1 1 1 PROCEEDINGS OF THE \ \TI<>\ \L \1 1 SEl M. vol. 38. 



CYCLEMYS FLAVOMARGINATA Gray. 



Herpet. Japan, L907, |>. 503, pi. 3 I 



The type of i Ins species came from the Tamsui River, where, ac- 

 cording to Swinhoe, it is the prevailing species. 



Family CHELONIID^E. 



[CARETTA OLIVACEA (Eschscholtz).] 



i Herpet. Japan, L907, p. 507, pi. 34.) 



As this marine species is common both to the north and the south 

 of Formosa, it is pretty certain thai it occurs also in the waters sur- 

 rounding this island, though no record of actual capture is known as 



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CHELONIA JAPONICA (Thunberg). 



I Herpet. Japan, L907, p. 509.) 



Already cited as Formosan by Swinhoe under the name Ohehnia 

 virgata. 



ERETMOCHELYS SQUAMOSA (Girard). 



I ferpet. Japan, L907, j>. 511.) 

 Same remark as under foregoing species. 



Suborder ClIILOT.i:. 



AMYDA SINENSIS (Wiegmann). 



Herpet. Japan, L907, p. 524.) 



1834. Trionyx (Aspidonectes) sinensis Wiegmann, Nova Acta Acad. Leu]). Carol., 

 vol. 17, ]>. L89. Amyda sinensis Barbour, Proc. New England Zool. 

 Club, vol. I. L909, p. 77 (Kagi, Formosa). 



Two soft-shelled turtles from China (Cat. Nos. 39313-14, U.S.N.M.), 

 collected by Mr. Sowerby in the Hoang-ho, at Honan-fu, province of 

 Honan, 1,000 feel altitude, appear to me, after direct comparison, to 

 be inseparable from Japanese specimens of the same size. They 

 differ, consequently, as much from the Pechili specimens (A. schle- 

 gelii) as the Japanese specimens do. At present the Boang-ho 

 • •nipt ies into the Gulf of Chili, not far from the mouth of the rivers in 

 which .1. schlegelii is at home, but this embouchure is only a recent 

 one. as prior to L852 the Yellow River emptied into the sea not far 

 from the mouth of the Y"ang-tse-Kiang, the lower pari of these two 

 river systems being more or less connected through extensive lakes 

 and swamps, as well as canals. 'Whether the soft -shelled turtles 

 From these two rivers are identical, time alone will show, and as the 

 type-locality of .1. sint us is is Macao, the question of the latter's rela- 

 t ion to t he above and to 1 he Formosan forms is equally for the future 

 to answer. 



[DOGANIA SUBPLANA (Geoffroy-Saint-Hilalre).] 



II. rpet Japan, 1907, p. 531.) 

 Hm occurrence of this species in Formosa is si ill \ ery problematical. 



