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Show 860 MR. S. S. FLOWER ON THE REPTILES AND [Dec. 1, 10. TESTUDO EMYS, Schl. & Mull. Geoemyda spinosa, part., Cantor, p. 2. Manourla emys, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 10. Testudo emys, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 158 (skull fig. p. 150). Cantor records this species from the Great Hill of Penang; there are two Penang specimens from him in'the British Museum. In March 1896 Mr. Ridley caught a fine female specimen in the Dindings, and brought it alive to the Botanical Gardens, Singapore; the length of carapace was about 520 mm. Hab. Assam, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Family CHELONID^E. 11. CHELONE MYDAS, L. Chelonla vlrgata, Cantor, p. 11 ; Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 53. Chelone mydas, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 180. Cantor says, " This species is at all seasons plentifully taken in fishing-stakes in the Straits of Malacca." Hah. Tropical and subtropical seas. 12. CHELONE IMBRICATA, L. Chelonla Imbricata, Cantor, p. 13. Caretta squamala, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 54. Chelone Imbricata, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 183 (skull fig. p. 181); Boul. Fauna Ind., Rept. p. 49 (young fig.). Cantor mentions this species as inhabiting Malayan seas. Dr. Hanitsch sbowred me a live specimen caught near Singapore early in 1896. Hah. Tropical and subtropical seas. 13. THALASSOCHELYS CARETTA, L. Chelonla olivacea, Cantor, p. 13. Caouana olivacea, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 52. Thalassochelys caretta, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 184. Cantor says, " This species is at Penang of rare occurrence." A specimen (now preserved in the Raffles Museum) was caught near Singapore in Jan. 1896 : length of carapace 700 mm. Hab. Tropical and subtropical seas. Superfamily TRIONTCHOIDEA. Family TRIONYCHID^E. 14. TRIONYX SUBPLANUS, Geoffr. Trlonyx subplanus, Giinther, Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 49. Trionyx guntheri, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 49, pl. iv. fig. 4. Trlonyx subplanus, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 246 (skull fig. p. 247). There are specimens in the British Museum from Penang from |