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Description: — M. C. Z. 10,788, St. Vincent, H. H. Smith. Cotype received 

 from the British Museum. Snout moderately pointed; eye midway between 

 tip of snout and ear; rostral mediimi with median groove; nostril between 

 rostral, first supralabial, a small supranasal and one small postnasal; the two 

 supranasals are separated by one median scale; fourth and fifth, both small, 

 infranasals beneath eye; superciliary spine present; head above and on sides 

 covered with tiny keeled granules, very shghtly enlarged on snout; scales of back 

 except middorsal region small, keeled about twelve equalling the distance of tip 

 of snout from centre of eye ; scales of middorsal region smaller but not forming a 

 distinct granular zone; mental large followed by a few enlarged postmentals; 

 scales of throat small hexagonal or roundish; scales of chest and belly larger, 

 roundish, imbricating, the former keeled, the latter (ventrals) perfectly smooth; 

 scales of tail very small, in circles; an enlarged subcaudal median series. 



Colour: — "Brown above, head hghter; a pale, dark-edged V-shaped marking 

 may be present at the base of the tail; lower parts pale brown the scales edged 

 with darker; tail coral-red, all over or only on the lower surface." (Boulenger, 

 he. cit.). 



Dimensions: — Tip of snout to vent 20 mm. 



Vent to tip of tail 27 mm. 



Greatest width of head 5 mm. 



Tip of snout to ear 8 mm. 



Fore leg 8 mm. 



Hind leg 10 mm. 



(Boulenger, loc. cit.). 



Remarks: — This species is very closely allied to microlepis the only funda- 

 mental difference being the smooth instead of keeled ventrals. Of its habits or 

 distribution on the island we have only a line of information. Boulenger states 

 that the types were found on the ground, under rotting leaves, in damp forest. 



35. Sphaerodactylus monilifer, sp. nov. 

 Plate 9, fig. 4; Plate 26, fig. 5-8. 



Sphaerodactylus copii (sic) Gunther, Ann. mag. nat. hist., 18S8, ser. 6, 2, p. 363 {nee Steindachner). 



Type-locality: — Dominica. 



Type:— M. C. Z. 10,786. 



Distribution: — The type-locality. 



Diagnosis: — Medium sized, uniform brown with large dorsal and lateral 



