182 CHELONID 2. 
Chelonia virgata, Schweigg. 1. c.; Dum. § Bibr. ii. p. 541 (1835) ; 
Cocteau, in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Rept. p. 26, pl. iii. (18438) ; 
Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 54 (1844); Cantor, Cat. Mal. Rept. p. 11 
(1847); Gray, Sh. Rept. i. p. 74 (1855) ; Agass. Contr. N. H. U.S. 
1. p. 879 (1857); Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 53 (1864). 
mydas, Schweigg. lc. p. 22; Gray, Syn. Rept. p. 52 (1881); 
Dum. & Bibr. ii. p. 538; Holbr. N. Am. Herp. ii. p. 25, pl. iil. 
(1842) ; Agass. Contr. i. p. 878; Sowerby § Lear, Tort. pls. lix. 
& lx. (1872); Peters, Reise n. Mossamb, ui. p. 18 (1882). 
Caretta cepedii, Merr. Tent. p. 18 (1820). 
esculenta, Merz. 1. c. 
nasicornis, Merr. l. e. 
thunbergi, Mer. . e. 
Chelonia maculosa, Cuv. R. A. 2nd ed. ii. p. 13 (1829); Dum. & 
Bibr. ii. p. 544. 
lachrymata, Cuw. 1. e. 
viridis, Temm. § Schleg. Faun. Japon., Rept. p. 18, pls. iv. & vi. 
(1833); Cocteau, lc. p. 19; Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 54, and Sh. Rept. 
i. p. 75; Girard, U. S. Explor. Exped., Herp. p. 453 (1858) ; 
Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1873, p. 402. 
bicarinata, Lesson, in Bélang. Voy. Ind. Or., Zool. p. 301 (1854). 
marmorata, Dum. § Bibr. u. p. 546, pl. xxii. fig. 1; Gorard, 
lc. p. 455, pl. xxxi. figs. 5-7. 
Euchelys macropus, Girard, 1. c. p. 448, pl. xxxi. figs. 9-11. 
Chelonia formosa, Girard, 1. c. p. 456, pl. xxxi. figs. 1-4, 
tenuis, Girard, lc. p. 459, pl. xxxi. fig. 8. 
Chelone macropus, Strauch, Chelon, Stud. p. 61 (1862). 
virgata, Strauch, 1. c. p. 183. 
viridis, Strauch, 1. ¢. p. 185, and Verth. Schildkr. p. 141 (1865); 
Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 518 (1875). 
maculosa, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 186. 
—— marmorata, Sfrauch, 1. c. p. 187. 
Mydas viridis, Gray, Suppl. Cat. Sh, Rept. i. p. 119 (1870). 
Chelonia agassizii, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 26, pl. vi. (1870) ; 
Garman, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. vi. p. 126 (1880). 
depressa, Garman, 1. c. p. 124. 
lata, Philippi, Zool. Gart. xxviii. p. 84 (1887). 
Carapace feebly unicarinate in the young (sometimes with slight 
indication of lateral keels), arched or subtectiform in the adult; 
dorsal shields juxtaposed ; margin not or but indistinctly serrated, 
formed of 25 shields. Snout very short ; jaws not hooked ; horny 
sheaths of upper jaw with feebly denticulated edge and striated 
inner surface, of lower Jaw with strongly denticulated edge ; alveolar 
surface of upper jaw with two denticulated strong ridges ; symphysis 
of lower jaw short; one pair of prefrontal shields. Limbs usually 
with a single claw; the second digit sometimes provided with a 
distinct claw in young specimens. Young dark brown or olive 
above, the limbs margined with yellow; yellow inferiorly, with a 
large dark brown spot on the hand and foot. Carapace of adult 
olive or brown, spotted or marbled with yellowish. 
Length of shell 1 m. 10 centim. 
Tropical and subtropical seas, 
a. Several specs., yg., | Ascension Id. Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 
in spir. 
