48 ME. G. A. BOtJIiENGBR ON [Feb. 5, 



BATEACHIA. 



EOAUDATA. 



1. Eana DEiALANDii D. & B. — Gran Lebar. 



EEPTILIA. 

 Laceetilia. 



1. Teopiocolotes tripolitanus Peters. — Biji. 



New to Somaliland. Tirst discovered in Tripoli, this little Gecko 

 has since been found in Tunisia and in Egypt. 



2. Peistttrus PHILLIPS!! BlgT. — Gan Lebar. 



3. Hemidactylus isolepis Blgr. — Gan Lebar. 



4. Hemidacttltjs liEvis, sp. n. (Plate VII. fig. 1.) 



Head short, oviform ; snout as long as the distance between the 

 eye and the ear-opening, which is small and round ; forehead con- 

 cave. Body and limbs rather short. Digits moderately dilated, 

 free, with rather short distal joints ; 4 lamellae under the inner 

 digit, 6 under the median finger, 7 under the median toe. Upper 

 parts covered with uniform small granules, largest on the snout. 

 Eostral quadrangular, twice as broad as deep, with median cleft 

 above ; nostril pierced between the rostral, the first labial, and 

 three nasals ; 9 upper and 7 lower labials ; symphysial large, trape- 

 zoid, entirely separating the chin-shields, of which there are two 

 pairs. Ventral scales moderately large, cycloid, imbricate, smooth. 

 Brownish above marbled v^'ith darker, white beneath ; a dark brown 

 streak on each side of the head, passing through the eye ; a dark 

 brown, light-edged cross-bar at the base of the tail. 



inillim. 



Total length. 62 



Head 12 



Width of head 8 



Body 27 



Eore limb 13 



Hind limb 16 



Tail (reproduced) 23 



A single female specimen from Gan Lebar. 



5. Hemidactylits baeodanus, sp, n. (Plate VII. fig. 2.) 



Head oviform ; snout a little longer than the distance between 

 the eye and the ear-opening, which is rather large, oval, and oblique ; 

 forehead concave. Body and limbs robust. Digits strongly 

 dilated, free, with long distal joints ; lamellae nearly straight, trans- 

 verse, 7 or 8 under the inner digit, 9 under the median finger, 10 

 or 11 under the median toe. Upper parts covered with fine 



