P/rt/(/J)/ofO^/«8. 157 



proceediiii;- from thf supereiliarv edge ; lielo-n" this a dark brown lateral 

 streak, proceeding from the nostril and passing through the eye and 

 the tympanum ; limbs reddish. Lower parts yellowish white. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent ... 60 



„ fore limli . 23 



Length of head ..... 14 



Width of head t! 



Depth of head ..... 5 



Fore liml) ...... '2b 



Hind limb 80 



Foot 16 



Tail 14.5 



This sjjecies is known from a single male specimen, from Goalpora 

 in Assam, preserved in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, which has been 

 kindly entrusted to me for description by Dr. Anuaudale. 



It is very closely allied to T. sexliiieatiis, but differs in the still 

 narrower head, the shorter tail, the number of series of dorsal plates, 

 the smaller temporal scales, and the total absence of a collar. 



12. PLATYPLAC0PU8. 



Phitijphicopiis, Bouleng. Mem. As. Soc. Beng. v, 1917, p. 231. 



Head-.sliields normal. Xostril pierced between the 

 nasal, one or two postnasals, and the first upper lal^ial. 

 Lower eyelid scaly. Collar distinct. Back with large, 

 plate-like imbricate scales with strong keels forming- 

 continuous lines ; sides Avith granular scales ; ventral 

 plates olitusely pointed, imbricate, smooth or feebly 

 keeled. Digits slightly depressed, with large trans- 

 versely elliptic smooth lamellae inferiorly, the distal 

 joint compressed, bent at an angle and covered with 

 narrow lamellge inferiorly. Femoral pores reduced to 

 3 to 5 on each side. Tail very long, cylindrical. 



Southern China and Formosa. 



Distinguished from TacIii/dromi(» by the structure of the digits, 

 which reproduces the condition known in the Geckonid genus Gymno- 

 cJacti/Iiis. In this respect it is more specialized than Tachydromvs, 



