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Show 1871.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON TORTOISES. 51 7 3. TESTUDO ELONGATA. 5. KACHUGA PEGUENSIS, 6. K. TRILINEATA, and 8. K. BERDMOREI. I have already answered these remarks in m y preliminary observations ; and Mr. Theobald's impression that K. peguensis had been founded on a skull (probably aberrant) of either Tetraonyx lessoni or Batagur trivittata, and the idea that the skull of Kachuga old-hami is not distinct, do not require any answer from me. If these skulls belong to the same animal, then the whole of the results of m y examinations of Tortoise skulls, of which I must say I feel justly proud, must go for nothing; but Mr. Theobald has not discovered that Kachuga oldhami is the head of the well-known Emys thurgi, which proves to belong to the family Bataguridee ; and he surely will allow that Tetraonyx lessoni, Batayur trivittata, and Emys thurgi are distinct species, to whatever genera they may be referred. The observations about the skulls of the males and females of Kachuga trilineata, under such circumstances, are not worth considering. I personally examined Mr. Theobald on his reasons for thinking the specimens which he brought home to be male and female of that species ; and I thought they were very inconclusive, and required verification from an accurate and patient observer. Testudo phayrei is not in my catalogue, therefore I give the syno-nyma of it:- TESTUDO PHAYREI. Testudo phayrei, Blyth, Journ. A. Soc. Beng. xvii. p. 56, xxiii. p. 639 (shortly described), xl. p. 77 ; Theobald, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 675. Testudo indica, Theobald, Cat. Rept. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 8. Manouria emys, Theobald, Journ. Linn. Soc. x. p. 10, and Cat. Rep. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 9. "Manouria emys," Theobald, Cat. Rept. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 9. Hab. Arracan (Blyth) ; Burmah (Theobald). As there is much confusion about Manouria, I take this opportunity of giving a revision of the synonyma:- MANOURIA EMYS. Testudo indica, Bibron's M S . in Mus. Zool Soc. 1844. Testudo emys, S. Miiller, Verhandl. Reptiles, p. 34, t. iv. 1847. Geoemyda spinosa (adult), Cantor, Rept. Malay Penin. 1852. Manouria fusca, Gray, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 53; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1855, vol. xv. p. 68; P. Z. S. 1860, p. 395; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1861, vol. vii. p. 216; Cat. Shield Rept. p. 16, t. iii., Suppl. p. 15. 1854. Teleophus luxatus, Leconte, Pr. Acad. N. Sci. Phil. vii. p. 187 (Oct. 1854). Manouria emys, Gunther, Rept. Brit. India (not Theobald). Hab. Penang (Cantor). |