138 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on new 



Two specimens were taken from the stomacli of the 

 Pytlionodipsas from Damaraland described below, one half- 

 digested, the other in very good condition. 



This discovery is a startling one, the very natural genus 

 (Edura, containing five or six species, being, according to 

 previous knowledge, strictly Australian. It reminds us of 

 the curious fact of the nearly related genus Phyllodactylus 

 presenting two closely allied species, regarded as identical 

 by some herpetologists, in South Africa (P. porphyreus) and 

 in Australia (P. marmoratus). 



Pachydactylus fasciatuSj sp. n. 



Head oviform, very distinct from neck; snout a little 

 longer than the diameter of the orbit ; ear-opening small, 

 oval, not half the diameter of the eye. Snout covered with 

 enlarged oval granules ; hinder part of head with minute 

 granules, intermixed with oval, smooth, or obtusely keeled 

 tubercles ; naso-rostrals in contact ; eight or nine upper and 

 seven lower labials ; mental twice as long as broad, narrower 

 than the neighbouring labials ; no chin-shields. Upper parts 

 covered with minute granules intermixed with large trihedral 

 tubercles forming eighteen longitudinal series ; ventral scales 

 moderate. Digits dilated at the end ; nine lamellee under 

 the dilated part of the median toes. Tail with transverse 

 series of pointed, keeled tubercles ; lower surface with 

 enlarged, imbricate, smooth scales. Pale brown above, with 

 dark brown transverse bands, which are more distinct in the 

 young than in tlie adult ; a dark brown horseshoe-shaped 

 streak round the back of the head and passing through the 

 eyes ; three cross bands on the body, the tirst and second 

 very broad, the third across the sacrum, from eight to ten 

 on the tail. 



millim. 



Total length 107 



Head 15 



Width of head 10-5 



Body 34 



Fore limb 17 



Hind limb 22 



Tail 5S 



Closely allied to P. Bihronii; distinguished by a less stout 

 habit, smaller size, smaller ear-opening, and in coloration. 



Two examples, a gravid female and a young specimen ; 

 Namaqualand. 



