DEEMOCHELYS, 



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the loDgitiidiiial series of enlarged tubercles and the border of the 

 limbs yellowish in the young. 

 Grows to a length of 8 feet. 



Fig. 17. — Skull of DeriHochelys coriacea*. 



Hah. Grenerally distributed between the tropics, but scarce 

 e\"erywhere ; an accidental A'isitor to temperate coasts. Of no 

 commercial value. Only on one occasion has this turtle been 

 observed to deposit her eggs on the coast of Tenasserim, on 

 February 1st, 1862, near the mouth of the Yc Kiver {cf. TickelJ, 

 J. A. 8. B. xxxi, 1862, p. 367, with figure of the turtle). 



* Figures 4, 7, S, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 11, 15, and 17are froui the British Museum 

 Catalogue of Chelouians &e., 1889, the woodcuts having been, by permissioa 

 of the Trustees, used in the present work. 



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