150 class reptilia. 



The Spheriodactylus, 



Of certain small geckos which have the ends of the 

 toes terminated by a little pellet, without folds j but 

 the claws are always retractile. 



When the pellet is double, or emarginated in 

 front, they seem closely related to the ptyodactyli 

 without edges. Those which we know come from 

 the Cape, or the East Indies. 



Such is 



The G, Porphyre. Daud. 



Reddish-grey, marbled and picked out with brown. 

 Daudin was mistaken in supposing this gecko to 

 belong to America, and to be synonymous with the 

 mabina. 



The pellet is more frequently simple and round. 

 The species are of America. 



Such is 



The Spitting-handed Gecko. Lacep. Rept. I. pi. 

 xxviii. f. 1. 



A small species, prettily marked with transverse 

 brown bands, contrasting with a red ground. It 

 frequents houses in St. Domingo, where it also 

 receives the name of Mabuia. In the same island is 

 an approximating species, but of an uniform ash- 

 colour. Id. ib. f. 2. 



Finally, there are saurians which with all the cha- 

 racters of the geckos, have not the toes enlarged. 



