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high, at some distance from the shore and where the shell-sand was nearly or 

 quite dry. Its burrows are often very long and deep. Some of the young wei*e 

 expose<l by turning over large flat stones under which they had burrowed. 



Freminville says that individuals of this species never go into the 

 water, but live constantly in the woods. Individuals plunged into sea 

 water die in 2 or 3 minutes. His statements remain to be proved. 



Range. — Bahamas; Florida Keys to Guiana; Bermudas; Ascension 

 Island; Ecuador (Cano, Nobili). 



Material examined, — 



Loggerhead Key, Florida; Apr. 8, 1889; Grampus; 5 males, 1 fe- 

 male (15264). 



Tortugas, Florida; 1893; Bahama Exped. S. U. I. ; 4 males (Mus. 

 S.U. I.). 



Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas; E. A. Andrews; 1 female (20713). 



Abaco, Bahamas; 188G; Albatross; 14 males, 6 females (11364). 



Smith's place, south side of east end of South Bight, Long Bay 

 Key District, Andros Island, Bahamas ; Paul Bartsch : May 7, 1912 ; 

 9 males (45544). May 20, 1912; 9 males, 3 females (45543). 



Green Cay, Bahamas; Apr. 12, 1886; Albatross; 1 male (11368). 



Water Ibland, St. Thomas; on dry shore; June 28, 1915; C. R. 

 Shoemaker; 3 males (49805). 



Arroyo, Porto Eico; under logs on land, 20 feet above high water; 

 Feb. 4, 1899; Fish Hawk; 5 y. (24010). 



Santo Domingo, West Indies; 1878; W. M. Gabb; 3 males, 3 fe- 

 males (3204). 



Haiti; 1 male, type of G. depressus (Geneva Mus.). 



Jamaica; Mar. 1-11, 1884; Albatross; 1 male, 7 females (18539). 



Mountains near Montego Bay, Jamaica; C. B. W^ilson; 3 males, 2 

 females (42899) ; 1 male, 2 females (42900). 



Snug Harbor, Jamaica ; June 19, 1910; E. A. Andrews; 5 males, 3 

 females (4291G). 



Mariel, Cuba; between tides among rocks; May 10, 1900; William 

 Palmer and J. H. Riley; 1 male, 1 female (23803). 



Ensenada de Cajon, off Cape San Antonio, Cuba; May 22, 1914; 

 Bartsch and Henderson, Tomas Barrera Exped. ; 7 males, 6 females, 

 4y. (4840G). 



Mujeres Island, Yucatan; Mar. 25, 1901; Nelson and Goldman; 

 Biol. Survey, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture; 4 females (24880). 



Cozumel Island, Yucatan: Jan. 28, 1885; Albatross; 2 specimens 

 (9896). Apr. 24, 1901; Nelson and Goldman, Biol. Survey, U. S. 

 Dept. of Agriculture; 1 male (24881). 



Swan Islands; C. H. Townsend; 1 male (17619). 



Near Belize, British Honduras; W. A. Stanton; 1 male (21383). 



Ceiba, Honduras; under rotting log; Dec. 22, 1915; F. J. Dyer; 

 Imale (49907). 



