16. PHTLLODACTTLTJS. 85 



between the rostral, the first labial, and three nasals, the anterior 

 largest and in contact with its fellow ; seven upper and as many 

 lower labials ; mental large, bell-shaped, much longer than broad ; 

 very small irregular chin -shields. Back covered with very small 

 granules intermixed with large suboval, trihedral, strongly keeled 

 tubercles arranged in sixteen longitudinal series. Limbs with 

 imbricate scales and large tubercles. Abdominal scales rather large, 

 roundish, smooth, imbricate. Tail cylindrical, tapering, with small 

 imbricated smooth scales, larger inferiorly, above with rings of large, 

 pointed, keeled tubercles. Brown above ; a dark brown, whitish- 

 edged streak on the side of the head, passing through the eye ; back 

 with broad transverse dark-brown bands separated by series of 

 white tubercles ; lower surfaces whitish. 



Total length 99 millim. 



Head 14 „ 



Width of head 9 „ 



Body 37 „ 



Fore limb 17 „ 



Hind limb 22 „ 



Tail 48 „ 



Peru. 



a. 



Ad. Lima. Prof. W. Nation [P.l. 



b. Ad. Lima. J. M. Cowper, Esq. [P.]. 



11. Phyllodactylus oviceps. 



Phyllodactylus oviceps, Boettger, Zool. Anz. 1881, p. 359, and Ahh. 

 Senck. Ges. xii. 1832, p. 475, pi. iii. fig. 10. 



Head rather large, oviform ; snout acuminate ; forehead concave ; 

 eyes large, prominent. Body moderate. Limbs long, slender. 

 Digits long, slender, with transverse lameUse inferiorly ; digital 

 expansions moderate, trapezoid. Rostral trapezoid ; fourteen upper 

 and twelve lower labials ; mental triangular, in contact with two 

 elongate chin-shields, on each side of which are two smaller ones. 

 Back covered with granules intermixed with roundish oval tubercles 

 arranged irregularly. Belly with rather small roundish smooth 

 scales. Tail tapering, covered with small scales and annuli of small 

 spinose tubercles. Grey above, variegated with black ; back with 

 four /V^- or y\(- shaped markings interrupted on the median line ; 

 tail with black annuli. 



Total length 76 millim. 



Head 15*5 „ 



Width of head 9 „ 



Body 23-5 „ 



Fore limb 17 „ 



Hind limb 23 „ < 



TaU 37 „ 



Nossi Be, Madagascar. 



