120 MR. «. A. BOULENGER ON THJu; [Mar. b, 



3. Lefidodactylus, Fitz. 

 Four species occur in New Caledonia. 



I. Body moderately elongate, tbe fore limb measiu-- 



iiig more than half the distance from axilla to 

 groin. 



A. Tail flat inferiorly, with sharpish lateral edge. 

 Pour transverse rows of small chin-shields ; males 



with a series of femoral pores 1 . lugiihris. 



B. Tail cylindrical. 



Digits " strongly dilated ; males with two series 



of prseanal pores 2. cyolums. 



Digits very feebly dilated ; males with a single 



series of prfflanal pores 3. sauvagii. 



II. Body much elongate, the fore limb not measuring 



half the distance from axilla to groin. 

 Inner digit rudimental 4. crepuscularis. 



3. Lefidodactylus lugubris. (Plate XXII. figs. 3, 3 a.) 



Platydactylus lugubris, Duni. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. iii. p. 304 ; 

 Jacquinot, Voy. Pole Sud, Saur. pi. 1. fig. 1 ; Cantor, Cat. Mai. 

 Rept. 16. 



Lepidodactylus lugubris, Fitziug. Syst. Rept. p. 16. 



Amydosaurus lugubris, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 162. 



Hemidactylus meyeri, Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederl. Ind. xvi. 1859, 



p. 47. 



Peripia cantoris, Glinth. Rept. Brit. lud. p. 110; Stoliczka, 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beiig. 1872, p. 103. 



Gecko mcestus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 13. 



* Gymnodactylus candelofi, Bavay, Cat. p. 13. 

 Peripia meyeri, Glinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 594. 

 Peripia mysorensis, Meyer, INIon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 129. 

 Peripia lugubris, Peters & Doria, An. Mas. Genov. xiii. p. 371. 



* Platydactylus {Lepidodactylus) crepuscidaris, Sauvage, Bull. 

 Soc. Philom. (7) iii. p. 69 (nee Bavay). 



Head much longer tlian broad ; snout subacuniinate, longer than 

 the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, about once and a 

 half the diameter of the orbit ; forehead with a median groove ; ear- 

 opening small, round. Body and limbs moderate. Digits moderate, 

 inner well developed, with a rudiment of weh ; inferior lamellae nu- 

 merous, seven or eight under the median fingers, eight or nine under 

 the median toes. Upper surfaces and throat with very minute graimlet., 

 a little larger on the snout ; scales on the belly much larger, flat, 

 juxtaposed or slightly imbricate. Rostral quadrangular, broad ; 

 nostril pierced hetween the rostral, the first upper labial, and two or 

 three nasals, the ujjper separated from its fellow by one or three 

 small internasals ; eleven to thirteen upper and ten or eleven lower 

 labials ; mental snjall, smaller than the adjacent labials ; four trans- 

 verse rows of small chin-shields. Femoral pores present in the 

 males, forming a louj^ series angular mesially, 25 altogether. Tail 

 flat inferiorly, with sharpish, sometimes feebly serrated lateral edge 

 caudal scales small, flat, equal. Upper surfaces light pinkish grey 



