27. GEHTEA. 



153 



inferiorly with larger scales. Pemoral pores in an angular series, 

 thirteen to twenty on each side. Brown above, uniform or with 

 darker or lighter markings ; lower surfaces uniform whitish. 



Total length 162 miUim. 



Head 24 



Width of head 18 



Body 65 



Fore limb 24 



Hind Hmb 30 



Tail 73 



Moluccas ; New Guinea ; Polynesia. 



Wild Island, Admiralty 



Islands. 

 Faro Island, Solomon 



Group. 

 Shortland Islands. 

 Lord Howe's Island. 

 Fiji Islands. 

 Fiji Islands. 

 Matuka, Fiji Islands. 

 Tongataboo. 

 Viti Levu. 

 Samoa Islands. 

 Savage Island. 

 Rarotonga Island. 

 Port Essington (?). 



' Challenger ' Expedition. 



H. B. Guppy, Esq. [P.]. 



H. B. Guppy, Esq. [P.]. 

 J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C.l, 

 J. Macgillivray, Esq. [O.J, 

 E. A. Liardet, Esq. [P.]. 

 ' Challenger ' Expedition. 

 J. Brenohley, Esq. [P.]. 

 Museum Godeffroy. 



Eev. J. Powell 

 Dr. A. Giinther 

 Sir J. Lubbock 



9. Gehyra vorax. 



Gehyra vorax, Girard, Pioc. Ac. Philad. 1857, p. 179, and U.S. 

 Explor. Exped., Herp. p. 274, pi. xvi. figs. 1-8 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1883, p. 119, pi. xxii. fig. 2. 



Closely allied to 6. oceaniea. Diifers in the following characters : — 

 Size much greater. Folds on the side of the body very distinct ; 

 a fold bordering the fore limb anteriorly. Ear-opening narrower. 

 Digits broader and shorter ; the inferior lamellse very gently curved. 

 Abdominal scales smaller. Twenty-five to thirty femoral pores on 

 each side. Thirteen or fourteen upper and eleven or twelve lower 

 labials. Brown or greyish above, uniform, or with darker and lighter 

 markings ; lower surfaces uniform whitish. 



Total length 237 miUim. 



Head 38 „ 



Width of head 29 „ 



Body 114 „ 



Fore limb 42 „ 



Hind limb 58 „ 



TaU (injured) 85 „ 



Polynesia. 



