108 GECKONTD^. 



Total length 90 millira. 



Head 11 



Width of head 7*5 



Body .- 36 



Fore limb 13 



Hind limb 17 



Tail 43 



Australia. 



a-h. S 2 • Australia. (Types.) 



c-d. (S $ . Australia. 



e. J. Islands of Torres Straits. Rev. S. McFarlane [C.]. 



6. (Edura ? verrillii. 



CEdura verrillii, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 818. 



" The femoral pores in a series arched angularly forwards, and 

 not extending on the femora. The plates of the under surfaces of 

 the toes are, besides the terminal disks, one pair only, as large as the 

 terminal, and at the end of the antepenultimate phalange. Labials 

 regular, 8-7 to below pupil ; two rows infralabials across chin. 

 Rostral undivided. Gular scales granular ; thoracic and ventral 

 flat, larger than the flat dorsals. Muzzle-scales tubercular. A 

 tubercle on each side vent. Head as broad as from end of muzzle 

 to halfway between orbit and ear. Colour very pale above, with 

 six very deep brown cross bands from nape to sacrum, which are 

 more or less connected on the sides. A brown band through orbit, 

 and one behind, crossing the occiput. 



" Muzzle to ear 12", to axilla 20"*5 ; axilla to groin 25" ; tail 

 lost. Fore limb 13" ; hind limb 18"." 



Australia. 



20. CALODACTYLUS. 



Calodactylus, Beddome, Madras Med. Journ. 1870, p. 30. 



Digits slender at the base, free, with squarish scales inferiorly, 

 with large trapezoid distal and penultimate expansions, the lower 

 surface of which is covered by two large plates separated by a longi- 

 tudinal groove ; all the digits clawed, the claw retractile between 

 the distal plates ; in the inner digit, the penultimate expansion is 

 absent. Body covered above with small granular scales, intermixed 

 with larger tubercles ; abdominal scales juxtaposed. Pupil vertical. 

 Males without praeanal nor femoral pores. 



Southern India. 



1. Calodactylus aureus. (Plate X. fig. 3.*) 

 Calodactylus aureus, Bedd. I. c. pi. ii. 

 , Head large, oviform, very distinct from neck ; a strong rounded 



* Upper view of head ; a, lower surface of foot, x 2. 



