184 CHELONID A. 
plastron yellow ; 
borders. 
Length of shell 85 centim. 
Tropical and subtropical seas. 
shields of head and limbs dark brown with yellow 
Bahamas. 
Yzabal, Guatemala. 
a. Her., shell. 
Dr. A. Giinther [P.]. 
b. Yg., shell. 
O. Salvin, Esq. Lc i 
ec. Ad., stffd. French Guiana. Dr. Krauss [ P. (Types of 
d. Ad.,, skull. French Guiana. Dr. Krauss et | { O.kraussi.) 
e. Hegr., carapace. Atlantic Ocean. W. Eling, Esq. [P. |. 
f. Ad., stffd. Muscat, Arabia. <A.S. G. “Jay: akar, Hsq. [P. ]. 
g. Yg., skel. Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq, Real: 
b Her., spir. Celebes. Dr. A. B: Mey er [C, |. 
Her. , spir. Banda Sea. H.M.S. ‘ Challenger,’ 
i Vie me; ’stffd. Indian Ocean. Sir J. Richardson (PS: 
l,m sm, o,p. Her., Indian Ocean. 
stffd, 
gq. Ye., spir. Duke of YorkId. Rey. G. Brown [C.]. 
r—s. Yg., spir. Kei Id. Capt. Langen [P.]. 
t. Her., carapace. Darnley Id. Lord Derby (Rays 
u. Yg., spir. Aneiteum, 
v. Yg., spir. Samoa. Rev. J. Powell (C.]. 
w. Her., stffd. Raine’s Id. Capt. J. W. Ince [P.]. 
x. Her., stffd. Tehuantepec. I, Sumichrast [C.]. 
Yy Her. & yg., 
F. D. Godman & O, Salvin, 
skels. 
Ksqrs. [ P.]. 
2. THALASSOCHELYS. 
Chelonia, part., Brong. Bull. Soc. Philom. ii. p. 89 (1800); Wagler, 
Syst. Amph. p. 182 (1880); Gray, Syn. Rept. p. 51 (1831) ; Dum. 
§ Bibr. 1. p. 530 (1835). 
Caretta, part., Merrem, Tent. p. 17 (1820). 
Thalassochelys, Fitzing. Ann. Wien. Mus. i. p. 121 (1835); Agassiz, 
Contr. N. H. U. 8.1. p. 888 (1857) ; Girard, U. S. Expl. Exped., 
Herp. p. 429 (1858) ; Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 61 (1862). 
Caouana, Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 52 (1844), and Sh. Rept. i. p. 72 
(1855); Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind, p. 51 (1864); Gray, Suppl. 
p- 118 (1870). 
Lepidochelys (#%tz.), Girard, l.c. p. 454; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1873, p. 406. 
Cephalochelys, Gray, l. c. p. 408. 
Eremonia, Gray, . ¢. 
Colpochelys, Garman, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. vi. p. 124 (1880). 
Costal shields five 
A series of inframarginal plastral shields. 
Carapace completely ossified in the adult. 
pairs or more. 
1. Thalassochelys caretta. 
Testudo caretta, Linn. S. N.i. p. 351 (1768) ; Walbaum, Chelonogr. 
p. 95 (1782) ; ’ Schoepff, Testud, p. 67, pls. xvi. & xvii. fig. 8 (1792). 
cephalo, Schneid. Schildkr. p- 303 (1783). 
—— caouana, Daud. Rept. ii. p. 55, pl. xvi. fig. 
2 (1802). 
