LIZAEDS. 167 



keeled ; chin with 8 large gular shields in the front row, the two 

 middle rather the largest ; scales in front of the throat larger than 

 those behind ; the lower labial shields 5-1-5, with 3 or 4 addi- 

 tional small plates at the back. 



a. Adult, in spirits. Femoral pores distinct. Madagascar. Pre- 

 sented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 



h. Adult, in spirits. Preanal pores in an angular line. Mada- 

 gascar. Presented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 



Phelsuma trilineatum, Gray, ZooL Misc. 57. 



28. Pachydactylus, part, Weigmann. Cantinia, Gray, MSS. 



Toes free, base compressed, slender, middle part with sometimes 

 2 or 4 double scales beneath, apex dilated, suborbicular, with some 

 transverse plates beneath, and without any compressed last joint, 

 clawless. Thumbs similar in form and size to the toes. Back 

 with small granular scales. 



* Toes short. Back uniformly granular. Pachydactylus. 



The Eyed Gecko. Pachydactylus ocellatus. Gecko ocel- 

 latus, Oppel, MSS. Cuv. R. A. ii. 46, t. 5, f. 4. Merrem, Tent. 

 43. Dum. etBih. \u.29S. Gray, Griffith, A. K.\x. 47. Pachydac- 

 tylus Bergii, Weigm. H. M. Cantinia Ascensionis, Gray, MSS. 

 B. M. 1837. 



Brown, white-spotted, with a black streak behind the eyes ; 

 beneath and edge of eyelid white ; throat black-speckled ; labial 

 scales brown, pale-edged, labial shields brown and white, lower 

 4-1-4, large ; scales minute, uniform. 



a — c. In spirits. Island of Ascension. Presented by the Admi- 

 ralty, from H.M.S. Chanticleer. 



d—f. In spirits. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Dr. John 

 Lee. 



** Toes short. Back granular, with minute tubercles. 



The Spotted Pachydactyle. Pachydactylus maculatus. 



Olive, with a series of oblong white-edged green spots on each 

 side of the back, and with an irregular broad converging white- 

 edged green streak on each side of the crown and nape ; the sides 

 green-marbled ; back with small scattered subcouic tubercles, 

 about twice the size of the scales ; toes moderate. 



a. In spirits. S. Africa. Presented by the Saffron Walden Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. 



