38, PTYCHOZOON. — 39. HOMOPHOLIS. 



191 



a-h. c?. 

 c,d. ?. 

 e-f. Dried specimens. 



9- $• 



h-i. Dried specimens. 



ft. $. 



/. 6. 



Java. 

 Java. 

 Java. 

 Borneo. 



Singapore. 

 Singapore. 



Leyden Museum. 



Dr. Horsfield [P.]. 



L. L. Dillwyn, Esq. [P.]. 



Dr. Cantor. 



Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. (Scales 



uniformly granular, without 



tubercles.) 



39. HOMOPHOLIS. 



Digits strongly dilated, with slight rudiment of web, with 

 transverse undivided lamellae below, all but the thumb and inner 

 toe armed with a retractile claw. Body covered with small flat im- 

 bricated scales. Pupil vertical. Males without praeanal nor femoral 

 pores. 



South Africa. 



1 . Homopholis wahlbergii. 



Gecko wahlbergii, Smith, III. S. Afr., Rept. pi. Ixxv. fig. 1. 



Head thick, oviform ; snout short, very convex, measuriug the 

 distance between the eye and the ear-opening, once and one fourth 

 the diameter of the orbit; ear-opening very small, round. Body 

 and limbs moderate ; digits not very unequal, with a slight rudiment 

 of web, absent between the two outer toes. Head above and beneath 

 minutely granulate. Rostra] small, subquadrangular, twice as broad 

 as high ; nostril pierced between the first upper labial and five small 

 nasals ; eleven upper and eleven or twelve lower labials ; mental 

 small, trapezoid ; latter and front labials bordered posteriorly by 

 a row of very small chin-shields. Body and limbs covered above 

 and below with equal, small, subhexagonal imbricated scales, similar 

 to those covering the abdominal region of most Geckos. Tail 

 cylindrical, tapering, covered with small smooth irregular scales. 

 Grey above, with dark brown variegations ; a dark brown band on 

 each side, from behind the eye to a little beyond the scapular region ; 

 lower surfaces whitish, with a few scattered brown dots. 



Total length 177 millim. 



Head 25 „ 



Width of head 22 „ 



Body 77 „ 



Fore limb 33 „ 



Hind limb 40 „ 



Tail 75 „ 



Kaffraria. / 



a.S- Natal. Sir A. Smith [P.]. (Type.) 



