KEMIDACTYLTJS. 93 



12 to 15 upper and 11 to 13 lower labials ; mental large, pentagonal ; 

 two pairs of chin-shields, the inner the larger. Abdominal scales 

 rather small, cycloid, imbricate. Male with a series of femoral pores 

 interrupted mesially ; 19 to 22 pores on each side. Tail without 

 large tubercles. Olive-grey above, with irregular dark, pale-edged 

 marks in imperfect circles, tending to form, or forming, 4 or 5 

 transverse undulating bands on the body : below uniform white. 



From snout to vent 4-8 inches. 



Hah. Godavari Valley and Malabar. Found on trees. 



96. Heinidactylus bowringii. 



Diiryura bowrincii, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 156. 



Leiui'iis berdniorei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 646. 



Doryura berdmorei, Theob. Journ. Linn. Sue. x, 1868, p. '2d ; id. Cat. 



p. ix. 

 Hemidactylus berdmorei, Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xli, 1872, p. 100. 

 Hemidactylus bowringii, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 1-30, pi. xii, fig. 2. 



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

 opening, 1-1 the diameter of the orbit : forehead slightly concave ; 

 ear-opening small, roundish. Body and limbs moderate ; a slight 

 fold of the skin along the flank. Digits free, moderately dilated, 

 inner well developed ; infradigital laraelhe obliquely curved, 5 

 under the thumb, 7 or 8 under the fourth finger, 5 or 6 under 

 the first toe, and 9 or 10 under the fourth toe. Upper 

 surfaces covered with uniform small granular scales, largest on 

 the snout, smallest on the occiput. Kostral four-sided, twice as 

 broad as deep, with median cleft above ; nostril pierced between 

 the rostral, the first labial, and three or four nasals ; 9 to 11 upper 

 and 7 or 8 lower labials : mental large, triangular, followed by 

 a pair of chin-shields ; an outer pair of much smaller chin- 

 shields. Abdominal scales moderate, cycloid, imbricate. Male 

 with a series of prteanal pores, interrupted mesially, composed of 13 

 pores on each side. Tail depressed, rounded, oval in section, 

 covered above with uniform small scales, beneath with a median 

 series of transversely dilated plates. Light brown above, with 

 darker spots, having sometimes a tendency to form four longitudi- 

 nal bands on the back ; frequently small whitish spots on the body 

 and limbs ; a dark streak passing through the eye ; tail above with 

 small chevron-shaped markings ; lower surfaces whitish. 



From snout to vent 1*3 inches ; tail 2. 



Hab. Eastern India (Sikhim and ? Godavari Valley), Burma and 

 Tenasserim. 



97. Hemidactylus karenorum. 



Doryura kareuorum, Thcoh. Jvurn. Linn. Socs, 1868, p. 30, and Cat. 



p. ix. 

 Hemidactylus karenorum, Bouleny. Cat. Liz. \, p. 140. 



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

 opening, I5 to 1^ the diameter of the orbit ; forehead slightly con- 



