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locality in which it was found ; and Giinther, in 1864, mentioned its presence at 
Patna. Steindachner, in 1867, described a specimen from Calcutta. Dr. Stoliczka, in 
his account of the distribution of the Indian and Burmese species of Hemidactylus, 
written in 1872, mentioned that this species was spread over the entire Gangetic delta 
and extended eastwards to the Khasia Hills, Cachar, northwards to Sikkim, through 
Western Bengal, the North-west Provinces of India up to the foot of the hills at 
Kangra and Hardwar, and westwards to the Punjab. He also stated that he had 
seen two specimens said to have come from Pegu. Mr. Blanford, in 1876, recorded 
it from Sind, and, in 1879, included it in a list of some reptiles from Ajmere in 
liajputana. In 1878, Dr. Klunzinger met with it at Kosseir on the Egyptian 
coast. Mr. J. Murray, in 1884, stated that it occurred in the Deccan, Concan, 
C'utch, Quetta, and Baluchistan, and, in 1885, Mr. Boulenger recorded it from 
Ellore, and, in 1887, from Maskat in Arabia. In 1892, Prof. Boettger added 
Aden as another Arabian locality ; and in the following year my collector brought 
back a specimen from near the seaport of Makulla, also in Arabia. In the same 
year I found it to be the common house-gecko of Suez, and in the following year 
that it was equally prevalent at Suakin. Within the last few years it has also been 
found at Jask and Fao, on the Persian Gulf, and recently it has been recorded by 
Mr. Bouleneer from Ghinda, in Eritrea. 
Hemidactylus turcicus, Linn. (Plate V. fig. 3.) 
The Small Spotted Grey Lizard, Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, pt. iv. 1751, pi. 204. 
Lacerta turcica, Liun. Syst. Nat. i. 1766, p. 362. 
Gecus cyanodactylus, Rafinesque, Carat, nuovi gen. e nuove sp. An. Sicilia, 1810, p. 9. 
Gecko meridionalis, Risso, Hist. Nat. Europ. Merid. iii. 1826, p. 87. 
Hemidactylus triedrus, Pitz. N. Class. Rept. 1826, p. 46 ; Bonap. Fauna Ital. ii. Rett, ed Anfibi, 
1832-41, plate ; Steindachner, Novara Rept. 1867, p. 12. 
Hemidactylus granosus, Heyden, Riippell's Atlas nordl. Afr., Rept. 1827, p. 17, pi. v. fig. 1. 
Hemidactylus robustus, Heyden, 1. c. pp. 19-20 ; Ruppell, 1. c. p. 300. 
Gecko verruculatus, Cuv. Reg. An. nouv. ed. ii. 1829, p. 54. 
Hemidactylus verrucosus, Gray, Syn. Griffith's An. Kiugd. ix. 1831, p. 50; Ruppell, Mus. Senclc. 
iii. 1845, p. 300. 
Hemidactylus verruculatus, Bihron et Bory de St. Vincent, Exped. Sc. Moree, Rept. 1833, p. 68, 
pi. xi. fig. 2 ; part., Dum. & Bibr. iii. 1836, p. 359 ; Fitziuger, Syst. Rept. 1843, p. 105 ; 
Guichenot, Explor. Sc. de TAlgerie, Sc. Phys. Zool. v. 1850, p. 4 ; Dumeril, Cat. Rept. Mus. 
Paris, 1851, p. 39 ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1862, p. 271 ; Steindachner, Ins. Cypern, Unger & 
Kotschy, 1865, p. 572; De Betta, Faun. Ital. pt. 4, Rett, ed Anfibi, 1874, p. 20; Schreib. 
Herp. Europ. 1875, p. 487 ; Gasco, Viaggio in Egitto, pt. ii. 1876, p. 110 ; Bosca, Ann. Hist. 
Nat. Madrid, vi. 1877, p. 48; Klunzinger, Zeitschr. Ges. Erdk. Berl. xiii. 1878, p. 94- 
