t 



118 0E(5k6N1I>A. 



The larger, tail-less specimen measures 40 miUim. from snout to 

 vent. 

 Socotra. 



o-i. c? ? • Socotra. Prof. I. B. Balfour [C], (Types.) 



2. Hemidactylns bonvieri 



Emydactylus bouvieri, Bocourt, Arch. Mus. vi. 1870, BvU. p. 17. 

 Hemidactylus cessacii, Socage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. iv. 1873, p. 211. 



Snout acutely pointed, longer than the distance between the eye 

 and the ear-opening, once and a half the diameter of the orbit ; 

 forehead scarcely concave ; ear-opening very small, round. Body 

 and limbs short. Digits moderately dilated, ^ee, with short distal 

 joints ; three lamellae under the inner digits, and four or five under 

 the median digits. Upper surfaces covered with uniform rather 

 large granules, smallest on the hinder part of the head. Rostral 

 four-sided, not twice as broad as high, with median cleft above ; 

 nostril pierced between the rostral, the first labial, and three or four 

 nasals ; seven or eight upper and six or seven lower labials ; mental 

 large, triangular, nearly twice as long as the adjacent labials ; two 

 rather small chin-shields, followed by smaller ones passing gradually 

 into the minute granules of the gular region. Abdominal scales 

 large, cycloid, imbricate, smooth. Males with two prseanal pores. 

 Tail thick, cylindrical, tapering, covered above with uniform small 

 squarish smooth scales, inferiorly with a median series of trans- 

 versely dilated plates. Light brown above, with transverse darker 

 bands on the back and tail ; upper lip white ; a dark streak on the 

 side of the head, passing through the eye ; lower surfaces white. 



Total length ... 67 millim. 



Head 10-5 „ 



Width of head 7 



Body 25-5 



Fore limb 10 „ 



Hind limb 13 „ 



TaU 31 „ 



Cape Verde Islands. 



a. S ■ San Jago. Prof. B. du Bocage [P.]. 



(As tvpical of //. cessacii.) 

 b-c. (S2- S.Vicente. Rev. R. T. Lowe [P.]. 



3. Hemidactylus reticulatus. (Plate XI. fig. 2.) 

 Hemidactylus reticulatus, Beddome, Madr. Jottm. Med. Se. 1870. 



Head short, oviform, very convex ; snout a little longer than the 

 distance between the eye and the ear-opening and than the diameter 

 of the orbit ; forehead not concave ; ear-opening small, roundish. 

 Body and limbs short. Digits short, free, with very short distal 



