146 class reptilia. 



Hemidactylus, 



Have the base of their toes furnished with an oval 

 disk, formed underneath by a double rank of chevron 

 shaped scales. From the middle of this disk rises 

 the second phalanx, which is slender and supports 

 the third, or the claw at its extremity. The known 

 species have all five claws, and a range of pores on 

 each side of the anus. The scales of the under part 

 of their tail are in the form of broad bands, like those 

 of the belly of serpents. ' 



There is a species in the south of Europe (G. 

 J^erruculatus, Nob.) of a reddish grey, the back all 

 sown with small conic tubercles, a little rounded. 

 The tail has some circles of similar tubercles. It 

 belongs to Italy, Sicily and Provence, as does the 

 G. Fascicularis. 



A very similar species ( G. Mabuia, Nob.) with 

 tubercles still smaller, and those of the tail more 

 pointed, of a greyish colour, clouded with brown, 

 and brown rings on the tail, is extended through all 

 the warm parts of America, and enters houses. It 

 is known in our (the French) islands, under the name 

 of Mabouia des murailles.^ 



There are some in Pondicherry and Bengal 

 so very similar, that one might be tempted to 



* As far as we can judge by the figure, the Thecadactylus PalUcaris, and 

 the Gecko Aculeatus, Spix, XVIII. 2, and S, may be only the same as this 

 Mahina at different ages. M. Moreau de Jonnes has given a monograph 

 ofit, but confounds it with different species. 



