6 BULLETIN OF THE LIVERPOOL MUSEUMS. 
(5) Hemidactylus pumilus. 
Head elongate, nearly twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, longer than 
the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, once and a half the 
diameter of the orbit; forehead slightly concave ; ear-opening small, oval. 
Body and limbs moderate. Digits short, free, with very short distal joint, 
moderately dilated; inner digits with sessile claw; 4 lamelle under the inner 
digits, 6 under the fourth finger, 7 or 8 under the fourth toe. Head covered 
with uniform granules, which are larger on the snout ; rostral subtetragonal, 
nearly twice as broad as deep, with median cleft above ; nostril pierced 
between the rostral and four small scales; 8 or 9 upper and 6 to 8 lower 
labials ; symphysial triangular, twice as long as the adjacent labials ; four 
chin-shields, inner pair largest and forming a suture behind the symphysial. 
Body covered above with fine granules intermixed with small round, or oval, 
feebly keeled tubercles, disposed irregularly. Ventral scales small, cycloid, 
imbricate, smooth. Male with an angular series of 5 or 6 przanal pores. 
Tail cylindrical, tapering, covered with small flat scales, above with trans- 
verse series of pointed tubercles; no transversely enlarged scales below. 
Pale brown or buff above, with or without small brown spots ; a dark brown 
streak on each side of the head, passing through the eye ; white beneath. 
Total length, . . 53 millim. Fore limb, . . 7 millim. 
Head, . . . 8 " Hind limb, . a ee " 
Width of head, Page Cs sey Madey. : LE 
Body, ° . he ls} " 
Several specimens from Sokotra (Dahamis, 350 feet, and Jena-agahan, 
1200-2500 feet). 
Parachalcides, gen. nov. 
Allied to Chalcides, Laur., and Sepsina, Bocage. Palatine bones not 
meeting on the middle line of the palate, which is toothless. Teeth conical. 
Eyelids developed. ar distinct. Nostril pierced in the rostral, bordered 
by a supranasal and the first labial; prefrontals and frontoparietals absent. 
Body much elongate ; limbs short. 
(6) Parachalcides socotranus. 
Snout short, obtuse, not projecting beyond the labial margin; eye 
moderate ; lower eyelid with a transparent disk ; ear-opening small. Frontal 
more than twice as long as the frontonasal, longer than broad, broadest 
behind, angularly notched on each side by the first supraocular ; inter- 
parietal nearly as long as the frontonasal ; five supraoculars, second largest ; 
no postnasal ; first upper labial nearly as deep as the rostral; fourth upper 
labial entering the orbit. 24 smooth scales round the middle of the body, 
subequal in size. Limbs short, pentadactyle; the fore limb, stretched for- 
wards, does not quite reach the ear ; hind limb a little longer than the head; 
third finger longest ; fourth toe a little longer than third. Tail thick, 
cylindrical. | Reddish brown above, each scale with a black spot; sides 
blackish, or closely spotted and dotted with black ; yellowish white beneath, 
uniform or dotted with black. 
Total length, . . 118 millim. Fore limb, . oe ig ema in 
Head, . : 0) " Hind limb, . si) ay 
Width of head, 5.546 " Darla : OS ah 
Body, . : . 50 " 
Numerous specimens from Sokotra (Dahamis, 350-1000 feet; Jena-agahan, 
1200-2500 feet ; Homhil, 1500-2500 feet; Adho Dimellus, 3500-4500 feet). 
