Mr. Bell on three new species of Land Tortoises, 419 Art. XLIV. Descriptions of three nezo Species of Land Tortoises; 5y Thomas Bell, Esq.^ F,L,S,, F.G.S, Ordo. Testudinata. Merrem. Fam. TESTUDiNiDiE. nobis. Gen. Testudo. Auct. AcTiNODEs. T. scutis dorsalibus elevatis, nigris, luieo radiatis : scuto antico marginali impart nullo. Habitat in Africa. Mus. nostr. Tab. Suppl. XXIII. Description. Head large, thick, black with yellow spots. Fore feet furnished anteriourly with numerous, large, black and yellow scales. The thighs with a few similar ones, but larger and of a conical form. Tail short, tuberculated. Shell elevated, ovate, the margin anteriourly notched, posteriourly denticulated. The whole of the scuta sulcated, black with regular yellow radiations, and with large yellow areolae. The dorsal scuta, especially the vertebral, elevated, somewhat conical, and slightly turned back-wards. Marginal scuta xxiii, viz. : eleven pairs, and a posteriour single one. The nine posteriour projecting and acuminated, thus forming a deeply serrated outline. The last marginal plate very broad, nearly vertical, but slightly incurved. Sternum yellow with distinct black radiations passing from the areola of each plate to its circumference; anteriourly bifid, posteriourly with a deep lunate emargination. 2d 2
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