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In tlie Ke group its place is taken l)y the distinct race keiensis Ronx, 
while on Itali and Lombok are found confined the races halinemi.'f Harbour 
and cursor Harbour. Fnrtber exploration will donbtless reveal many 
others. 
Tkstuj)ix.\ta. 
Chelonia japonica (Thunberg). 
A yonng exami)le from INIer Island bnt slightly larger than the one 
figured by l^tejneger (Iferp. Japan, 1907, p. 509) from the Bonin Islands, 
agrees well with his figure, as well as with those figured by Fry (Kec. 
Austr. Mns. 10, 191:5, pi. 20) from Torres Straits. Fry nses tbe name 
C. mydas Linne and although unfortunately I have no young West Indian 
examples before me I feel that reason requires my using Thunberg’s name. 
Young specimens from Penang and the coast of Bengal are very .similar 
to the Mer specimen. I find that the young specimen from Penang (M. 
C. Z. 1413) captured by Captain W. 11. A. Putnam of Salem is the one 
from which (Tarmen took the description of the young of his C. depressa, 
thereby making it a cotype of that species. This was the basis of Garman’s 
remark that depressa occurred in tbe “East Indies and Australia.” 
AVhile this is possibly true, this record can not stand, since comparison 
with Fry’s excellent description and figures in his recent redescription of 
depressa (1. c. p. 159-185 pi. 19-22) shows that the Penang specimen is a 
Chelonia of the mydas-japonica and not of the depressa type. It may be 
added that the adult type was purchased from Professor H. A. AVard and 
came from northern Australia, a fact now made known for the first time. 
It was probably procured by him during one of bis trips to the Torres 
Straits region. 
