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brought forwards and the anterior placed backwards, par- 

 rallel to the side of the body, the hinder toes do not extend 

 further than to the wrist of the anterior ones ; in which 

 respect it differs remarkably from the other species. In 

 this, as in others, however, the abdomen of the female is 

 proportionally larger than that of the male. The third and 

 fourth toe of the fore foot are nearly of equal length ; Mr. 

 Jenyns says the former is the longer, but in some specimens 

 the reverse is the case. The plates of the head* are similar 

 in their general form and proportions to those of most 

 others of the genus. The nostrils are placed near the outer 

 or inferior margin of the nasal plates, and nearly half-way 

 between the anterior and posterior margins. The frontal 

 plate is elongate pentagonal ; the anterior angle obtuse ; 

 the lateral margins parallel, but slightly contracted about 

 the middle ; the inter-parietal pentagonal, and with a de- 

 pressed point in the centre ; the occipital very small. The 

 upper eyelid with a series of very minute scales, and the 

 whole surface of the lower covered by similar ones ; the 

 space between the eye and the auditory passage covered 

 with plates, of which the two superior, lying immediately 

 under the parietal, are much the largest. The scales of the 

 upper parts of the body are round or polygonal, and slight- 

 ly, though distinctly, carinated. The abdominal plates in 

 six rows, the middle series narrower than the adjoining 

 ones. Prse-anal plate single, of a broad pentagonal form ; 

 the anterior margin bordered by four pairs of plates. 

 Femoral pores varying in number from eight to fifteen on 

 each side. In the specimen figured at page 30, there are 

 eight on one side, and nine on the other. The pores are 

 in this species placed in flat triangular scales ; whilst in 



* See the figure in page 21. 



