160 geckonidA. 



1. Lygodactylns capensis. 



Hemidactylus capensis, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. pi. Ixxv. fig. 3. 

 Lygodactylus stngatus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 59, & 1866, 



p. 642. 

 Hemidactylus (Peropus) capensis, Peters, Reise n. Mossamh. iii. 



p. 28. 



Head oviform, much longer than broad ; snout longer than the 

 distance between the eye and the ear-opening, about once and a 

 half the diameter of the orbit ; ear-opening very small, roundish. 

 Rostral broad ; nostril pierced above and behind the suture of the 

 rostral and first labial, between the latter and three small nasals ; 

 the rostral entering scarcely the nostril ; upper labials seven or 

 eight ; lower labials six or seven ; mental large, subtriangular, 

 extending beyond the posterior margin of the adjacent labials,- 

 bordered on each side by a row of small irregular chin-shields ; behind 

 the latter, large granular scales passing gradually into the smaller 

 ones which cover the throat. Scales of upper surfaces small, granular, 

 larger on the snout ; abdominal scales large, hexagonal, imbricate, 

 smooth. Digits very unequal, free ; inner rudimentary, tubercle- 

 like ; four or five pairs of lamellae under the other digits. Four or 

 six preeanal pores, forming an angular line. Tail tapering, rounded, 

 feebly depressed, covered above with small juxtaposed or subimbri- 

 cate scales, inferiorly with larger imbricate scales. Upper surfaces 

 greyish-brown or olive, variegated with darker ; a blackish lateral 

 streak, passing through the eye, generally broken up on the sides 

 of the body ; lower surfaces uniform yellowish. 



Total length 75 millim. 



Head 9 „ 



Width of head . 6-5 „ 



Body 25 „ 



Fore limb 12 „ 



Hind limb 15 „ 



Tan 41 „ 



S.E. Africa. 



a. Ilgr. S.E. Africa. Sir J. Kirk [C.]. (Type of 



L. strigatus.) 



b. 2- S.Africa. 



c. d-e. S • P 



2. Lygodactylus madagascariensis. 



Scalabotes madagascariensis, BoeUger, Zool. Anz. 1881, p. 860, and 

 Ahh. Senck. Ges. xii. p. 469, pi. ii. fig. 8. 



This species, as well as the following, is extremely closely allied 

 to L. capensis, differing only in a few points. Ear-opening rather 

 larger. Nostril pierced above and in front of the suture of the 

 rostral and first labial ; the rostral entering considerably the nostril. 

 Upper labials six or seven ; lower labials five or six. Seven prseanal 



