128 GECKONID^. 



p. Hgi'. Smyrna. J. McAndi-ew, Esq. [P.]. 



q-t. $ & hgr. Haifa. Dr. 0. Boettger [P.]. 



«. 2 . Road to Euphrates. C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.] 



V. $. Egypt. J. Burton, Esq. [P.]. 



w-z, a-)3. <S § . Kurrachee. J. A. Murray, Esq. [P.]. 



(As typical of H. karachietms.) 



In the latter specimen (II. Jcarachiensis, Murray) the body is more 

 slender than usual, but the degree of elongation is a character too 

 variable in //. turcicus to be relied upon for distinguishing a species ; 

 the tubercles are also rather smaller, and the ground coloration is 

 very light, the markings, especially the streak passing through the 

 eye, being well accentuated. If these characters are constant, they 

 may indicate a distinct race, but, in my opinion, not a species. 



13. Hemidactylus brooMi. 



Hemidactylus brookii, Gray, Cat. p. 153. 

 Hemidactylus verruculatus, part., Grai/, I. c. p. 1.54. 

 Hemidactylus cyanodactylus (non Rqfin.), Girard, U. S. Explor. 

 Exped., Herp. p. 254, pi. xxxv. figs. 17-24. 



brookii, Gray, Zool. Ereh-is and Terror, pi. xv. fig. 2. 



affinis, Steindachn. Sitzb. Ah. Wien, Ixii. i. 1870, p. 328 ; Boettg. 



Abh. Sench. Ges. xii. 1881, p. ]06. 



guineensis (non Peters), Bocage, Jorn. So. Lish. iv. 1873, 



p. 209. 



Distinguished from H. turcicus in the following points : — Snout 

 more pointed. Infradigital lamellae less numerous, viz. four to six 

 under the inner digits, six or seven under the fourth finger, and 

 seven or eight under the fourth toe. Tubercles smaller, likewise 

 variable in size, in sixteen to twenty longitudinal series on the back. 

 Ventral scales a little larger. Males with a long, frequently un- 

 interrupted series of femoral pores ; these number twenty to forty 

 altogether. Eight to ten upper and seven to nine lower labials. 

 Grey-brown above, with darker spots, which are generally large, 

 quadrangular, and forming longitudinal and transverse series, or a 

 ladder-like pattern on the back ; a dark streak on the side of the 

 head, passing through the eye. 



This species resembles also very much H. indicus, but is distin- 

 guished by a smaller head, shorter digits, and a greater number 

 of femoral pores. 



Total length 118 millim. 



Head 16 „ 



Width of head 12 „ 



Body 42 „ 



Fore limb 19 „ 



Hind limb 25 „ 



TaH 60 „ 



West Africa. 



