228 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 220 



Caretta rostrata Girard 



in U.S. Exploring expedition . . . 1838-42, vol 20 (Herpetology) , 



p. 446, Atlas, pi. 30, figs. 8-13, 1858. 

 =Eretmochelys imbricata squamata Agassiz 



Probable cotypes (2) : 012387-8, carapaces, Fiji Islands, U.S. Explor- 

 ing Expedition, 1840. 



Chelonia formosa Girard 



in U.S. Exploring Expedition . . . 1838-^2, vol. 20 (Herpetology), p. 

 456, Atlas, pi. 31, figs, 1-4, 1858. 

 '=Chelonia mydas japonica Thunherg 



HoLOTYPE: 012386, carapace, Fiji Islands, U.S. Exploring Expedition, 

 1840. 



Chelonia tenuis Girard 



in U.S. Exploring Expedition . . . 1838-42, vol. 20 (Herpetology), ?• 

 459, Atlas, pi. 31, fig. 8, 1858. 

 =Eretmochelys imbricata bissa Riippell 



Cotype: 012390, Rosa Island (Tuamotu Islands, South Pacific), U.S. 

 Exploring Expedition, 1840. 



Chelopus funereus Cope 



Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 8, p. 154, 1875. 

 =Geoemyda funerea (Cope) 

 Cotypes (4) : 45900-1, 46134-5, Port Limon, Costa Rica, W. M. Gabb. 



Chelopus gabhii Cope 



Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 8, p. 153, 1875. 

 =Geoemyda gabbii (Cope) 

 Holotype : 45905, Costa Rica, W. M. Gabb. 



Chelopus rubidus Cope 



Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 11, p. 148, 1869. 

 =G€oemyda rubida rubida (Cope) 



Cotypes (3) : 45612-4, Juchitan, Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, F. 

 Sumichrast. 



Chelydra oseeola Stejneger 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 31, p. 89, 1918. 



=Chelydra serpentina oseeola Stejneger 



Holotype: 10369, $ , Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, S. T. Walker, 

 Sej)tember 1879. 



Paratypes (7) : 28761, shell and bones, Kissimmee River, Florida, E. A. 

 Mearns, May 3, 1901. 29208, Alligator Bluff, Kissimmee River, Osceola 

 County, Florida, E. A. Mearns, Apr. 24, 1901. 30013, 9 , skin. Alligator 



