142 ]\Ir. S. Hirst oji some 



oftoii sinuous ; ai)])arently tliey are not ijliimose, TTairs on 

 venter flattened and scale-like as in G. /oricata, Berl., but 

 niueli narrower and more elongated (spindle-sliaped), and 

 sharply pointetl jiosteriorly. Distal liair on seeond segment 

 of falp short, fairly stout, and plumose. Legs. Coxkj 

 furni-hed with the usual spurs, but they arc blunt and 

 not nearly so strong as in G. loricata ; trochanters also 

 with a short but rather stout seta. All the legs are of 

 approximately the same thickness, the posterior ones being 

 the longest. 



Length of body '3 mm. ; its width "ST mm. 



Hal). A few specimens found under axillae of a gecko 

 {Pristurus rnpcstris) from Jena-Agahan, Socuotra, 



Geckobia loricata, Berl. 



Hub. I have examined specimens of this species found 

 under the ventral scales of specimens of Tarentola maiire- 

 tunica from Lisbon and also from the Riviera. 



Geckobia australis, sp. n. 



? . — Body wider than long. Scntvm absent. Hairs on 

 the anterior two-thirds of the dorsum much more uniform 

 both in size and distribution than in G. loricata, Jierl., 

 none of the front ones being enlarged^ all being very short. 

 Posterior liairs on dorsum of moderate length and sometimes 

 plumose, but the feathering is rather difficult to see. Ventral 

 hairs flattened and scale-like, most of them being spindle- 

 shajjcd and pointed posteriorly ; the posterior ones are more 

 elongated, however. The hair on the dorsal surface of the 

 palp is stout and plumose. Posterior /e^s longer and stouter 

 than the anterior pairs, those of the fourth pair being con- 

 siderably swollen. Coxal spurs large and curved ; there is 

 also a plumose seta on the posterior trochanters and on the 

 femur of the fourth leg. 



Length of body '36 mm. ; its width •425 mm. 



Hub. Several sjiecimens found under ventral scales of a 

 geelio {Lygodaciylus capensis), from Beira, Portuguese East 

 Africa. 



Genus Pimeliaphilus, Tragardh. 



Pimeliaphilus tenuipes, sp. n. 



$ . — Body oval, being much longer than wide. Scutum 

 triangular, the anterior margin almost straight, being very 

 slightly concave in the middle , the posterior end bluntly 



