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Show 1873.] DR, J. E. GRAY O N T H E TRIONYCHIDCE. 41 CHITRA. The skull is figured in the Cat. Sh. Rept. p. 70, t. 41 ; P. Z. S. 1864, p. 92, f. 11 & 12 ; and Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rept. fig. 28. 1. CHITRA INDICA. (The Sewteree). Testudo. chitra, B. Hamilton (Icon. hied.). Trionyx cegyptiacus, var. indicus, Gray, Illustr. Indian Zool. t. 80, from Hardwicke's icon. Trionyx indicus, Gray, Syn. Rept. p. 47. Gymnopus lineatus, Dum. & Bibr. Erpet. Gen. ii. p. 491. Sewteree, Hardwicke (icones ined. B. M.). Chitra indica, Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. B. M., p. 70, t. 41 (skull), P. Z. S. 1864, p. 92, figs. 11 & 12 (skull); Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rept. p. 89, t. 28 (skull) ; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1872, p. 332. Hab. India, Ganges, Nepal. PELOCHELYS. The skull figured, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 90, f. 9 & 10; Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rept. p. 91, fig. 29. The odd bone in front of the disk very large and broad in the adult. 1. PELOCHELYS CANTORII. Chitra indica, Blyth, J. A. Soc. 1863, xl. p. 77 ; Gunther, Rep. Brit. Ind. t. (badly coloured). Gymnopus indicus, Cantor, Rept. Malacca, p. 10. Pelochelys cantorii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 90, figs. 9, 10 (skull) Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rept. p. 91, fig. 29 (skull). Hab. Malacca, Aracan. 2. PELOCHELYS CUMINGII. Pelochelys cumingii, Gray, P.Z. S. 1864, p. 90; Suppl. Cat. Rept. p. 91. Hab. Philippine Islands. 3. PELOCHELYS BIBRONII. Trionyx bibronii, Owen, Cat. Osteol. Spec. Mus. Coll. Surg. p. 185, nos. 951-959. Pelochelys bibronii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 90; Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rept. p. 91. Hab. Australia 1 II. Heptathyrina. The hinder lateral edge of the sternum with flaps to cover the hind limbs ; the front pair of bones of sternum with callosities; the front odd bone of the dorsal disk united to the ribs, without any small oval bone in margin before it. HEPTATHYRA. The skull figured, Gray. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 94, figs. 13, 14, 15 ; Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rept. p. 92, fig. 30. |