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— Waud, Esq, [P,]. 

 Cuuinuindcr IJedlbrd Pyno, 



[I'.j. 

 O. Satvin, Esq. [C.]. 



Sir J. Kirk [P.]. 



l)r. Cantor. 



It. Swinboe, Esq. [P.]. 



Capt. Beckett [C.]. 

 ])r.Coppinger[C.];Il.M.S. 



'Alert.' 

 Dr.Cc)i.pinger[C.];II.M.S, 



' Alert.' 

 Smithsonian institution. 



2. Chelone im'bricata. 



Testudo imbrioata, i/?/??. *S'. N. i. p. .'SriO (1 7(5(5); Schmid. Schildkr. 



p. 309 (178:;) ; :Schoepf, Tcstud. p. 72, pi. xviii. (1792). 



■ caretta, Dmid. liejit. ii. p. .'«), pi. xvii. tig. 2 (1802). 



Chelonia imbrieata, Sc/areif/r/. Prodr. p. 21 (1814) ; Gray, Syn. Bcpf. 



p. 52 (18.')1) ; Temm. ijj- tSchlct/. laiui. Jiqimi., liept. p. l-"!. ])1. V. 



(1833); Uvm. ^- Bibr. ii. p. '548, pis. ii. & xxv. fig. 2 (1835); 



Ueli, Brit. A'rpt. p. 1 (1830) ; Ilo/br. N. yh». ILrjK ii. p. 39, pi. v. 



(1842) ; Soiccrhi/ ^- Lear, Turf. ].ls. Ivii. .'t Iviii. (1872). 

 Caretta inibricata,' Mcrr. Tent. p. 19 (1S20) ; (.'ray, Cat. 'Tort. p. 53 



(1844), and Sh. Kept. i. p. 74 (1855) ; Girard, U. tS. JExplor. Kvpcd., 



Ilerp. p. 440 (1857) ; Gray, I'roc. Zool. Sac. 1873, p. 397. 

 Chelonia p.seudo-rnjdas, Lesson, in Bclany. Voy. Ltd. Or., Zool. p. 299 



(1834). 



pseudo-caretta, Lesson, I. c. p. 302. 



Caretta bissa, Iiii/>j>. N. WirhcUh. Abyss., AmpJi. p. 4, pi. ii. (1835). 

 Eretniocbelys imbrieata, Ayass. Coyitr. N. LI,. U. ti. i. p. 381 (1867). 



squamata, Ayass. I. c. p. 382. 



Caretta squamo><T,, Girard, I. c. p. 442^ pi. xxx. figs. 1-7. 



rostrata, Girard, I.e. p. 44(5, pi. xxx. figs. 8-13. 



Cbclone inibricata, Straaeh, C/ie/on. St ad. p. 181 (1802), and Verth. 



iSehildkr. p. 130 (18()5) ; Schreih. Llerp. Eur. p. 522 (1875). 

 Caretta squamata, Giinth. Eept. Brit. Lnd. p. 54 (18(J4). 

 Onychochelys kraussi, Gray, Froc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 308, figs. 



Carapace tricarinate in the young, with the shields strongly im- 

 bricate, the vertebrals rhomboi'dal ; 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 aud dark brown, 



