92 geckoniDjE. 



latiiig cross-bars, rhomboiclal spots on the middle of the back, or 

 regular longitudinal bands ; a dark band from the eye to the 

 shoulder ; lower surfaces white. 



From snout to vent 3-2 inches; tail 3-25. 



Hah. India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula. A house-gecko. 



94. Hemidactylus coctsei. 



Ilemidactvlus coct?e\, Dum. 8f Bibr. Erp. Gen. iii, p. 30o; Giintli. 



liept. B. 1. p. 100 (part.) ; Theob. Cat. p. 77 ; Murrmj, Zool. Sin,/, 



p. -350 ; Bum /en;/. Cat. Liz. i, p. 137. 

 Boltalia sublaevis, &'r«?/, Zool. Misc. p. 58. 

 Hemidactylus bengaliensis, Anders. J. A. S. B. xl, 1871, p. 14. 



Snout longer than the distance between the eye and the ear- 

 openhig, Ig to 1| the diameter of the orbit; forehead concave ; 

 ear-opening rather large, oval, oblique. Body and limbs moderate. 

 Digits free, strongly dilated, inner well developed, with nearly 

 straight lanielLT beneath ; the latter 9 or 10 (rarely 8) under the 

 inner digits, and 11 to 13 under the median digits. Head covered 

 with minute granules posteriorly, with larger ones anteriorly ; 

 rostral four-sided, not twice as broad as deep, with median cleft 

 above; nostril pierced between the rostral, the first labial, and 

 three nasals; 12 to 15 upper and 10 or 11 lower labials ; mental 

 large, triangular or pentagonal ; two or three pairs of chin-shields, 

 median largest and in contact behind the mental. Upper surfaces 

 covered with small granules, among which some larger ones are 

 sometimes scattered on the sides. Abdominal scales moderate, 

 cycloid, imbricate. Male with a short series of 5 or 6 femoral 

 pores under each thigh. Tail depressed, flat beneath, covered 

 above with small smooth scales and four or six longitudinal series 

 of conical tubercles ; beneath with a median series of transversely 

 dilated plates. Grey above, uniform or with indistinct darker 

 markings ; lower surfaces white. 



From suout to vent 3 inches ; tail 3'2. 



Ba/j. India, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Baluchistan, Persia, 

 Arabia, Abyssinia. A common house-gecko. 



95. Hemidactylus giganteus. 



Hemidactvlus g\gantei\a, Stcliczka, J. A. S. B, xli, 1872, p. 99, pi. ii, 

 fig. 2; Theob. Cat. p. 78 ; Bo^dencj. Cut. Liz.'i, p. 138. 



Snout longer than the distance between the eye and the ear- 

 opening, Ig the diameter of the orbit; forehead concave; ear- 

 opening rather large, suboval, vertical. Body and limbs stout. 

 Digits free, inner well developed, strongly dilated ; with straight 

 transverse lamella) beneath ; 11 or 12 under the inner digits, 13 to 

 15 under the median. Upper surfaces covered with uniform small 

 granular scales, somewhat larger on the snout, smallest on the 

 hinder part of the head. Jlostral quadrangular, not quite twice as 

 broad as deep ; nostril pierced between the rostral and three nasals ; 



