49. SPHiERODACTTLTjg. 219 



2. Ventral scales feebly keeled. 



Dorsal scales not larger than ventrals . 12. microlepis, p. 224. 

 Dorsal scales rather larger than ven- 

 trals, very strongly keeled 13. cojpii, p. 225, 



B. No granular scales on the vertebral line. 



1. Scales on the breast keeled . . 15. macrolepis, p. 226. 



2. Scales on the breast smooth. 



Snout rather short ; four upper and 



four lower labials 16. notatus, p. 226. 



Snout short ; three upper and three 



lower labials 17. gilvitorques, p. 227. 



Snout longer than the distance be- 

 tween the eye and the ear- 

 opening 18. richarchonii, p. 227. 



1. Sphaerodactylus sputator. 



Sphaerodactylus sputator, Or ay, Cat. p. 168. 

 P Lacerta sputator, Sparrman, Vetensk. Acad. Handl.y. 1784, p. 164, 



pi. iv. fig. 1. 

 Anolis sputator, var. 1, Daicd, Rept. iv. p. 99. 

 Gecko sputator, Merr. Tent. p. 43. 

 Sphaerodactylus sputator. Gray, in Griff. A. K., Syn. p. 62 ; Dum. 4' 



Bibr. iii. p. 402 ; Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1861, p. 498. 



Snout pointed, slightly longer than the distance between the eye 

 and the ear-opening, about once and two thirds the diameter 

 of the orbit ; ear-opening small, oval, vertical. Eostral large, 

 covering the end of the snout, with longitudinal cleft above ; nostril 

 pierced between the rostral, the first labial, and one or two small 

 nasals ; five upper and as many lower labials, the anterior very 

 long ; mental large, truncate posteriorly ; no regular chin-shields, 

 but polygonal scales passing gradually into the granules of the 

 throat. Upper eyelid with an exceedingly small spine-like scale 

 above the middle of the eye. Upper surfaces covered with equal, 

 small, flat, granular scales, largest on the snout ; abdominal scales 

 larger, imbricate. Tail cylindrical, tapering, covered with small 

 scales arranged in verticils, and a median series of transversely 

 dilated scales inferiorly. Yellowish brown, upper surfaces with 

 transverse dark -brown bands, as wide as the interspaces between 

 them ; five brown bands between the end of the snout and the 

 hind limbs, the three anterior extending across the throat and 

 neck ; the bars on the tail complete, forming rings ; snout dark 

 brown, with two longitudinal yellowish streaks. 



Total length (tail injured) . 45 millim. 

 Head 7 



