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occipital and temporal regions. llostral twice as broad as deep, with median cleft 

 above ; supranasal separated from its fellow by three series of granules ; nostril pierced 

 between the rostral, the supranasal, the first upper labial, and four or five granular 

 scale.s ; 11 or 12 upper and as many lower labials; symphysial triangular or penta- 

 gonal ; two or three pairs of chin-shields, median largest and forming a suture behind 

 the symphysial ; throat minutely granulate. Body and limbs covered above with very 

 minute flat granules intermixed with numerous feebly keeled or conical tubercles ; 

 a series of enlarged conical tubercles on a fold along each side of the body, from axilla 

 to groin. Ventral region covered with very small, smooth, juxtaposed or subimbricate 

 flat scales. Male with an angular series of 7 to 9 prieanal pores, widely separated from 

 a series of 10 to 12 femoral pores on each side; no pra^anal groove. Tail cylindrical, 

 tapering, covered with very small flat scales, with a ventral series of transversely 

 enlarged scales ; conical tubercles form transverse series on the basal part of the tail. 

 Pale brown above, with eight or nine dark brown transverse lines, the first crescentic 

 and extending from eye to eye across the nape, the second also crescentic and extending 

 from ear to ear, the others straight, oblique, or wavy ; intact tail blackish brown, with 

 pale brown or whitish cross-bars above ; lower parts white or pale brownish. 



6. S*. 



Total length 220 ? mm. 



Head 26 28 



^'idtli of Lead 18 19 



Body 64 72 



Fore limb 35 35 



Hind hmb 43 44 



Tail 130 ? 



Five specimens from the Mimika E. (B. O. U. Exped.). 



Kearly related to G. lorice Blgr. (Ann. Mus. Genova, [2] xviii. 1898, p. G95, pi. vi.) ; 

 distinguished chiefly by the finer granules, the more prominent tubercles, especially on 

 the lateral fold, the interrupted series of prseanul and femoral pores, and the longer 

 tail with transversely enlarged scales inferiorly. 



7. Gehtea intekstitialis Oudemans. 



One specimen from Launch Camp, Setekwa R. (WoUaston Exped.). 



8. Gecko vittatus Houtt. 



Mimika R. (B. O. U. Exped.). — Launch Camp, Setekwa R. (WoUaston Exped.). 



* Tail injnred. 



