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«, b. Adult, in spirits. India. Presented by Capt. Stafford. 



e. Adult, in spirits. India. 



d. Adult, in spirits. Tenassem coast. Presented by Dr. Pacliman. 



€. Adult, in spirits. Cbina. Presented by J. Reeves, Esq. 



/. Adult, in spirits. Port Essington, N. Holland. From Mr. 



Gilbert's collection. 

 g. Half grown. India. 

 A. Young, discoloured, no tail. India. 

 i. Young. India. Presented by Thomas Bell, Esq. 



Reeves's Gecko. Gecko Reevesii, Grai/, Griffith, A. K. ix. 48. 



Olive grey ; scales with series of moderate tubercles, and with 

 a series of 6 hexangular larger gular shields in front, under the 

 under labial ; preanal pores in an angular series ; tail ? 



a. Adult, in spirits. China. Presented by J. Reeves, Esq. 



** Back with small tubercles. 



The Japan Gecko. Gecko Chinensis, Gray, B. M. 1837. 

 Zool. M. bl. Platydactylus Japonicus, " Schlegel, Mus. Leyd.^' 

 Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 337. P. Jaraori, Schlegel, Mus. Leyd. 

 Hemidactylus nanus. Cantor, Ann. N. H. 1842, 27. 



Greyish, brown-shaded ; skin with very fine rounded grains, 

 scattered with other rather larger grains ; chin with 6 or 7 6-sided 

 plates. 



a. In spirits. Japan. From the Leyden Museum. 



b. In spirits. China. Presented by J. Reeves, Esq. 



c. In spirits. China, Chusan. Presented by the India Compa- 



ny, from Dr. Cantor's collection. 

 H. nanus, Cantor. 



The Amboyna Gecko. Gecko monarchus. Platydactylus 

 monarchus, Schlegel, Mus. Leyd. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 335. 



Back covered with numerous conical tubercles, scattered with 

 very small flat polygonal scales ; brown, back with 2 longitudinal 

 series of 6 or 7 hirge black spots; beneath white; chin with 2 ob- 

 long plates ; male with the femoral pores in a curved line on each 

 side ; chin-shields 2, elongate, narrow, with 2 or 3 rows of small 

 hexagonal ones on each side. 



a. Half grown, in spirits. Head and nape brown-spotted, female 



preanal pores none. Amboyna. From Mus. Leyden. 



b. Adult, in spirits. Head and nape brown-spotted, preanal pores 



large, in an angular series, extending on the upper part of the 

 thigh, rather pinched up in the centre. Philippines. From 

 Mr. Cuming's collection. 

 c—e. In spirits. Paler, head spotted, nape with a narrow irregu- 

 lar horse-shoe-shaped band, preanal and femoral pores large 

 on the side, angular in the middle. Borneo. Presented bv 

 Capt. Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., R.N. p 3 



