HERPETOLOOY OF PORTO RK'o. 



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As has been stated above, the generic term Carettaw&s employed by 

 Rafinesque as early aa L814 for the loggerhead turtle. Its subsequent 

 use by Ritgen, Gray, and others is consequently unwarranted, and the 

 next one in time, Fitzinger's E/retmocheh/s, must be accepted as the 

 genus name for the hawksbtlls. 



196 197 



Figs. 191-197.— Eretmochelys imbricata. 191, shell from below, i natural size. 195, top of head; 

 196, side of head; 197, right fore flipper, dorsal view. § natural size. No. 25615, U.S.N.M. 



ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA" (Linnaeus). 



1766. Testutli, imbricata Linn.eis, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., I, p. 350 (American seas). — 

 Cheloniai. Schweigger, Prodr. Mon. Chel., 1814, p. 21. — Dumeril and 

 Bibron, Erpgt. Gen., II, 1835, p. 547, pi. xxm, figs. 2-26 (Habana, 



« Latin = imbricated, overlapping like shingles. 



