ASCALABOTES DELALANDIL 289 



OBSERV. There is no reason for suppressing entirely the name of 

 Ascalabotes, as applicable to a genus of the Gecko's family. It corre- 

 sponds to the Division A of the "Hete'role'pidotes fissipedes" or Dionyx, 

 of Dume"ril & Bibron, also to Tarentola, of John Edward Gray. 



ASCALABOTES DELALANDII, Fitz. 

 (Plate XXV, figs. 1-8.) 



SPEC. CHAR. Tubercles of the back simple, oval, very slightly keeled ; 

 upon the sides, conical. Ground color pale or greyish-brown, with 

 irregular cross-bands, generally edged with white behind. Numer- 

 ous small spots of reddish-brown. Tail annulated with blackish- 

 brown. 



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STN. Platydactylus, delalandii, DUM. & BIBR. Erpet. gen. Ill, 1836, 324. GERV. 

 in Bull. Soc. Philom. 1839; &, in Well & Berth. Hist. nat. Canar. II, ii, 1836, 

 Kept. 5. 



Ascalabotes delalandii, FITZ. Syst. Kept. 1843, 102. 



Tarentola delalandii, GRAY, Catal. Lizz. Brit. Mus. 1845, 165. 



OBSERV. One specimen, collected at Cape de Verde Islands, was 

 drawn and colored from life. We are glad that such a valuable acqui- 

 sition to herpetology should have found a place on the Atlas accompa- 

 nying this Report. 



The ground color of the upper regions is greyish-brown, darker 

 along the middle line of the back and top of the head than on the 

 sides. Small reddish-brown spots are disposed upon longitudinal 

 series on the body, irregularly scattered upon the legs and toes, and 

 arranged upon the tail according to the structure of that organ. The 

 irregular cross-bands are quite obsolete; the white edges, if they 

 existed, are no longer seen. Beneath, the color is whitish or straw- 

 colored, maculated with reddish-brown. 



Loc. San Jago, Cape de Verde Islands. 



Plate XXV, fig. 1, represents Ascalabotes delalandii, size of life. 



Fig. 2, is an upper view of the head ; 



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