198 GECKONIDJE. 



distinct transverse brown bands on the back ; the anterior unites 

 with a dark streak on each side of the head, passing through the 

 eye ; four equidistant white spots on scapular region, each situated 

 behind and at the end of the two anterior dark dorsal cross bands. 



Total length 208 millim. 



Head 33 „ 



Width of head 28 „ 



Body 97 „ 



Fore limb 41 ,, 



Hind limb 54 „ 



Tail 78 „ 



Egypt ; Arabia ; Abyssinia. 



a-c. Ad. Egypt. A. Christy, Esq. [P.]. 



d-h. Ad. & yg. Egypt. Sir J. G. Wilkinson [P.]. 



t-^. Ad. & hgr. Medmet Abu, Dr. Anderson [P.]. 



Upper Egypt. 

 l-m. Ad. & yg. Mount Sinai. 



3. Tarentola epMppiata. (Plate XVI. fig. ] .) 



Tarentola ephippiata, O'ShauffJm. Ann. Mag. N. If. (4) xvi. 1875, 

 p. 264. 



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

 eye and the ear-opening. Scales on upper surface of snout and 

 supraorbitals larger than in the other species. Rostral not twice as 

 broad as high ; nine or ten upper labials, the last minute ; mental 

 twice as long as it is broad in the middle, its posterior border not 

 half as broad as its anterior ; chin-shields three on each side, the 

 innermost in contact with the labial, the others separated from the 

 labials by a row of small shields ; lower labials eight. Anterior 

 border of ear- opening not denticulated. Back with twelve longitu- 

 dinal series of large oval flat tubercles ; similar tubercles on the 

 sides and limbs. Anterior part of tail with rows of large, not very 

 prominent tubercles. Pale reddish brown above ; a reddish-brown 

 streak on each side of the head, passing through the eye, gradually 

 broadening and finally joining its fellow on the anterior part of the 

 ack ; hinder part; of back and tail with transverse dark patches. 



Total length 122 millim. 



Head 19 „ 



Width of head 15 „ 



Body 44 „ 



Vnre limb 21 „ 



Hind limb 28 „ 



Tail 69 „ 



West Africa. 

 a, b. Adult. W. Africa. (Types.) 



