ART. 3 CHINESE LIZAEDS OF GENUS GEKKO — STEJNEGER O 



4, Nov., 1909, p. 61 (Sian, Shensi). — Van Denbuegh, Proc. California Acad. 

 Sci., ser. 4, vol. 3, Dec. 16, 1912, p. 207 (Chefu). — Jacot, China Journ. 

 Sci. Arts, vol. 1, 1923, p. 259 (Shantung) ; Peking Nat. Hist. Bull., vol. 



5, pt. 3, 1931, p. 42 (Tsinan, Shantung, in the hills).— Schmidt, Bull. 

 Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, vol. 54, 1927, p. 1927, p. 478 (Cliihli; Shansi).— 

 Pope, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 57, 1929, p. 368 (Chili; Shansi).— 

 Gee, Peking Soc. Nat. Hist. Bull., vol. 4, pt. 2, 1929, p. 57 (North China; 

 Chihli; Shansi). 



1885. Gecko swinhoei Boettgek, Offenbach. Ver. Naturk., 24-25 Ber.. p. 139; 



26-28 Ber., 1S88 ; p. 61 (Miau-feng-shan, near Peking) ; Kat. Kept. Mus. 



Senckenberg, vol. 1, 1893, p. 35. — Wernee, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Kl. 2, 



vol. 22, pt. 2, 1903, p. 360. 

 1887. Gecko japonicus Moejxendokf, Journ. North China Asiat. Soc, new ser., 



vol. 11, p. 104 (Chili) (not of Dum^ril and Bibron). — Sowerby, in Clark 



and Sowerby, Through Shen-Kan, 1912, p. Ill (Kansu; Shensi). 



A series of 27 specimens collected by F. K. Wulsin for the National 

 Geographic Society (U.S.N.M. Nos. 628210-26) at Peking agrees 

 with those previously recorded. The males have 7 to 9 preanal 

 pores, mostly 9, in an uninterrupted series. The basicaudal tuber- 

 cles are usually 2 or 3, mostly 3, on each side or, less often, clusters 

 of smaller tubercles. 



GEKKO SUBPALMATUS Gunther 



1864. Gecko suhpalmatus Gitnther, Kept. India, p. 104, pi. 12, fig. B (type 

 locality, " Chikiang," China ; type in Brit. Mus. ; Robert Fortune, col- 

 lector). — Boulengek, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1885, p. 189 (Chikiang) ; 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1899, p. 160 (Kuatun, Fukieu). — Boettger, Offen- 

 bach. Ver. Naturk., 24-25 Ber., 1885, p. 139 (Chikiang) ; 26-28 Ber., 1888, 

 p. 116 (Tschekiang). — Werner, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Kl. 2, vol. 22, 

 pt. 2, 1903, p. 360. — Gekko suhpaJmaius Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 66, art. 25, 1925, p. 35 (part: Suifu, Szechwan). — Schmidt, Bull. 

 Amer, Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 54, 1927, p. 478 (Yenping, Pukien ; Wauhsien, 

 Szechwan).— Pope, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 58, 1929, p. 367 

 (Yenping and Ch'ungan Hsien, Fukien). — Gee, Peking Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 Bull., vol. 4, pt. 2, 1929, p. 57 (Chekiang, Fukien, Szechwan). 



The locality given for the type of G. subpalmatus is "Chikiang, 

 China," and the collector's name " Mr. Fortune." The latter is un- 

 doubtedly the celebrated traveler Kobert Fortune, who in the later 

 forties and early fifties of the nineteenth century made several visits 

 to the tea districts of eastern China, collecting plants and informa- 

 tion regarding the tea industry. 



Definite localities for this form have not been established outside 

 the Provinces of Fukien and Szechwan, and when specimens from the 

 latter were first received it was surmised that the locality " Chi- 

 kiang " referred to some place in that Province. However, it ap- 

 pears certain that Mr. Fortune did not reach Szechwan, nor even 

 Chikiang in Hupeh, about 80 miles south of Ichang. Most of his 

 travels in what was then called " northern China " were in the tea 



