172 SATJRIA. 



furnished with, nails ; the iipper part of the body exhibits 

 transverse lines of oval, keeled tubercles ; the head, though 

 depressed, is rather deep behind ; the neck is distinct, its 

 skin folded transversely. In the males there is a row of 

 spines at the base of the tail on each side ; and there are 

 spines along the whole of its upper surface ; the tail is often 

 broken off. These reptiles vary in colouring ; sometimes 

 the upper surface is dusty ash-grey, with the under parts 

 dirty white; sometimes very dark brown above, with 

 greyish bands, and beneath almost clear white. 



Entire length, about 6 inches. 



Frequents old walls, and often comes into houses ; feeds 

 much on spiders and flies, but also on other insects. 



It inhabits Spain, Italy, Greece, the South of France, 

 especially Provence, Sicily, and the coasts of Egypt and 

 Barbary, and is the only European species of the genus. 



Genus HEMXDACTYLUS. 



The base of the toes furnished with an oval disk formed 

 beneath by a double row of scales, from the centre of which 

 disk springs the second joint of the toe. 



Hemidactylus verruculatus. 



Hemidactylus verruculatus, Dum. et Bib. vol. iii. p. 359; Boby et 



Bibeon, Exp6d. en Moree. 

 Hemidactylus triedrus, SoniNz, Europ. Faun. vol. ii. p. 11; Buow. 



Faun. Ital. (figured). 



Descbiption. — The toes on each foot are furnished with 

 nails, their extremities beyond the disk are slender, and 

 they are free for their whole length ; the digital disks are 

 narrow ; the upper surface along the back is furnished 

 with numerous tubercles of an indistinctly triangular form ; 

 the tail is rather more than half as long as the body, 



