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of late years beeu taken at Dacca and near Calcutta ; but the 

 animal is certainly not indigenous in lower Bengal, though pro- 

 bably introduced by the skipping, aoid now in process of natural- 

 ization. . 



G. Stentob, Cantor. 

 G. Verreauxii, Tytler. 



This line liziard is uot rare at the Andamans, wlieuco I have 

 received specimens from the late Dr. Morton, Civil Sui'geon of 

 Port Blair. It is not, however, exclusively found there, as the 

 common Gecko is perhaps rather the more abundant of the two. 



Ptychozoon, Ku7d. 



V. noMALOCEi'iiALUM, Creveldfc. 



Tins interesting lizard has been taken by the late Major Berd- 

 more in the Martaban district. I have also received it from Te- 

 nasserim, through the kindness of Lt. Beavau. 



Peripia, Grai/. 



P. Peroni, D. et B. 



a. Adult male. Body .... 2-30 



Tail .... 2-30=4-60 incbes. 

 Colour grey or yellowish grey, clear and translucent during 

 life, witli a few obscure markings, and some pale scattered freckles 

 down the back. Benoatli white. 



Tail tapering, lanceolate, constricted at the base, then bulging. 

 The femoral pores vary from thirty-seven to forty-two. 

 This species is not rare at Rangoon. 



Section c. Fingers and thumbs clawed. 



DORTURA, GraT/. 



D. Berdmoeei, Blyth. 



Leiurus Berdmorei, Blyth, J. A. S. xxii. p. 646. 



Back with minute, equal, granular, scales. Tail depressed, taper- 

 ing, slender, convex above, flattish beneath, Avitb a denticulate 

 margin and plates beneath. Colour grey, with some indistinct 

 dark markings about the head, and a dark stripe from behind the 



