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Note. — Mr. Blyth describes a Gecko from Mergui mider the name of Leiurus berdmorei (Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. xxii. p. 646), referring it to a West African genus distinguished from Hemidactyhis by having the 

 tail rounded, not depressed, and without tubercles. Considering that the tail of a Hemidactylus is smoother 

 and more rounded when reproduced than before it was broken off, we are justified in expressing our 

 doubts whether this new species of Mr. Blyth really belongs to the West African genus Leiurus, and we 

 can only regret the shortness and indistinctness of the description : — 



" Leiurus berdmorei. — Agrees with Mr. Gray's definition of Leiurus, except that there is no appearance 

 of the toes being webbed at the base. Colour grey, with four longitudinal blackish streaks along the back 

 and sides ; three or four interrupted cross bands of the same on the upper surface of the tail, a medial 

 black streak on the nape, and others successively diverging on each side of it, and a black streak from 

 before the eye continued to the shoulder. Some mottling also on the limbs.'' 



Hemidactylus teiedeus. 



Gecko triedrus. Baud. Hist. Rejit. iv. p. 155. Wolf, Abbild. merkiv. naturh. Gegenst. tab. 20. fig. 2. 

 Hemidactylus triedrus. Less, in Belang. Voy. Ind. Orient., Rept. p. 311. pi. 5. fig. 1. Dmn. ^ 

 Bibr. iii. p. 356. Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl. i. p. 157. 



Back with numerous trihedral tubercles, some of which are as large as the opening of the 

 ear; back of the tail with cross series of similar tubercles; nine or ten upper and eight 

 lower labials. The scales of the middle of the belly form thirty longitudinal series. The 

 series of femoral pores are not continuous across the preeanal region. Brownish olive : some 

 of the dorsal tubercles are white, surrounded by a deep-broAvn ring ; these ocelli are 

 frequently confluent, forming cross bands ; a brown, white-edged streak behind the eye. 



Localities. — Madras ; coast of Malabar : on rocks and trees. According to Kelaart it is 

 rare in Ceylon ; he obtained a few specimens at Trincomalee, where it is found in ant-hills ; 

 he never saw it in houses or on trees ; it lays from three to six eggs, and attains to a length 

 of 7 inches. 



H. suitriedrus, Jerd., Calc. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxii. p. 467, from the Nellore district 

 in the Indian Peninsula, is so insufficiently characterized that we cannot decide whether it is 

 distinct from, or identical with, H. triedrus. 



Hemidactylus maculatus. 



Hemidactylus maculatus, Bum. ^ Bibr. iii. p. 358. Gray, Lizards, p. 153. Kelaart, Prodr. 



Faun. Zeyl. i. p. 158. 

 Nubilia argentii, Gray, Lizards, p. 273. 

 ? Hemidactylus pieresii, Kelaart, I. c. p. 159. 



Back with numerous trihedral tubercles of moderate size, all being considerably smaller 

 than the opening of the ear; tail rather depressed, with numerous small spines along its 



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