110 SAURIA. 



PERIPIA, Gray. 



Fingers and toes dilated, ovate, with two series of transverse, imbricate 

 plates beneath ; thumb and inner toe without ungual phalanx, clawless : 

 claws 4 — 4. Sides of the trunk without cutaneous appendage. 



Peripia is very similar to Hemidactylus ; one species is found in Mauritius, another in 

 Australia, and the following in British India : — ■ 



Chin anteriorly with two or three pairs of elongate shields P. peronii 



Chin anteriorly T^ith numerous, subequal, very small shields P, cantoris. 



Peeipia peronii. 



Hemidactylus peronii, Dum. ^ Bibr. iii. p. 352. pi. 30. fig. 1. Cantor, Catal. Mai. Rept. p. 22. 

 Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl. i. p. 187. 



Back uniform granular, without any tubercles. Scales of the middle of the belly in 

 about forty-four or forty-six longitudinal series. Tail rather depressed, sometimes \>'ith a 

 sharpish, minutely serrated lateral edge, and with a series of enlarged subcaudals below*. 

 Pupil erect. From seven to nine upper and from seven to eight lower labials : three pairs 

 of elongate chin-shields on the anterior part of the chin ; the shields of the outer 

 pair are the smallest, and sometimes broken up into smaller pieces. Cutaneous 

 fold in the ham developed. The praeanal and femoral pores, thu'ty-seven in number, 

 form one continuous series, angularly bent and extending along nearly the whole length of 

 the femur. Ash-coloured above ; labials whitish, each with a brown spot. 



This species, which attains to a length of from 4 to 5 inches, was first described from 

 specimens from the Isle of France, and has been found by Cantor in houses in the valley of 

 Pinang, and by Kelaart at Kaduganava, Ceylon, Avhere it frequents trees. 



Peripia cantoris. 



Platydactylus lugubris, Canter, Mai. Rept. p. 16 (not Dum. ^- Bibr.). 



Back uniform granular, without any tubercles. Scales of the middle of the belly in 



* In a female specimen from Pinang, in which the tail had been broken off and is reproduced, this 

 member is swollen at the base, and terminates in a dilated flap. 



