six new species of Saurian Reptiles. 347 



the more conspicuous and well-defined. Belly crossed by zigzag 

 lines of reddish brown. Goitre dark crimson, with few white 

 scales. 



$ . The bands or spots are smaller and more irregular. 



In the c?, about an hour after the specimen was in my posses- 

 sion, the bands on the tail, which before were very vivid, had 

 paled so as to be scarcely distinguishable. The ? in about the 

 same time changed to a pale umber- brown, in which however 

 the markings were still distinct. 



Hab. St. Elizabeth's, and Westmoreland, in Jamaica. Rather 

 rare. Brit. Mus. 



Family Geckotid^. 



5. Sphcerodactylm Argus. The Eyed Pallette-tip. Length 2\ 

 inches. Upper parts purplish brown, marked with dark ocelli, 

 which have pale disks. On the head the ocelli have white disks, 

 and are lengthened, so as to form about six longitudinal inter- 

 rupted bands, reaching from the nose to behind the fore-legs : 

 thence the spots are more obscure, irregularly scattered, and in- 

 terspersed with black dots. Under parts grayish yellow, un- 

 spotted. Tail reddish brown above, with the ocelli in some 

 specimens large and indistinct, in others small and beautifully 

 clear, and in others almost obsolete : the under surface of the 

 tail brick-red, unspotted. The scales are well-defined, and form 

 a beautiful and regular network pattern, all over the body. 



Hab. Jamaica. Common in houses, in corners, and crevices. 

 Specimens in Brit. Mus. 



This species bears a considerable resemblance to S. puncta- 

 tissimus from Martinique ; but that species is of a paler hue, has 

 the lines on the head more numerous, and both these and the 

 pale spots are simple, or destitute of dark outlines. 



It appears to be Salamandra minima, fusca, maculis albis notata 

 of Sloane (tab. 273. figs. 7, 8), but he calls it Wood-slave, a term 

 which (in the leeward parts of the island at least) is appropriated 

 to Mabouya agilis, and gives Mabouya as a synonym. And then, 

 to make the confusion worse, he describes, somewhat indistinctly, 

 indeed, the habits of Thecadactylus lavis. 



6. Sphcerodactylus oxyrhinus. The Sharp-nosed Pallette-tip. 

 Head narrow, muzzle lengthened, nose sharper than in the pre- 

 ceding. Length ? (about the same size as the preceding, 



but the specimen, being mutilated, could not be measured) . Pale 

 wood-brown above, uniformly covered with dark specks, generally 

 confluent, so as to present a sinuous pattern. Under parts pale 



yellowish, lightly speckled on the throat and sides. Tail ? 



(this was wanting in the only specimen I ever obtained). 



Hab. St. Elizabeth^s, in Jamaica. Rare. Taken in a house. 

 Brit. Mus. 



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