98 GECKONID^. 



Tail with long spines ; no supraciliary 



spines 2. spinigerns, p. 99. 



Tail without spines 3. strophurus, p. 100. 



II. Back covered with uniform granular scales ; males without 

 praeanal pores. 



A. Digits with large transversely dilated tubercles inferiorly. 



Snout as long as the distance between 



the eye and the ear-opening 4. vittatus^ p. 100. 



Snout longer than the distance be- 

 tween the eye and the ear-opening. . 5. polyophthalmus, p. 101. 



B. Digits with small round tubercles inferiorly. 



Dorsal scales small, granular ; rostral 



and first labial entering the nostril. 6. steindachneri, p. 102. 

 Dorsal scales small, granular ; rostral 



and first labial not entering the 



nostril; snout acutely pointed .... 7. pulcher, p. 102. 

 Dorsal scales large, flat ; rostral and 



first labial entering the nostril .... 8, tessellatus, p. 103. 



1. Diplodactylns ciliaris. (Plate VIII. fig. 2.) 



Head oviform, convex ; snout rounded, longer than the distance 

 between the eye and the ear-opening and than the orbit ; eye large : 

 ear-opening small, narrow, oblique. Body and limbs moderate. 

 Digits much depressed, with large transverse lamellae inferiorly, five 

 under the fourth toe, the distal incised, cordiform ; the plates under 

 the apex of the digit large, together cordiform. Upper surfaces 

 covered with rather large granules, intermixed on the back with 

 enlarged conical tubercles, forming two irregular longitudinal series. 

 Rostral subquadrangular, completely divided medially ; nostril pierced 

 between the rostral, the first labial, and three nasals ; twelve upper 

 and as many lower labials ; mental trapezoid, scarcely larger than 

 the adjacent labials ; no chin-shields ; supraciliary border with four 

 spine-like scales, the second the largest, measuring half or two thirds 

 the diameter of the eye. Lower surfaces covered with uniform gra- 

 nules, which are largest on the belly. Tail short, cyclo-tetragonal, 

 prehensile (?), covered with granular scales ; on each side of its 

 upper surface a series of long curved spines. Yellowish brown above, 

 indistinctly marbled with darker ; some markings on the head and 

 some of the enlarged tubercles and spines black, the other caudal 

 spines reddish brown ; lower surfaces yellowish, with brown dots. 



Total length 125 raillim. 



Head 22 „ 



Width of head 16 „ 



Body 56 „ 



