184 



CHELOKID^. 



plastron yellow ; shields of head and limbs dark brown with yellow 

 borders. 



Leiii,4li of shell 85 ceiitim. 



Tropical and subtropical seas. 



a. H^'^r., shell. 



b. Y's slicU. 



c. Ad.,stffd. 



d. Ad., skull. 



('. Up'., carapace. 



/. Ad.,8tflfd. 



//■ Yg., skel. 

 '//. Il,irr.,spir. 

 i. Hgr., spir. 

 h. Yg., stlYd. 

 l,m,n,o,p. Ilgr., 



stffd. 

 q. Y>., spir. 

 r-s. Yg., spir. 

 t, Ilgr., carapace. 

 "• Yg., spir. 

 r. '\ g., spir. 

 w. Ilgr., stffd. 

 X. Hgr., stffd. 

 y,z. llgr.&yg., 



sliels. 



Bahamas. 



Yzahal, Ci uateiiiala. 

 Freiicli (iiiiaua. 

 Frencli (iuiaiia. 

 Atlantic Ocean. 

 Muscat, Arabia. 

 Formosa. 

 Celebes. 

 Banda Sea. 

 Indian Ocean. 

 Indian Ocean. 



Duke of Y'^ork Id. 

 Kei Id. 

 Darnley Id. 

 Aneiteum. 

 Samoa. 

 Eaine's Id. 

 Teliiiantepec. 

 P 



Dr. A. Giinther [P. 



q. [C 



Dr. KraussfP.]. ( O.kraussi.) 



O. Salvin, Esq. [C._ 



Dr. Krauss [P.]. I (Types of 



I 



\y. lOIing, Esq'. [P.]. 

 A. S. G. Jayakar, Esq. [P.]. 

 II. Swinhoe, Esq. [0.]. 

 Dr. A. B. Merer [C.]. 

 II.M.S. ' Challenger.' 

 Sir J. Richardson [P.], 



Pev. Ct. Brown [C.]. 

 Capt. Langen [P.]. 

 Lord Derby [P.]. 



Pev. J. Powell [C.]. 



Capt. J. W. Ince [P.]. 



F. Sumichrast [C.]. 



F. D. Godman Sc O. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.], 



2. THALA.SSOCHELYS. 



Chelouia, part., Srortff. Bull Soc. Philom. ii. p. 89 (1800); Wmiler, 



Syst. Aynph. p. 132 (1830) ; Gray, Sijn. Rept. p. 51 (1831) ; Dum. 



^- Bihr. ii. p. 530 (1835). 

 Caretta, part., Merrern, Tent. p. 17 (1820). 

 Tbalassochelvs, Fitzint/. Ami. Wicn. 3Iiis. i. p. 121 (1835); Aqassiz, 



Contr. N. //. U. S. i. p. 383 (1857) ; Girard, U. S. Expl. Kiped., 



Ilerp. p. 429 (1858) ; Strauch, Cheloti. Sfud. p. 01 (1862). 

 Caouana, Grai/, Cat. Tort. p. 52 (1844), a7id S/i. liept. i. p. 72 



0855); Gihith. liept. Brit. Ind. p. 51 (18(J4) ; Gray, 8up>pl. 



p. 118(1870). 

 Lepidocbelys (Fttz.), Girard, I. c. p. 434 ; Gray, Broc. Zool. Soc. 



1873, p. 40G. 

 Ceplialochelys, Gray, I. c. p. 408. 

 Ercnioiiia, Gray, I. c. 

 Oolpochelys, Garman, Bull. Mus. Comj). Zool. vi. p. 124 (1880). 



Carapace completely ossified in the adult. Costal shields five 

 pairs or more. A series of inframarginal plastral shields. 



1. Thalassochelys caretta. 



Testudo caretta, Unn. S. N. i. p. 351 (1708) ; Walhaam, Chclonoqr. 

 p. 95 (17b2) ; Scho(pff. Ti'stud. p. 07, pis. xvi. & xvii. fig. 3 (1792). 



■ cepbalo, Schneid. ISchildkr. p. 303 (1783). 



caouana, Baud. Bcpt. ii, p. 55, pi. xvi. fig. 2 (1802). 



