Skull of Testudo pseudemys. Two-thirds natural size. ’ 
These tortoises agree in colour and general appearance with the shell 
from Siam described by Dr. Gunther as Geoemyda impressa^ but they differ 
from it, as well as from all specimens of Testudo emys examined by me, in 
having the antelateral side of the vertebral shields so much shorter than the 
postero-lateral. The skull of Geoemyda impressa is unknown, but that of 
Testudo emys and that of Testudo phayrii differ from that of Testudo pseudemys 
Fig. 2. Skull of Testudo emys. Two-thirds natural size. 
in the much wider temporal arch, as may be seen by the annexed figure, 
taken from a specimen from Sarawak. 
Two specimens, from the Batang Padang district. South Perak (1,000 
feet to 2,000 feet), in the collection, the shell of the larger measuring 
255 mm., that of the other 100 mm. I have besides examined a specimen 
from the Larut Hills, Perak (4,000 feet altitude), obtained by Mr. A. L. 
Butler in 1900, and a young specimen from Thao, Kasia Hills (3,200 feet 
