618 ME. STANLEY S. rLOWEB ON THE [May 16, 



16. Chelone mtdas (L.). 



Ghelonia virgata, Cantor, p. 11 ; Griinth. Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 53. 

 Chelone nydas, Blgr. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 180. 

 The Edible or G-reen Turtle occurs in the Straits of Malacca 

 and Gulf of Siam ; there are two specimens from the coast of 

 Perak in the Taiping Museum ; I got one in Singapore in Sept. 

 1898. In the Siamese Museum are the skulls and shells of two 

 individuals from Kofai, also a large stuifed specimen from the 

 same island, caught about 11th May, 1897; it was a female, and 

 contained a large number of eggs. It had one claw on each front 

 flipper (a specimen I saw on the coast of Ceylon, Sept. 1898, had 

 on each flipper one distinct claw and one rudimentary). 



Turtles' eggs are esteemed a luxury by the Siamese, and it 

 seems the turtle-egg industry at Kofai is farmed out by Govern- 

 ment, and the farmers' people take good care no one else catches 

 the turtles when they come ashore to lay their eggs on the 

 island. 



Size. The female from Kofai, Gulf of Siam, measured : — 



Length of carapace following curve 1108 mm. 



Breadth „ „ „ 1016 „ 



Length of tail, from posterior side of vent to tip. 86 „ 



„ fore flipper about 673 „ 



„ hind flipper . 419 „ 



Hob. Tropical and subtropical seas. 



17. Chelone imbeioata (L.). 



Ghelonia imbricata, Cantor, p. 13. 



Caretta squamata, Giinth. Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 54. 



Chelone bnhricata, Blgr. Cat Chel. etc. p. 183 (skull fig. p. 181) ; 

 Blgr. Fauna Brit. Ind., Eept. p. 49 (young fig.). 



The Hawksbill Turtle occurs in the Straits of Malacca and in 

 the Gulf of Siam. One from Singapore was recorded in the 

 P. Z. S. 1896, p. 680. The Siamese Museum contains three half- 

 grown specimens from Kosichang, and in August 1898 I obtained 

 an adult off the same island. 



Hab. Tropical and subtropical seas. 



18. Thalassochelys caeetta (L.). 



Ghelonia olivacea, Cantor, p. 13. 



Caouana olivacea, Giinth. Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 52. 



TJialassochelys caretta, Blgr. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 184. 



The Loggerhead Turtle occurs in the Straits of Malacca and in 

 the Gulf of Siam, but is apparently less common than either of 

 the preceding species. There is a specimen from Penang in the 

 Taiping Museum ; one from Singapore was recorded in the P. Z. S. 

 1896, p. 860. The Siamese Museum contains a skull from Kofai; 

 also a carapace, 698 mm. in length, from the same island, possibly 

 belongs to this species. 



Hab. Tropical and subtropical seas. 



