49. SPe^RODACTTLTTS. 221 



5. Sphaerodactylus glaucus. (Plate XVIII. fig. 3*.) 



. Sphaerodactylus glaucus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1865, p. 192. . 

 ? Spliasrodactylus inornatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1873, p. 738. 



General characters as in S. sjoutator, but the rostral is con- 

 siderably smaller. Light brown above, with darker vermiculations ; 

 a dark streak on the side of the head, passing through the eye ; a 

 dark brown transverse spot on middle of upper side of neck ; tail 

 with two yellow black-edged spots near the tip ; digits annulated with 

 yellow ; lower surfaces whitish, the sides and throat with brownish 

 vermiculations. Prom snout to vent 30 millim. ; tail 30 millim. 



Central America. 



a. Ad. Vera Paz, low forest. F. D. Godman, and O. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



b. Hgr. Vera Cruz. 



6. SphsBrodactylus lineolatus. 



Spha?rodactylu8 fantasticus, part., Oral/, Cat. p. 1 68. 

 Sphserodactylus lineolatus, Lichtetist. Nomencl. Rept. Mus. Berol. 



p. 6 ; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 46. 

 millepunctatus, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 480 ; Cope, 



Proc. Ac. Philad. 1861, p. 499. 



Snout pointed, as long as the distance between the eye and the 

 ear-opening, once and a half the diameter of the orbit; ear- 

 opening small, oval, vertical. Rostral moderately large, with lon- 

 gitudinal cleft above ; nostril pierced between the rostral, the first 

 labial, and three scales ; five upper and as many lower labials, the 

 anterior very long ; mental large, truncate posteriorly, followed by 

 polygonal scales passing gradually into the granular gular scales. 

 A small spine-like scale on the border of the upper eyelid, above 

 the middle of the eye. Upper surfaces covered with small, eoiual, 

 slightly keeled, juxtaposed granular scales ; on the head the gra- 

 nules are smooth, largest on the snout; abdominal scales larger, 

 imbricate. Tail cylindrical, tapering, covered with imbricate smooth 

 scales ; a median series of large scales inferiorly. Two varieties 

 of colour. 



Total length 56 miUim. 



Head 8 



Width of head 4-5 



Body 20 



Fore limb 8 



Hind limb 10 



Tail 28 



Central America. 



Vae. a. — Brownish above ; head with five dark brown streaks, 

 the central one ending on occiput, the others extending to the 

 neck ; the outer passing through the eye ; lower surfaces whitish. 



fl. Ad. ? E. Laforest, Esq. [P.]. 



* End of snout, upper view, x 2. 



