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Show 1869.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE TORTOISES. 215 14. BAIKIEA. Sternal callosities 15 or more. Alveolar surface broad in front and on the sides. B. elegans. ** Dorsal disk with marginal bones. Asiatic. 15. EMYDA. Sternal callosities 9 or 10. E. punctata. Section II. Head depressed, broad, face very short; eyes anterior. Skull depressed, thin and weak. Alveolar edge of the jaws thin. Palate flat. a. Sternum dilated behind into flaps on each side covering the hind legs. Sternal callosities odd. 16. H E P T A T H Y R A . Sternal callosities seven. H. frenata. b. Sternum contracted behind, without any flaps over the hind legs. Sternal callosities in pairs. 17. PELOCHELYS. P. cantorii. 18. CHITRA. C. indica. 2. LANDEMANIA. Head elongate ; the odd bone in front of the dorsal shield in adult specimens pitted, and united to the first costal by a straight suture. Landemania irrorata. Sternum. Sternal callosities six-two sternal, two lateral, and two anal; the sternal pair narrow, transverse, and not developed until the animal |
