1896.] BA.TBA0HIA.N3 OF THH MALAY PENINSULA. 867 



have the power of chauginti; their colour to some extent (as Cantor 

 remarks of Oeclco monarclius) ; they are generally buff or ash' 

 coloured by day and almost white by night. From measuring a 

 large series of specimens, I should say the total length oF a full- 

 grown average G. mutilata is 120 mm., of which the head and body 

 and the tail are each about half. 



Hah. Mascarene Islands, Seyclielles, Ceylon, Burma, Malay 

 Peninsula and Archipelago, New Guinea ; Western Mexico. 



14. Lepidobacttlus ceylonensis, Blgr. 



Lepidodactylus cm/lonensis, Boul. C.it. Liz. i. p. 1G4, pi. xiii. (Ig. 3. 



This species appears not to have been previously recorded from 

 the Straits Settlements. I caught one female in Headquarter 

 House, Singapore. Total length 65 mm. (H.B. 36, tail 29). 



Colour. Above dark brown, spotted with brick-red and black. 

 Black lateral line from snout to shoulder passing through eye. 

 Light yellow spots on lips and behind eyes. Upper surface of 

 tail red with brown marlis. The nuderpart of the body was 

 purplish-brown, of the tail rusty-brown and yellow, with minute 

 black spots. 



Hah. Ceylou, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Java, and 

 Engano. 



15. Lepidodactylus lugubeis, D. & B. 



Platydactylus luguhris, Cantor, p. 16. ' 



Peripia cantoris, Giintber, Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 110. 



Liipidodacti/las hujubris, Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 165. 



Cantor says a single male was captured in his house in the 

 valley of Penang. 



Hah. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, New Guinea, and 

 Polynesia. 



16. Gecko veeticillatus, Lawr. • 

 Platydactylus geclco. Cantor, p. 17. 



Oecko guttatus, Giintber and Stol. 



Gecko verticillatus, Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 183. 



There is a specimen in the British Museum from the Malay 

 Peninsula through Dr. Cantor. Stoliczka found it in the collection 

 he got from Penang and Province AYellesIey. Miiller mentions 

 Geclco guttatus in the Bale Museum from Singapore ; and 

 Dr. Blanford (P. Z. S. 1881, p. 215) mentions it in the collection he 

 got from Dr. Dennys from Singapore and neighbouring localities. 



Hah. N.B. India, Burma, Southern China, Anam, Siam, Malay 

 Peninsula and Archipelago. 



17. Gecko stentor, Cant. 

 Platydactylus stentor, Cantor, p. 18. 



Gecko stentor, Giintber, Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 102, pi. xi. fig. A ; 

 Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 184. 



Cantor obtained the type specimen " from the villa on the 



