40 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi<. VITI, 



H. hrookii is l)}^ no means always domestic in its habits, but 

 individuals found living wild among rocks or in jungle are as a rule 

 darker in colour and somewhat stouter in form than those which 

 inhabit human dwellings. In either case the species is mainly 

 nocturnal. 



H subiriedroides ' from Upper Burma only differs from H. 

 hrookii, of which it should probably be regarded as a variety, in 

 its rather stouter habit and much larger dorsal tubercles. The 

 tubercles are extremely variable in size even within the strict 

 limits of H. hrookii, and less frequently vary also in number. 

 There is in the Indian Museum a specimen from Bangalore on 

 which there are only two dorso-lateral rows of tubercles on each 

 side, the middle region of the back being perfectly smooth. This 

 individual was taken by myself, together with a normal one, on 

 the post of a railing. 



7. Hcmidactylus platyurus (Schneid.). 



This gecko is common in the E. Himalayas, in which it is 

 found as a rule at rather higher altitudes than the two preceding 

 species. It is widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan and Malayan 

 countries. So far as I am aware the western limit of its range is 

 situated in Nepal, my own H. nepalensis^ being undoubtedly 

 synonymous. In the Darjiling district H. platyurus is often found 

 in houses, but it is naturally an inhabitant of tree-trunks. 



An unusually dark specimen was taken by Mr. Kemp at Pasi- 

 ghat under the bark of a tree. 



Fam. AGAMIDAE. 

 8. Draco maculatus (Gray). 



Boulenger, Fauna, p. 112. 



This species is widely distributed in Assam, Burma, the Malay 

 Peninsula and Yunnan , the western limit of its range being situated 

 near the point in Assam north of the Brahmaputra at which that 

 river bends southwards. There are three specimens in Mr. Kemp's 

 collection : — 



16881 Janakmukh (alt. 600 ft.) Capt. C. B. Edward-Collins. 



16882 Yembung (alt. 1,100 ft.) : 



" found in a hut in 

 camp." . . . . S. W. Kemp. 



16997 Pasighat (alt. 500 ft.) . . W. Cave-Brown. 



Mr. Kemp describes the colouration of No. 16882, an immature 

 male, as follows: — '' Colour of back mottled warm brown, dark 

 brown and black Neck above with two elliptical black markings 

 and a pair of black spots. ' Wings ' above orange-brown Belly 



1 Annandale, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) xv, p. 29 (1905), and J.A.S.B., I905> 

 pi. ii, fig. I. 



2 Jiec. Ind. Mus., i, p. 151, pi. vi, figs. 2, 2a, 2b, 2c (1907). 



