156 GECKOlrtD^ 



4. PerocMrus scutellatus. 



Hemidactylua ateles, var. scutellatus, Fischer, Arch. f. Nat. 1882, 

 p. 299, pi. xvii. figs. 26-30*. 



Distinguislied from P. guentheri in the following points : — Size 

 larger ; the free phalanges longer, that of the fourth toe measuring 

 more than the diameter of the eye ; anterior row of ohin-shields 

 larger, much longer than hroad ; a long series of fifty femoral pores, 

 forming a right angle medially. 



Total length 216 millim. 



Head ■ 31 



Width of head 24 



Body 92 



Pore limh 40 



Hind limb 62 



TaU 93 



Greenwich Islands, Carolines. 



5. Ferocliirns articulatus. 



Hemidactylus ateles, var. articulatus, Fischer, I. c. p. 297, pi. xvii. 

 figs. 20-25*. 



Distinguished from the three preceding in the following points : — 

 Snout a little shorter and more convex; dorsal granules larger 

 and coarser ; belly covered with large juxtaposed granules ; tail 

 much narrower than the body; no femoral or praeanal pores (?). 

 Digits as in P. guentheri and depresses. Eeddish brown above, 

 uiiiform or marbled with dark brown. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Head 16 „ 



Width of head 12 „ 



Body 46 „ 



Fore limb 19 ,, 



Hind limb 23 „ 



Tail 48 „ 



Ponape, Carolines. 



29. SPATHOSCALABOTES. 



Spathodactylus {non Pictet), Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 694. 



Digits slender, and subcylindrical at the base, the penultimate 

 joint bearing a strong discoid terminal dilatation with two series of 

 regular oblique lameUse below, separated by a median groove ; the 

 thumb rudimentary and clawless ; the other digits with a free, 



* Types examined. 



