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Measurements in millimetres. 



6 9 



4044 4067 



Head and body ... ... 64 60 



Tail ... ... 72 86 



Fore limb ),,.•,,. ... 30 26 



Hind limb } t° articulation 43 40 



Gecko verticillatus Laurenti. 

 2 specimens. 



Calotes versicolor (Daud.). 



1 specimen. 



Lygosoma olivaceum (Gray). 



i 1 adult, No. 4019. 28. scales round the body, dorsals feebly 



5-carinate. 



Barbour is in error in stating (Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., xliv. 



(1), Nov. 1912) that the type locality of this species is on the coast 



of Indo-China. Prince of Wales Island referred to by Gra}^ is no 



doubt the Island of Penang, by which name it was at that time 



known. 



Tropidonotus piscator (Schneid.). 



Adult 9, No. 4013. Scale rows, 19. 17. v. 142., c. 28 (tail 



docked). Olive brown, with black spots arranged quincuncialty. 



Ventrals edged with black. 



Holarchus* cyclurus (Dura. & Bib.). 



2 examples. Ad. rf, No. 4015. Ttl. length, 690, tail, 140. 

 Scale rows, 21. 19. 17. 15., v. 167., c. 54. Brown above, the edges 

 of some of the scales coloured black so as to form an indistinct 

 network. Head uniform brown ; belly white. 



Juv. 6, No. 4016. Scale rows, 19. 21. 19. 17. 15., v., 166., 

 c. 58. Colour as in the adult, but the black network quite distinct, 

 and the usual generic markings present on the head and nape. 

 Holarchus violaceus (Cant). 



No. 4017. Ttl. length, 430; tail, 60. Scale rows, 17. 15; v. 

 171, c. 36. Reddish-brown above, with 37 narrow black bars on the 



*The generic name Situates is preoccupied fur n group of Mammals. 

 Stejneger, Heipet. Japan, p. 353 (1907). 



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