172 6ECK0NID.B. 



labials ; mental small, triangular or trapezoid ; small irregular chin- 

 shields, passing gradually into the minute granules of the throat. 

 Dorsal scales minutely granular ; abdominal scales very small, 

 juxtaposed or subimbricate. Three or four angular series of praB- 

 anal pores, the two upper extending sometimes on the thighs ; the 

 number of pores very variable. Tail cylindrical, tapering, covered 

 with small equal subhexagonal juxtaposed scales arranged iu 

 verticils ; the base of the tail strongly swollen in the males, the 

 swollen part covered with larger scales. Brown above, with small 

 blackish spots, and more or less distinct irregular transverse dark 

 brown bands on the back and tail ; a more or leas distinct dark 

 streak on each side of the head, passing through the eye ; lower 

 surfaces dirty white, sometimes with a few brown specks. 



Total length 156 millim. 



Head 22 



Width of head 18 



Body 54 



Fore limb 28 



Hind limb '65 



Tail 80 



New Zealand. 



a-b. J & yg. N. Zealand. (Types.) 



c. 2- N. Zealand. 



d-f. 2 ■ N. Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P."]. 



ff.'2- N. Zealand. Capt. Drurv [P.]. 



h-k. d , 2 , & hgr. N. Zealand. E. S. EUisdon, Esq. [P.]. 



/. (S . ? 



Var. A broad light band on each side of the back, 

 m. $ . N. Zealand. E. S. Ellisdon, Esq. [P.]. 



n-o. d ? . N. Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



2. Hoplodactylus duvaucelii.* 



Pentadactylus duvaucelii, Gray, Cat. p. 160. 

 Platydaetylus duvaucelii, Dum. 8f Bibr. iii. p. 312 ; A. Dum. Arch. 



Mus. viii. p. 456, pi. xviii. fig. 1. 

 Hoplodactylus duvaucelii, Fitziny. Syst. Rept. p. 100. 

 Pentadactylus duvaucelii, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 118. 



Head oviform ; snout slightly longer than the distance between 

 the eye and the ear-opening ; forehead slightly concave ; ear-opening 

 rather large, oval, oblique. Body and limbs moderate. Digits 

 relatively much dilated, the width of the dilated part contained 

 about twice and a half in the length of same ; the length of the 

 slender distal part equals one third the length of the digit ; sixteen' 

 lamellae under the fourth toe ; a distinct web at the base of the digits, 

 absent between the two outer toes. Head covered with granular 

 scales, minute on the posterior half, considerably larger on the snout. 



* Described from ono of the t jpes ( cf ). 



