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and arc the animal intended by the word "spider" of the Enp;]ish Bibh^ (Proverbs 

 XXX. 28), rendered Ueeko in the Syriac version ; and iu the Vulgate later translated, 

 "The Gecko taketh liold with her han<ls and dwellethiu king's palaces." They are 

 useful animals, as they feed wholly on insects, but are pugnacious little creatures, and 

 often lose their tails in tights. During these fights the tail of one of the combatants 

 will sometimes fall down on the tea-table, where it will wriggle like a worm for a 

 minute or so. 



IsycTEELUR'M, Gunlltcr. 



Sides with a cutaneous expansion. 



N. ScuNKiDERlANUM, Shaw. 



This lizai'd stands in the same relation to lleinidaciijlas that Pli/chozuuit does to 

 Gecko, and probably occurs in Burma. 

 Pkrii'ia, Grdfj. 



Thumb rudimentary, clawlcss. 5 claws on liind feet. 

 P. MrriLATCs, "Weigm. 

 P. Peronii, Dum. et Bib. 



Femoral pores 37 to 42, in an angular continuous line. Back uniformly 

 granular. A cutaneous fold behind the ham. Colour pale translucent grey, with a 

 few whitisli freckles. Three pairs of chin shields. Length 6 inches. 



Inhabits Ceylon, Burma and the Andamans. 



Anderson says this is a common tree and house lizard at Bhamo. 



P. CAXTonis, Giiuther. 



Very like the last, but has no cliin shields. The Andamans. Anderson records 

 it from Ponsee, in Yuuan, at 3300 feet. 



DoRYi'UA, Grn'j. 



Tail sharp-edged, granular above, and with a median row of plates below. 



D. Bkudmorki, Blyth. 



Tail granular above, edge denticulate, with a median row of enlarged scales 

 below. Back granular. Grows to Ibiu' inches. 

 Inhabits Pegu and Tenasserim. 



D. Gaud-vma, Theobald. 



Resembles the last, but the tail is segmented. 38 femoral pores separated on the 

 pubis. Inhabits Toung-ngoo. 



D. Karejixordm, Theobald. 



Back granular, with twenty longitudinal rows of white tubercles. Tail seg- 

 mented, and with some transverse rows of spines. 24 femoral pores separated on the 

 pubis. A row of median enlarged subcaudals, margined with granular scales. Grows 

 to four and a quarter inches. Captured at Karen-choung, near Toung-ngoo. 



Gtmnodacttltjs, Spix. 



Pneumatic plates on the basal joints only of fingers and toes. The two terminal 

 joints free. 5 claws on all Umbs. 



G. "WicKsn, Stol. 



Transverse plates on the ba.sal joints of the toes only. The two terminal joints 

 free. Femoral pores 4 or 5 on each thigh. Length two and a half inches. 

 Inhabits Preparis Island. 



G. VAEiEo.ATus, Blyth. 



Body finely granular, with numerous enlarged tubercles. Femoral pores 16 on 

 each thigh. Colour grey (fleshy during life), beautifully spotted with black. Tail 

 black-banded and black-tijiped. Back dark-banded, and a dark horseshoe mark on 

 the occiput. Length over six inches. Captured at Maulmain. 



