1S76.] W. T. Blanford — On some Lizards from Sind. 21 



separated from the first labial by an intervening scale. G. brevipes is figur- 

 ed in the < Zoology of Persia,' PI. XXII, Fig. 2. 



6. Stekodacttlus oeiektalis, sp. nov. 



S. arenarius, nonnunquam fusco-transfasciatus, dorso tiiberculis parvulis 

 ir regular ibus fioscis ornato, caudd robustd, squamis caudalibus eequalibus, in 

 annulos brevissimos ordinatis, digitis ad latera breviter fimbriatis, subtus 

 scutellis tuberculatis indutis ; pupilld verticali. 



Hab. — In Sind in desert is arenosis. 



Description. — General form stout, somewhat depressed ; head flat, 

 short, and blunt ; tail slightly swollen at the base, thence diminishing 

 regularly, much stouter than in S. guttatus, about the same length as the 

 body without the head ; limbs stout, the fore-limb laid forward does not 

 quite reach the end of the snout, the hind-limb extends to the axil. The 

 largest specimen obtained measures 3'3 inches, of which the head is 0"5, 

 and the tail from the anus 1*4. 



The nostril is situated at the upper outer angle of the rostral, between 

 that shield and three slightly enlarged scales, one of which separates the 

 nasal orifice from the first upper labial. Rostral rectangular, rather higher 

 than the adjoining labials and about twice as broad ; it has a deep vertical 

 groove in the middle which disappears on its lower portion. Upper labials 

 about 12, lower labials 10 — 13, both series becoming much smaller behind and 

 passing into the head-scales. Mental as broad as the rostral, rounded be- 

 low ; no enlarged chin-shields, but the granular scales near the lower labials 

 are a little larger than those of the throat. Upper eyelid well developed, 

 covered with granular' scales; lower eyelid wanting. Pupil vertical. Ear- 

 opening a vertical slit, not quite equal to the diameter of the eye in length. 

 Upper surface of the head, body, and limbs finely granular, over the back 

 there are scattered small convex dark coloured tubercles, none on the limbs. 

 Lower parts covered with small granular scales rather flatter than those of 

 the back, but scarcely larger on the abdomen, and smaller on the throat. 

 Toes short and thick, all of them finely fringed with short pointed clenticu- 

 lations, the lower surface with cross plates each divided into several ribs or 

 tubercles. All the toes furnished with nearly straight claws. Tail finely 

 granular throughout, the granules being disposed in rings. 



Colour pale sandy, the tail (and, in one specimen, the body) with darker 

 transverse bands ; a darker line from the eye down each side. The enlarged 

 tubercles on the back are dark brown. In one specimen the sides of the 

 snout and labials are mottled with dusky markings. 



I obtained one specimen of this gecko in the evening on sand-hills in 

 the desert country south of Rohri in iipper Sind. Another was brought to 



