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Nycteridium, Gilnther. 

 Finders and toes dialated, ovate, with a double row of trans- 

 verse pneumatically adhesile plates below. Toes and claws five. 

 Sides of the trunk with a cutaneous expansion. Tail flattened, 

 serrated on the sides. 



N. platyurus, Schneid. 



Platyuriis Schneiderianus, Gray. 



N. Himalayanum, Anderson. J. A. S., B. 1871., p. 15. 

 Back uniformly granular without tubercles. Tail strongly 

 depressed with finely serrated edges, granular above, scaly 

 beneath, and a central series of enlarged sub-caudals. Colour olive 

 above, marked with darker. A pale lateral band, dark margined 

 beneath through the eye. A few white spots on the body and 

 irregular dark brown, and white alternate spots on the tail. 

 The hind limb with a broad cutaneous fringe or expansion 

 behind. Femoral pores 16 to 20 on either thigh, slightly 

 interrupted in the pubic region. Length 4-50 inches. 



Inhabits Ceylon, Bengal, Dorjiling, Assam, the Khasi hills. The 

 Malayan Archipelago, Siam, Pinang, and Java. It no doubt 

 occurs in Birmah, though not hitherto recorded from there. 



Peripia, Gray. 



Fingers and toes dilated ovate, with a double row of transverse 

 pneumatically adhesile plates below. Toes five on all feet. 

 Claws four in front, five behind. Thumb rudimentary clawless_ 

 Inner hind toes with a very minute setiform claw. 



P. Peronii, D. et B. 

 Back uniformly granular. Tail depressed lanceolate, bulged 

 at the base with a minutely serrated edge, and a row of enlarged 

 sub-caudals. Three pairs of elongate chin shields. A cutaneous 

 fold to the ham. Colour greenish ashy, sometimes with a rosy blush, 

 during life, or pale brown speckled with darker, and numerous 

 white spots. Below white, pinkish towards the sides. Femoral 

 pores 37 to 42 in an angular continuous series. Birmese speci- 

 mens pale grey rather translucent and with pale whitish freckles 

 scattered over the back. Length 6 inches. 



