44. PAciu'DAC'iYLrs. 205 



extending from one nostril to the other, passing through the eye and 

 conturning the occiput ; this streak bordered posteriorly by a broader 

 cream-coloured band ; back and upper surface of tail light brown, 

 the former with two, the latter with seven, large, transverse, cream- 

 coloured, blackish- edged spots ; limbs and lower surfaces uniform 

 cream-coloured. 



Total length 79 millim. 



Head 13 „ 



Width of head 8-5 ,, 



Body 28 „ 



Fore limb 13 „ 



Hind limb 17 „ 



Tail 38 „ 



Lake Nyassa. ♦ 



a. Adult. Lake Nyassa. Mr. B. Thelwall [C.]. 



b. Young. Lake Nyassa. Mr. A. A. Simons [C.]. 



6. Pachydactylus ocellatus. 



Pachydactylus ocellatus, Gray, Cat. p. 167. 

 Gecko ocellatus (Oppel), Cuv. H. A. ii. p. 4G. 

 ? Gecko inunguis, Cuv. I. c. 

 Platydactylus (Phelsuma) ocellatus, Gray, in Grif. A. KAx. Syn. 



p. 47. 

 Pachydactylus bergii, Wiegm. Herp. Me.i: p. 19. 

 Platydactylus ocellatus, Dum. 4* Bihr. iii. p. 298, 

 Pachydactylus ocellatus, Steindachn. Novara, Rept. p. 10. 



Snout very short, scarcely longer than the diameter of the orbit, 

 obtuse, convex. Ear-opening subcircular. Body not much depressed. 

 Limbs moderate ; digits short, subcqual, the end not much dilated, 

 with four or five lamella? inferiorly. Tail thick, rounded, tapering. 

 Upper surface of head, body, and limbs covered with granules of 

 nearly equal size. Naso-rostrals generally separated ; rostral scarcely 

 broader than high ; upper labials eight or nine ; lower labials seven 

 or eight, the anterior as long as, and broader than, the mental ; latter 

 quadrangular, not, or but little, narrowed posteriorly. Abdominal 

 scales imbricate, equal. Caudal scales smooth, slightly imbricate, 

 subequal, about twice as large as the granules of the back. Male 

 with a series of three or four conical scales on each side of the base 

 of the tail. Grey or brown above, with small, white, dark-edged 

 ocelli ; upper lip white ; a dark streak on the side of the head and 

 neck, passing through the eye ; whitish beneath, throat dotted with 

 brown. 



Total length 73 millim: 



Head 10 „ 



Width of head 8"5 „ 



Body 33 „ 



Fore limb 14 



