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Description:— M. C. Z. 10,788, St. Vincent, H. H. Smith. Cotype received 
from the British Museum. Snout moderately pointed; eye midway between 
tip of snout and ear; rostral medium with median groove; nostril between 
rostral, first supralabial, a small supranasal and one small postnasal; the two 
supranasals are separated by one median scale; fourth and fifth, both small, 
infranasals beneath eye; superciliary spine present; head above and on sides 
covered with tiny keeled granules, very slightly enlarged on snout; scales of back 
except middorsal region small, keeled about twelve equalling the distance of tip 
of snout from centre of eye; scales of middorsal region smaller but not forming a 
distinct granular zone; mental large followed by a few enlarged postmentals; 
scales of throat small hexagonal or roundish; scales of chest and belly larger, 
roundish, imbricating, the former keeled, the latter (ventrals) perfectly smooth; 
seales of tail very small, in circles; an enlarged subcaudal median series. 
Colour:—‘Brown above, head lighter; a pale, dark-edged V-shaped marking 
may be present at the base of the tail; lower parts pale brown the scales edged 
with darker; tail coral-red, all over or only on the lower surface.” (Boulenger, 
loc. cit.). 
Dimensions:— Tip of snout to vent 20 mm. 
Vent to tip of tail 27 mm. 
Greatest width of head 5 mm. 
Tip of snout to ear 8 mm. 
Fore leg 8 mm. 
Hind leg 10 mm. 
(Boulenger, loc. cit.). 
Remarks:— This species is very closely allied to microlepis the only funda- 
mental difference being the smooth instead of keeled ventrals. Of its habits or 
distribution on the island we have only a line of information. Boulenger states 
that the types were found on the ground, under rotting leaves, in damp forest. 
35. SPHAERODACTYLUS MONILIFER, Sp. NOV. 
Plate 9, fig. 4; Plate 26, fig. 5-8. 
Sphaerodactylus copii (sic) Gunther, Ann. mag. nat. hist., 1888, ser. 6, 2, p. 363 (nec Steindachner). 
Type-locality:— Dominica. 
Type:— M. C. Z. 10,786. 
Distribution:— The type-locality. 
Diagnosis:— Medium sized, uniform brown with large dorsal and lateral 
