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OECKONID^. 



generally followed by a small median chin-shield ; 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 short angular 

 series of praeanal pores, forming together a small subtriangular patch ; 

 twenty to thirty-five pores altogether. Tail cylindrical, tapering, 

 covered with small equal subquadrangular juxtaposed scales arranged 

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

 swollen part covered with larger scales. Brown above, with irregu- 

 lar transverse darker bands on the back and tail, and frequently a 

 dark band on each side, commencing from the tip of the snout, and 

 passing through the eye and above the ear ; a short, dark, oblique 

 streak directed posteriorly from the inferior border of the eye; 

 lower surfaces whitish, immaculate. 



Total length 163 millim. 



Head 20 „ 



Width of head 15 „ 



Body 57 „ 



Fore limb 28 „ 



Hind limb 37 „ 



Tail 86 „ 



New Zealand ; (Tasmania ?). 



a. $ , bleached. (Type.) 



b-c, d-e. (S & yg. N. Zealand. Admiralty [P.]. 



f,g. S2- N. Zealand. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



h-i, k. S 2- N. Zealand. Dr. Sinclair [P.J. 



Ir-m. S 2- N. Zealand. Capt. Drury [P.J. 



«, c? , skeleton. N. Zealand. 



o. § . Tasmania. Zoological Society. 



4. Hoplodactylus granulatus. (Plate XV. fig. 1.) 

 Naultinus granulatus, Gray, Cat. p. 273. 



General characters and proportions as in the preceding ; distin- 

 guished in the following important characters : — Ear-opening smaller, 

 not more than half the diameter of the eje. Digital dilatation very 

 narrow ; all the lamellae straight ; no trace of web. Scales of back 

 and belly larger. Four to seven angular series of praeanal pores, 

 the three or four upper extending as femoral series ; thirty to forty 

 pores in the upper series, from one end to the other. Greyish or 

 brown above, with dark brown or reddish-brown vermiculations and 

 irregular cross bands, light-edged in front ; two dark streaks from 

 the eye, as in H. pacificus, separated by a yellowish interspace ; 

 lower surfaces whitish, generally with dark dots or variegations, 

 especially on the gular region. 



Total length 192 millim. 



Head 22 „ 



Width of head 17 „ 



