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6. Spherodactylus fantasticus. 
Spherodactylus fantasticus, Dum. & Bibr. Erpét. iii. p. 406, t. 82. fig. 2; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., 
Rept. p. 44, t. 10. figg. 4, 4a-c; Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 228. 
Hab. Mexico (Mus. Philad.).—Venezvgra, Caracas (Mus. Brit.); Wast Iypres, 
Martinique. 
7. Spherodactylus anthracinus. 
Spherodactylus anthracinus, Cope, Proc. Ac. N. Sc. Phil. 1861, p. 500; Peters, MB. Ak. Wiss. 
Berl. 1869, p. 874; ? Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 225; ? Strauch, Mém. Ac. Sc. Pétersb. xxxv., 
Geckon. p. 37 (1887). 
Hab. Mexico (Mus. Philad.), Jalapa (Cope).—West Inptns. 
Not seen by me. 
EUBLEPHARIS. 
Hublepharis, Gray, Philos. Mag. iii. 2, p. 56 (1827). 
This genus, together with Psilodactylus and Coleonyx, forms a very natural group in 
the Geckonide, and has a wide distribution in the Old World, like many other 
genera of this family. But while the latter are either represented by numerous closely 
allied species or are abundant in individuals, which spontaneously or accidentally have 
been spread and are in progress of being spread over a large area of the surface of the 
globe, the Eublepharide (as the group has been termed) consist of a very small number 
of species only, and are so scarce that their distribution cannot be explained by the 
same agencies. Those longest known are two species of Hublepharis from the Indian 
peninsula, ranging westwards into Mesopotamia. Psilodactylus, with one species, is 
West African, and finally in Central America and the Southern United States we find 
three species of Hublepharis, most closely allied to the Indian, and one species of 
Coleonyx. The not least singular point in the similarity of organization of these Lizards 
is that they have retained a surprising resemblance in the pattern of their coloration. 
1. Kublepharis variegatus. 
Stenodactylus variegatus, Baird, Proc. Ac. N. Se. Phil. 1858, p. 254; and U.S. & Mex. Bound. 
Surv., Rept. p. 12, t. 23. figg. 9-27, and t. 24. figg. 11-19. 
Coleonyx variegatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. N. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 125. 
Lublepharis variegatus, Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 233. 
Hab, Norra America, California, Rio Grande and Gila valleys (A. Schott), Texas, 
El Paso. 
2. Kublepharis dovii. (Tab. XXXI. fig. B.) 
Eublepharis dovii, Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 288. 
Hab. Panama (Capt. Dow). 
Skin finely granular, with numerous tubercules which are smaller than the interspaces 
between them, and provided with a short keel in the middle; the tubercles are very 
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