164 GECKONID^. 



2, Lepidodactylus ceylonensis. (Plate XIII. fig. 3.) 



This species resembles exactly the preceding in proportions, pholi- 

 dosis, and coloration. The only difference I can 4etect is that the 

 digits are more slender, less strongly dilated at the base, and less 

 strongly denticulated on the sides. Head and body 40 millim., 

 tail 34. 



Ceylon. 



a. $ . Gampola. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



3. Lepidodactylus aurantiacus. (Plate XIII. fig. 4.) 



Hemidactylus aurantiacus, Beddome, Madras Journ. Med. Sc. 1870 ; 

 Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Beny. xli. 1872, p. 99. 



Head oviform, longer than broad ; snout rounded, very convex, 

 slightly shorter than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, 

 once aiid one third the diameter of the orbit ; ear-opening very 

 small, round. Body elongate, more so in females than in males ; 

 limbs short, the fore limb measuring half the distance between axilla 

 and groin, or rather less. Digits short, free, inner very small, rudi- 

 mentary ; only two large chevron-shaped divided lamellae under the 

 distal part of the digits, followed by transverse undivided lamellae, 

 decreasing in width. Head covered with very minute granules ; 

 rostral and mental very small, former four-sided, latter pentagonal 

 or triangular ; nostril pierced between the rostral, the first labial, 

 and several granules ; labials very small, nine or ten upper and as 

 many lower : no chin-shields. Back covered with very small 

 granular scales ; abdominal scales a little larger, flat, imbricate. 

 Male with an angular series of seven to nine praeanal pores. Tail 

 cylindrical, tapering, covered with small imbricated smooth scales, 

 larger inferiorly. Grey-brown above, with dark-brown undulated 

 lines along the head and back, which may be broken up into spots ; 

 a dark brown streak from the tip of the snout to the fore limb, 

 passing through the eye ; whitish dots scattered on the head and 

 back ; tail with darker spots or annuli and two large whitish black- 

 edged spots at the base, frequently confluent medially. Lower 

 surfaces whitish, more or less speckled with brownish. 



Total length 70 millim. 



Head 10 „ 



Width of head 7 „ 



Body 27 „ 



Fore limb 10 „ 



Hind limb 12 „ 



Tail 33 „ 



Southern India. . 



a. Manv spec. : c?,?,hgr., Shevarovs. Col. Beddome [C.]. (Types.) 



* yg: 



h-e. d , ? , & hgr. S, India. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



