32. LEPIDODACTTLUS. 163 



11 or 12 upper and as many lower 

 labials ; 11 lamellae under the median 

 toes 7. guppyi, p. 166. 



2. Two transverse rows of small chin-shields. 



Tail swollen 8. piisillus, p. 167. 



3. A median chin-shield behind the mental. 



Digits strongly dilated; male with a 



double series of praeanal pores .... 9. cyclurus, p. 167. 

 Digits feebly dilated ; male with a single 



series of i)raeanal pores 10. sauvagii, p. 168. 



1. Lepidodactylus crepuscularis. 



Platydactylus crepuscularis, Bavay, Cat. Itept. N. CaUd. p. 8. 

 Lepidodactylus crepuscularis, Bouleng. Proc. ZooL Soc. 1883, p. 122, 

 pL xxii. tig. 6. 



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

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

 the diameter of the orbit ; ear-opening small, vertically oval. Body 

 much elongate ; limbs short, the fore limb not measuring half the 

 distance between axilla and groin. Digits short, free, inner very 

 small, rudimentary ; inferior lamellae four or five ; the basal part of 

 th6 digit broad, with small rounded scales ; the borders of the 

 digital expansions strongly denticulated. Upper surfaces and throat 

 covered with very small granular scales, scarcely larger on the snout ; 

 abdominal scales larger, subimbricate. Rostral quadrangular, twice 

 as broad as high ; nostril pierced between the rostral, the first upper 

 labial and three small nasals, the upper separated from its fellow by 

 five small scales ; twelve upper and eleven lower labials ; mental 

 small, trapezoid ; no chin-shields. Male with ten praeanal pores 

 forming a short angular series. Tail cylindrical, covered with small, 

 rhomboidal, imbricated scales ; these are distinctly raised on the 

 sides, forming a slight denticulation. Greyish brown above, variegated 

 with darker, and with small round white spots ; a dark streak 

 from the tip of the snout to the shoulder, passing through the 

 eye ; above this streak and behind the eye, two round white spots ; 

 a round white spot on each of the digits ; lower surfaces dirty white, 

 the belly dotted with brown. 



Total length 65 millim. 



Head 8 



Width of head 5 



Body 28 



Fore limb 8 



Hind limb 11 



Tail 29 



New Caledonia. 



a-b. $ . New Caledonia. J. Brenchley, Esq. [P.]. 



K 2 



