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Show 514 DR. J. E. GRAY O N TORTOISES. [June 6, nose-leaf, the present species is easily to be distinguished from them by the characters given in the diagnosis. " The upper margin of the nose-leaf is not thickened as in those two species ; and the three points are much larger. The ears are pointed, hardly longer, but much larger than in Ph. tricuspidata. The fur is long and soft, that of the upperside and of the sides of the belly white with brown points, that of the middle of the belly entirely white. The metacarpus of the third finger is shorter than that of the fourth finger, and not longer, as in Ph. tridens and Ph. tricuspidata. The alar membrane is attached as far as the base of the metatarsus, and the point of the tail is much less (only for 3 millims.) exserted than in Ph. tridens and tricuspidata. .... Total length 75 Head 16*5 Length of ear 12 Breadth of ear 10 Tail 30 Humerus 23 Ulna 40 metac. 1st ph. 2nd ph. cartilage. Length of 1st finger . . . .. .. .. 5 2nd finger. . 29*5 0 3rd finger.. 27*5 14*2 23*2 2 „ 4th finger.. 29*5 11 *4 8*5 bifurcate 5th finger. . 23 5 12*2 9*5 Femur 17 Tibia 16*5 Foot, with claws 7 Spur 9 A single adult male was in the collection. 4. TAPHOZOUS LONGIMANUS, Hardwicke. 3. Notes on Mr. Theobald's observations on Dr. Gray's Paper on Tortoises. By Dr. J. E . G R A Y , F.R.S. &c. [Received May 22, 1871.] In the 'Proceedings' of the Society for 1870, p. 674, there are some notes by Mr. Theobald on m y paper on the families and genera of Tortoises, published in the ' Proceedings' of the Society for 1869, p. 165. I have very few remarks to make upon them, and take them in the order they occur. I may merely premise that zoologists generally give India its ancient and classical signification, and not the confined political one which certain Indian zoologists wish to apply to it. |
