502 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



viz., a Geckotian, an Agamian, and a Scink. Except a few serpents, all the 

 other specimens are Batrachians, which appear to abound in that region of the 

 globe. 



SA URIA. 



Geckotid^e. 



Hemidactylus Cuv. 



Sect. Dactyloteles D. & B. 



Subdiv. A. Dactyloteles fissipedes D. <fc B. 



Hemidactylus pumilus nob. 



Char. Supraorbitar regions not remarkably prominent ; frontal region 

 covered with granulations, larger than those upon the vertex and occiput 

 granulations upon body uniform or nearly so ; ventral plate with fine facets, a 

 little broader than long ; in contact with the ventral are two plates, the first 

 in contact with the first supralabial, the second with the second, the anterior 

 larger than the posterior, and pentangular in shape ; eleven supralabials ; 

 eight inferior labials ; no pores in front of arms or along the thighs ; color 

 greyish ; thighs with yellow above, the latter color predominating upon the. 

 head, with numerous dark colored transverse marmorations upon the back ; 

 under parts white. 



Dimensions. Length of head 6 lines ; breadth 3 J lines ; length of neck and 

 body 1} inches; of tail 1 inch 4 J lines. 



Habitat. Hong Kong. One specimen, 



Lezards Iguaniens ou Sauriens Eunotes D. & B. 



Gen. Calotes Kaup. 



Calotes versicolor D. & B. Two specimens. Cnm-Sing-Moon, China. Dr. 

 Morrow. 



Lezards Sclncoidiens ou Sauriens Lepidosaures. 

 Saurophthalmes D. & B. 



EUMECES QUADRIVIRGATUS nob. 



Spec. char. Supra -nasals but little extended at their external margin, 

 neither slender nor much developed ; internasal remarkable for its great 

 breadth compared with its length, measuring 1J lines transversely, and about 

 a line longitudinally ; fronto-nasals in contact, their internal margins trun- 

 cate ; frontal hexagonal ; the anterior and posterior angles obtuse, somewhat 

 broader in front than behind ; two fronto-parietals in contact, each with five 

 distinct facets ; interparietal short and broad ; seven superior labials ; a freno- 

 nasal, a first and second frenal, the second much larger than the first ; twc 

 freno-orbitar plates, each of moderate size ; twenty rows of small, hexagonal 

 scales; body slender; tail cyclo-tetragonal at base, compressed toward tht 

 tip ; color jet black above, with four longitudinal, narrow, white or yellow 

 colored vittse, broader and bluish upon the tail; the two middle ones com- 

 mence each at the snout, pass over the eye, and extend on each side of the neck 

 and back, and are lost upon the middle third of the tail, at its extremity ; tht 

 inferior one commences at the armpit and terminates at the groin ; under parb 

 white, with a tinge of blue upon the abdomen. 



Dimensions. Length of head 6 lines ; greatest breadth 4 lines ; length of 

 neck and body 1 inch 11 lines; of tail 3 inches 5- lines : of anterior extremi- 

 ties 8J lines; of posterior extremities 11 lines. Total length 5 inches, 10 

 lines. 



Habitat. Hong Kong Island, China. Near the summit of the mountain. 

 Caught May 4th, 1854, by Mr. Wright. 



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