43. TARENTOLA. 197 



the lower labials ; latter eight or nine. Anterior border of ear- 

 opening not denticulated. Sides of neck and body and upper sur- 

 face of limbs with conical tubercles. Back with seven or nine 

 longitudinal series of very prominent, strongly keeled, large tuber- 

 cles. Anterior part of tail with posteriorly directed spine-like 

 tubercles. Greyish brown above, more or less distinctly marbled 

 with darker and lighter ; a more or less distinct dark streak on each 

 side of the head, through the eye. 



Total length 155 millim. 



Head 23 „ 



Width of head 17 „ 



Body 54 „ 



Fore limb 25 ,, 



Hind limb 36 „ , 



Tail 78 „ 



Mediterranean District. 



a-c. Ad. Valencia, Spain, Lord Lilford [P.]. 



d-h. Ad. Spain. Lord Lilford [P.J. 



i-m. Ad. & hgi-. Near Lisbon. H. O. Forbes, Esq. [P.]. 



n-o. Yg. Sicily. T. Bell, Esq. [P.]. 



p. Skeleton. Sardinia. 



y-r. Ad. & hgr. Mogador. J.McAndrew,Esq.[P.]. 



s. Ad. Tunis. P. L. Sclater, Esq. rp.]. 



t. Ad. Tripoli. J. Ritchie, Esq. [Pi]. 



u-iv. Ad. & hgr. Siisa, Tripoli, Mr. P'raser [C.]. 



x-^. Ad. & hgr. Egypt. T. Burton, Esq. [P.]. 



y-e. Ad. & hgr. N. Africa. 



C-rj. Ad. Mediterranean. J. Miller, Esq. [P,]. 



6-L. Ad. Mediterranean. 



K. Ad. ? 



2. Tarentola annularis. 



Tarentola ajgyptiaca, Oray, Cat, p. IGo. 

 Gecko annularis, Geoff r. Descr. Egyptey liept. p. 180, pi. v. figs. 6 



&7. _ ■ 



savignyi, Aud. eod. loc. Suppl. p. 164, pi. i. fig. 1. 



Platydactylus segyptiacus, Cuv. JR. A. 2nd edit. ii. p. .53 ; Dum. ^ 



Bibr. iii. p. 322, pi. xxviii. fig. 3. 



A supraorbital bone. Snout as long as the distance between the 

 eye and the ear-opening, llostral twice as broad as high ; ten or 

 eleven upper labials, the last minute ; mental about twice as long 

 as it is broad in the middle, its posterior border half as broad as its 

 anterior ; chin-shields two or three on each side, in contact with 

 the lower labials ; latter nine or ten. Anterior border of ear with a 

 denticulation formed by small conical tubercles. Sides of neck and 

 body and upper surface of limbs with convex or conical tubercles. 

 Back with eight or ten longitudinal series of slightly convex large 

 tubercles. Anterior part of tail Avith posteriorly directed conical 

 tubercles. Light greyish brown above, with five more or less 



