26. ARISTELLIGEE. 27. GEHTRA. X47 



Fore limb 33 millim. 



Hind limb 42 „ 



Tail 130 „ 



Jamaica ; St. George Island, Belize. 



a-c^ d-g. Adult & hgr. Jamaica. P. H. Gosse, Esq. [P-l- 



h. Adult. Jamaica. F. Beckford, Esq, [P.]. 



i. Yg. Jamaica, 



h. Adult, ? 



2, Aristelliger lar. 



Aristelliger lar, Cope, I. c. p, 497, 



Differs from the preceding in the following points : — Anterior 

 mandibulary teeth longer than the median, Subdigital lamellsB 

 more numerous, about twenty-one beneath the fourth toe. Size 

 larger, about 130 millim, from snout to vent. Colour above grey, 

 with numerous brown spots, especially upon the scapular and 

 ischiatic regions ; crown and front dark ; labial region varied ; an 

 indistinct brown band extends posteriorly from the orbit, bordered 

 below by a pale one, not more visible. 



S. Domingo. 



27. GEHYRA*. 



Peropus {non Beechey), Wiegin. N. Acta Ac. Leop.- Carol, xvii. i. 



1835, p, 238 ; Fitzing. Syst. Bept. p. 103 ; Gi-ay, Cat. Liz. p. 159, 

 Hemidactylus, part,, Wiegm. Herp. Mex. p. 20 ; Dum. 8f Bibr. iii, 



p. 344, 

 Genyra, Gray, Zool. Misc. p, 57, and Cat. Liz. p, 1G2. 

 Perodactylus, Fitzing. I. e. 

 Dactyloperus, Fitzing. I. c. 

 Peripia, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 158. 

 Peripia, part., Gilnth. Bept. Brit. Ind. p. 110, 



Digits strongly dilated, free or webbed at the base, inferiorly 

 with undivided or medially divided transverse lamellae ; distal 

 phalanges free, elongate, compressed, clawed, raised from within 

 the extremity of the dilatation ; inner digits without free distal 

 phalange, clawless, or with a very indistinct retractile claw. Upper 

 surfaces covered with granular scales ; belly with cycloid imbricated 

 scales. , Pupil vertical. Males with femoral or pra3anal pores. 



East Indies ; Australia ; islands of the Indian and South-Pacific 

 Oceans ; west coast of Mexico. 



* Peripia papuensis, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 97. — Katow, 

 N. Guinea. 



P. ornata, id. ibid. p. 98. — Port Moresby. 



P. hngicauda, id. ibid. — Endeavour River. / 



P. d;uhia, id. ibid, — Cape Grenville. 



P, rnarmorata, id. ibid. — Katow. 



P. brevicaudis, id. ibid. — Daruley Island. 



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