BY C. W. DE VIS. 1035 



the throat and sides of the neck small and similarly keeled ; of 

 the abdomen as large as the lateral dorsals but with linear central 

 keels becoming mucronate on the lower surface of the tail. Two 

 large preanals. Tail rounded : about a fourth longer than the 

 head and body. Subdigital lamellse simple. The protracted hind 

 limb reaches the retracted elbow. Teeth obtuse, molar-like. 

 Dark brown above, with faint alternate cross-bands of paler 

 brown and fuscous ; beneath pale dingy brown. Chin dark 

 brown with white band-like spots ; preanals white; base of tail 

 beneath marbled with white. Total length 125 mm., tail 70, 

 head 17, width of head 9, of body 11, fore limb 17, hind limb 25. 



Locality. — Herberton and Bellenden Ker, in scrubs. 



The nearest relative of this lizard is T. grayi^ Gth., of the 

 Philippine Islands. The obtuseness of the teeth and rudimentary 

 conditions of the posterior head-shields may possibly lead to the 

 establishment of a new genus for its reception. 



GECKONID^. 



Perochirus mestoni, n.sp. 



Head rather depressed, a little convex on the frontal and con- 

 cave on the parietal region. Snout obtusely pointed, longer than 

 the postocular portion of the head and nearly twice the diameter 

 of the eye. Body rotund, limbs short and massive ; digits short, 

 bi-oad, almost free and all dilated ; the thumb and outer toe 

 moderately developed and furnished with very small claws ; the 

 free phalanges of the fourth toe much shorter than the diameter of 

 the eye. Ear opening small, round. Rostral (injured) apparently 

 thrice as broad as high ; mental subrhomboidal, its posterior angle 

 entering between a pair of moderately elongate postmentals which 

 are followed by a pair of smaller ones ] between these are granular 

 scales larger than those of the throat. Head with granules which 

 are larger on the snout than on the crown. Upper surface and 

 throat with small granules somewhat larger than those of the 



