122 STEJNEGER AXD BAKBOUE, 1917 



CHELONIIDAE (FAMILY) 



Chelonia (GENTS) 

 Latbeille, Hist. Xat. Kept., Yol. 1, 1802, p. 22 

 -• type: mydas 



I GHEEN-TUETLES 



Chelonia agassizii Bocouet 

 Chelonia agassizii Bocouet 

 Ann. Sci. Xat., Ser. 5, Zool., Yol. 10, Pts. 1-3, 1868, p. 122. 



TYPE locality: Guatemala, mouth of Nagualate in the Pacific. 

 eaxge: Pacific Ocean, north to coasts of Lower California and 

 southern California. 



Chelonia mydas (Lesxe) 

 Testudo mydas Lixnt; 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Yol. 1, 1758, p. 197. 

 Chelonia mydas Schweiggeb 



Konigsberg. Arch. Xaturw. Math., Yol. 1, 1812, Pt. 3, p. 412. 



TYPE locality: Ascension Island, etc. 



bange: Atlantic Ocean; Gulf of Mexico, occasionally as far north 

 as Massachusetts. 



Eretmochelys (GExrS) 

 Fitzixgeh, Syst. Eept., 1843, p. 30 



type: imifricala 

 SHELL-TUETLES, HAWKS-Bn.T.S 



Eretmochelys imbricata (Lixn"e) 

 Testudo imiricata Ltnn^ 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 1-2, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 350. 

 EretTtiochelys imbricata Agassiz 



Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Yol. 1, 1857, p. 381. 



TYPE locality: American Seas. 



EAXGE : Florida and Gulf coasts; occasionally as far north as 



Massachusetts. 



Eretmochelys squamosa (Gieaed) 

 Caretta squamosa Girahd 



Herpet. U. S. Expl. Exped., 1858, p. 442, pi. 30, figs. 1-7 

 Eretmochelys squamosa Stejxegeb 



Bull. U. S. Xat. Mus., Xo. 58, 1907, p. 511. 



type locality: Sulu Seas and Indian Ocean. 

 eaxge: Pacific Ocean; coast of Lower California. 



