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times clouded with black. Back granulai', with two or more 

 longitudinal lines of larger granules on each side. Scales of chin 

 large. Tail armed with adpressed spines in rings. Femoral 

 pores in male only, from sixteen to twenty. 



Length 5~ inches, 



Hab. The Central and Southern Provinces. 



This Gecko we obtained in gi-eat abundance in Galle ; we have 

 also seen a few at Kaduganava after the publication of the ' Pro- 

 dromus.' It is rarely seen on the walls of houses, generally on 

 trees and on the roofs of houses. The rufous brown colour 

 changes at times into a dark gray mottled with black. WTien 

 immersed in spirits the rufous brown colour is entirely lost. 



This Gecko has been mistaken for Hemidactylus Leschenaultii, 

 and also for a large variety of H. frenatus, but the clawless com- 

 pressed last joint of the thumb will distinguish this lizard from 

 others. 



From Peripia Peronii it is sufficiently removed by its granular 

 back and armed tail. This lizard cannot be confounded with 

 Hemidacti/lus Coctai ; it has very little resemblance to it, and 

 the thumb of //. Coctcei is clawed. (Vide Prodi-omus Faunae Zey- 

 lanicae.) 



Genus Hemidactylus, Cuvier. 



Hemidactylus Pieresii, n. s., nobis. 



This new species of Gecko, described in ' Prod. Faunae Zey- 

 lanic?e,' p. 159, is found in the Kandia Hills, and also in the 

 southern parts of the island. It is recognised by Mr. Blyth as 

 a distinct species from H. trihedrus. 



Genus Gymnodactylus, Gray. 



Gymnodactylus Kandianus, n. s., nobis. 



(Prod. F. ZeylanicjE, fol. 186.) 



This .diurnal Gecko is considered by Mr. Blyth to be identical 

 with Gray's Goniodactylus Timorensis ; but we are still of opi- 

 nion that it is a distinct species, more particularly as Goniodac- 

 tylus Timorensis is not described as bearing spines on the tail or 

 back. There are also, in the male of our species, a small curved 

 translucent elevation on each thigh with two or three glandular 

 bodies or pores. Dr. Gray has now with him specimens from 

 Ceylon, which we have sent him by Mr. E. Layard. 



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