1. CHELONE. 183 
6,¢, d. Ad., skulls. Ascension Id. — Waud, Esq. [P.]. 
e. Embryo, spir. Ascension Id. paca Bedford Pym 
Pal. 
fe Hor sttid: Belize. of sitiin, Hsq. [C.]- 
g. Ad., skel. W. Indies. 
h,t. Her., stffd. Brazil. 
k. Hgr.,carapace & head. Zanzibar Id. Sine Karla Pera: 
Lm. Yg., spir. Malay Peninsula. Dr. Cantor, 
n. Her., head & limbs Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [P.]. 
in spir. 
0. va spir. N.W. Australia. Capt. Beckett [C.]. 
p. Ad., skull, Booley Id., Torres © Dr.Coppinger[C.]; H.M.S. 
Straits. * Alert.’ 
g. Ad., skull. Clack Id., N-E. Dr C popeee lS: j; H.M.S 
Australia. Alert.’ 
r. Yg., spir. Bonin Id, APaiere Institution. 
s. Ad.,skel. P 
t, u, v, w. Ad., shells. —? 
a. Ad., disarticulated © ——? 
skull. 
2. Chelone imbricata. 
Testudo imbricata, Linn. S. N. i. p. 220 (1766) ; Schneid. Schildkr. 
p- 809 (1783) ; Schoepff, Testud. p. 72 , pl. xvill. (1792). 
earetta, Daud. Rept. ii. p. 59, pl. xvii. fig. 2 (1802). 
Chelonia imbricuta, Schweigg. Pi oar. p. 21 (1814); Gray, Syn. Rept. 
p- 52 (1851); Temm. § Schleg. Faun, Japon., Rept. Be 13, pl. Ve 
(1833) ; Dum. § Bibr. ii. p. 548, pls. ii. & xxv. fig. 2 (1835) ; 
Bell, Brit. Rept. p. 1 (1839) ; Holbr. N. Am. Herp. ii. p. 89, pl. v. 
(1842) ; Sowerby § Lear, Tort. pls. lvii. & lviii. (1872). 
Caretta imbricata, Merr. Tent. p. 19 (1820); Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 53 
(1844), and Sh. Rept. i. p. 74 (1855) ; Girard, U.S. Explor, Exped, 
Herp. p. 440 (1857) ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 397. 
Chelonia pseudo-mydas, Lesson, ia Bélang. Voy. Ind. Or., Zool. p. 299 
(183+ 
pseudo- caretta, Lesson, lc. p, 802. 
Caretta bissa, Riipp. N. W “irbelth. Abyss., Amph. p. 4, pl. ii. ee 
Eretmochelys imbricata, Agass. Contr. N. H, U. 8. i. p. 881 (18 
squamata, Agass. 1. ¢. p. 382. 
Caretta squamosa, Girard, lc. p. 442, pl. xxx. figs. 1-7. 
rostrata, Girard, l.c. p. 446, pl. xxx. figs. 8-13. 
Chelone imbricata, Str auch, Gielen: Stud. p. 181 (1862), and Verth. 
Schildkr. p. 156 (1865) ; . Schreib. Herp. Eur, p. 522 (1875). 
Caretta squamata, Giinth. ’ Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 54 (1864). 
Onychochelys kraussi, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 398, figs. 
Carapace tricarinate in the young, with the shields strongly im- 
bricate, the vertebrals rhomboidal ; “dorsal shields of adult smooth, 
of old specimens juxtaposed; margin formed of 25 shields, more or 
less strongly serrated posteriorly. Snout compressed in the adult ; 
jaws hooked, not or but very feebly denticulated on the margin ; 
symphysis of lower jaw long; two pairs of shields anterior to the 
azygous frontal, Limbs with two claws. Young pale brown above, 
blackish below. Carapace of adult marbled yellow and dark brown, 
