182 CHELONIDiE. 



Cliolf 



deau.in 11. de la Saara, IIi>it. Cuba, Itept. p. 2t), pi. iii. (184; 



ii 



lolonia virg-ata, SrJnrei'r/f/. !. c. ; Dum. 8f Bihr. ii. p. 541 (1S35) ; 

 Codecm, in 2i. de la Say'ra, Ilkt. Cuba, Itept. p. 2t), pi. iii. (1843) ; 

 Gray, Cat. Tort. x). 54 (1844); Cantor, Cat. Mai. Itept. p. 11 

 (1847) ; Gray, Sh. itept. i. p. 74 (1855) ; Agaiis. Contr. N. II. U. S. 

 I p. 379 (1857) ; Gilnt/i. lirpt. Brit. Ind. p. 53 (1804). _ 



ydas, iSv/iive /'(/(/. I. c. p. 22 ; Gray, Stjn. licpt. p. 52 (1831); 



'. c^- Bibr. ii. p. 538 ; Ilolhr. N. Am. Ilerp, ii. p. 25, pi. iii. 



i.p 



niY 



Dum. 



(1842) '; Aijass. Contr. i. p. 378 ; Soioerhy^ !^ Lear, fort. pi's. lix. 



& Ix. (1872); Peters, Reise n. Mosmmh. iii. p. 18 (1882). 

 Cavetta cepedii, Mcrr. lent. p. 18 (1820). 



esculeiita, ^lerr, I. c, 



na.sicoruis, Merr. I. e, 



tliiiiilKT^ii, Merr. I. c. 



Chcloina maculosa, Cm: R. A. 2ud ed. ii. p. 13 (1820); Bum. S>- 



Bihr. ii. p. 544. 



laclirymata, Ctir. I. c. 



viridis, Tonm. ^- Scltlce/. Faun. Japon.,Rept. p. 18, pis. iv. & vi. 



(1833); Coctenu, I.e. p. 19; Gray, Vat. Ivrt. p. 54, and Sh. Itept. 



i. p. 75 ; Girard, U. /S'. Ejplor. E.iped., Ilerp. p. 453 (1858) ; 



Gray, Broc. Zool. Soc. 1873,, p. 402. 



bicarinata. Lesson, in Be/any. Voy. Ind. Or., Zool. p. 301 (1834). 



niannorata, Dum. c^ Bihr. ii. p. 540, pi. xxiii. tig-. 1 ; Girard, 



I. c. p. 455, pi. xxxi. tigs. 5-7. 

 Euclielys macropus, Girard, I. c. p. 448, pi. xxxi. tigs. 9-11. 

 Clielouia formosa, Girard, I. c. p. 450, pi. xxxi. tigs. 1-4. 



teuius, Girard, I. c. p. 459, pi. xxxi. fig. 8. 



Chelone inacroi)us, Straucli, CJielon. Stud. p. 61 (1802). 



virgata, Straueh, I. c. p. 183. 



viridis, Stranc/i, I. c. p. 185, and Verth. Schildkr. p. 141 (1805); 



Sehreih. IBrp. Eur. p. 518 (1875). 



maculosa, Straueh, Chelon. Stud. p. 180. 



marmorata, Straueh, I. e. p. 187. 



Mydas viridis, (rray, Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 119 (1870). 

 Chelonia agassi/.ii, L'ocourt, Mi.-is. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 20, pi. vi. (1870) ; 

 Garman, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. vi. p. 120 (1880). 



depressa, Garman, I. c. p. 124. 



lata, Bhilippi, Zool. Gart. xxviii. p. 84 (1887). 



Carapace feebly imicarinate in tbe young (sometimes witli slight 

 indic;ition of Literal keels), ai'cbcd or subtectiform in tlie adult ; 

 dorsal shields juxtaposed ; margin not or but indistinctly sciTated, 

 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 prajfrontal 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. Carai)ace of adult 

 olive or l)rown, 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. 



