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Show 858 MR. S. S. FLOWER ON THE REPTILES AND [Dec. 1, Suborder THECOPHORA. Superfamily CRYPTODIRA. Family TESTUDINID^E. 2. CALLAGUR PICTA, Cray. Ernys trivlttata, Cantor, p. 4. Tetraonyx ajfinis, part., Cantor, p. 6. Batagur affinls, Giinther, Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 40, pl. iii. fig. C. Callagur picta, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 60. There is a specimen in the British Museum from Penang through Cantor ; from his account this species appears not to be numerous, inhabiting the coasts, rivers, and ponds of Malaya. Hab. Malay Peninsula and Borneo. 3. BATAGUR BASKA, Cray. Tetraonyx affinls, part., Cantor, p. 6. Batagur baska, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 37, pl. iii. fig. B ; Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 61 (skull fig. p. 62). There is a specimen in the British Museum from the coast of Penang through Cantor. Hab. Bengal, Burma, and Malay Peninsula. 4. HARDELLA THURGI, Gray. Emys thurgi, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 24. Hardella thuni, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 63 (skull fig. p. 64, and shell fig. p. 65). Giinther (R. B. I. p. 25) says that according to Cantor this species is found in Penang; but I do not find it mentioned in Cantor's Catalogue. Hab. India (Indus, Ganges and tributaries), and perhaps Malay Peninsula. 5. BELLIA CRASSICOLLIS, Gray. Emgs crassicollis, Cantor, p. 3 ; Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. pl. iv. fig. E . Bellia crassicollis, Boul. Cat, Chel. etc. p. 98 (skull fig. p. 98, shell fig. p. 99). Cantor says this species is numerous in tbe rivulets and ponds in the valleys of Penang and the Malay Peninsula. Stoliczka (J. A. S. B. 1870, vol. xxxix. part ii. p. 227) found it common in the small freshwater streams of Penang. Hab. Tenasserim, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 6. CYCLEMYS PLATYNOTA, Gray. Notochelys platynota, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 17. Cyclemys platynota, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 130. There are five specimens in the British Museum from Singapore collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. Cantor (p. 3) says that Emys |