454 CHELONIA. 



Caretta esculenta, Mere. Tent. Syst. Amph. 1820, 18. 



CheJonia esculenta, WlEQM. & Ruthe, Handb. Zool. 1832, 164. 



Chelonia viridis, Temm. & Schleg. in Sieh. Faun. Jap. 18S8, 18. Tab. IV, figs. 

 4-6 ; &, Tab. vi, figs. 1-2.— Gray, Catal. Tort. Croc. & Amphisb. Brit. Mus. 1844, 54 ; 

 &, Catal. Shield. Kept. Brit. Mus. 1, 1855, 75. 



Chelonia (Euchelonia) mt/das, TsCH. Faun. Peruan. Herp. 1845, 22. 



La Tortue franche, Dutertr. Hist. nat. Antil. II, 1662, 227. — Labat, Voy. aux 

 Isles de FAm^r. I, 1722, 182 & 804.— Lacep. Quadr. Ovip. I, 1788, 54. Fig. 1.— 

 BoNNAT. Encycl. meth. Erpet. 1789, 19. PI. iii, fig. 2. — Bosc. Nouv. Diet, d'hist. 

 nat. XXXiy, 1819, 252. 



La Tortue franche ou Tortue verte, Cuv. R6ga. anim. II, 1817, 13 ; 2d ed. II, 

 1829, 13 ; &, ed. illustr. Kept. 19. 



Tortue de Mer, Edw. Hist. nat. Ois. lY. Tab. ccil. 



La Tortue d ecailles vertes, Lacep. Qaadr. Ovip. I, 1788, 92. — Bonnat. Encycl. 

 meth. Erpet, 1789, 20. 



Testudo marinis viridis, Catesb. Nat. Hist. Carol. II, 1771, 38. Tab. xxxviii. 



Testudinis marinae puUus, Seba, Thes. nat. I, 1734, 127. Tab. LXix, fig. 5. 



It remains yet to be proved, whether 



Testudo Japonica, Thunb. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad, nya Handl. VIII, 1787, 178. Tab. 

 VII.— ScHN. in Schrift. Gesellsch. Naturf. Fr. Berl. X, 266, 

 Caretta tliunhergii, Merr. Tent. Syst. Amph. 1820, 19, 



refer to a species identical with that of the "West Indies, or whether 

 it is the one met by Siebold, on the coast of Japan. The figure given 

 by Thunberg, however, is suggestive of Lepidoclielys oUvacea, 



Chelonia pseudomy das, Less, in Belang. Voy. Ind. Orient. Zool. 1834, 299, 



is also one of those species requiring to be carefully looked into before 

 it can be either admitted as distinct, or referred as a synonym to 

 another. 



2. Chelonia maculosa, Cuv. 



Appears to be a good species, which may, however, prove closely 

 related to that of the Japanese Seas. 



Syn. — Chelonia maculosa, Cuv. Regn. Anim. 2<^ed. II, 1829, 18; &, ed. illustr. 

 Kept. 19.— Bum. & Bibr. Erpet. g6n, II, 1835, 544. 



