CARETTA IMBHICATA. 441 



Testudo carelta, Knorr, Delic. nat. II, 1767, 124. Tab. xxx.— Catesb. Nat. Hist. 

 Carol. II. 1771, 39. Tab. xxxix.— Bonnat. Encycl. meth. Erp^t. 1789, 21. PI. iv, 

 fig. 1.— Daud. Hist. nat. Kept. II, 1805, 39. PI. xvii, fig. 2. 



Ghelonia imhricata, ScHW. Prodr. Monogr. Chelou. in Arch. Koenigsb. I, 1812, 291 

 & 408.— Maximil. Beytr. Naturg. Bras. I, 1825, 24.— Gravenh. Delic. Mus. Zool. 

 Vratisl. I, 1829, 6. Tab. i, fig. 2.— Wagl. Naturl. Syst. Amph. 1830, 133.— Gray, 

 Synops. Rept. in Gr!ff. Anim. Kingd. IX, 1831, 52.— Dum. & Bibr. Erpa. gen. II, 

 1835, 648.— Temm. & Schleg. in Sieh. Faun. Japon. Erpet. 1838, 13. Tab. v, figs. 

 1 & 2.— Holbr. N. Araer. Ilerp. II, 1842, 39. PI. vii.— Tscri. Faun. Peruan. Herp. 

 1845, 22.— Bell, Hist. Brit. Rept. 1849, 1 (vignette). 



Caretta imhricata, Merr. Tent. Syst. Amph. 1820, 19.— Gray, Catal. Tort. Croc. & 

 Amphisb. Brit. Mus. 1844, 53 ; &, Catal. Shield. Rept. Brit. Mus. I, 1855, 74. 



Ghelonia multiscutata, KuHL, Beytr. Zool. & vergl. Anat. 1820, 78. 



Et-etmochelys imhricata, FiTZ. Syst. Rept. i, 1843, 30.— Agass. Contr. nat. Hist. 

 U. S. Amer. I, 1857, 381. 



Testudo marina americana, Seba, Thes. nat. I, 1734. Tab. lxxx, fig. 9. 



Testudinis marinae pulhis, Seba, Thes. nat. I, 1734. Tab. lxxix, fig. 6. 



La Tortue Caret, DuTERT. Hist. gen. Antil. II, 1662, 229.— Bonnat. Encycl. meth. 

 Erp^t. 1789, 21. 



Scaled tortoise-shell, Grew, Mus. Reg. Soc. 1681, 38. Tab. m, fig. 4. 



Le Caret, Labat, Voy. aux Isles de I'Amer. I, 1722, 304. — Lacep. Quadr. ovip. I. 

 1788, 105. Tab. il.— CuV. Regn. anim. II, 1817, 13} 2d ed. II, 1829, 13; &, ed. 

 illustr. Rept. 19.— Bosc, in Nouv. diet, d'hist. nat. XXXtV, 1819, 255. 



La tuilee, Daub. Diet. Eucycl. 



The Rawk'shlll Turtle,BROWNE, Civil and Nat. Hist, of Jamaica, 1756, 465.— Catesb. 

 Nat. Hist. Carol. II, 1771, 39. Tab. xxxix. 



La Chelonie Caret, Less, in Belang. Voy. Ind. Orient. Zool. 1834, 300. 



Observ. — The above specific characters are derived from the "Erpe- 

 tologie generale." The synonymy is given for the reasons already 

 stated, that the history of this species is interwoven with that of Ca- 

 retta squamosa. 



Log. — Atlantic Ocean : West Indies especially. 



In the Zoology of Belanger's " Voyage aux Indes Orientales," pp. 

 301 & 302, Lesson mentions, as occurring in the Atlantic Ocean : 



1. Chelonia pseudocaretta (La Chelonee faux Caret), and, 



2. Chelonia hicarinata (La Chelonee a sternum bicarene). 



But his descriptions of the same are so inaccurate as to leave us in 

 doubt regarding the true aflBnities of these Turtles. 



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