360 GKCKOTID^. 



granular, without tubercles ; two tubercles on each side of the sacral 

 region. Tail slightly depressed at the base, verticillate, finely granular 

 above, with an enlarged tubercle on each side of each segment. Sub- 

 caudals very wide, 6-7 times the width of the adjoining scales. Thumb 

 well developed, claw on it small. Upper labials 12-14, with a row of 

 enlarged scales along its superior edge ; lower labials 11-12. One pair 

 of chin shields in contact with each other behiad the triangular mental 

 and first lower labial; there is also an enlarged scale behind it, followed 

 by other smaller in size along the edges of the labials. Scales of the 

 telly in 36 longitudinal rows. Femoral pores 6 to 8 on each thigh, 

 widely separated in the pubic region. Tail often bulged at the base in 

 old females. 



Length. — 6-9 inches. Colour greenish grey or olive, with 5 transverse 

 undulating dark bands from neck to loins (not always distinct). Tail 

 similarly banded. 



Sab. — Sind, Beloochistan, at Quetta, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, 

 Bengal, Sikkim, Khasi Hills, Burma, Kutch, Concan, Deccan, Penang 

 and Patna, usually frequents houses and especially old tombs and 

 mosques in Sind. 



Hemidactylus Gleadowi, Sp. Nov. Plate 



10-12 upper and 8 -10 lower labials; rostral grooved, broader than high; 

 nostrils between the rostral, first labial and three small scales, the latter 

 scarcely difiering in size from those covering the muzzle between the 

 rostral and the middle of the orbits; back of the head and between the eye 

 and ear opening covered with round tubercles; upper eyelids distinct, 

 covered with granular scales. Scales on the muzzle closely packed. Ear 

 opening large. Pupil vertical; one pair of chin shields forming a suture 

 with the mental and first lower labial followed by an enlarged one, and 

 others along the edges of the lower labials ; the fii-st four situated im- 

 mediately between each pair of labials, the rest smaller and irregular, 

 forming at the angle of the mouth five distinct rows of enlarged scales. 

 Chin and throat covered with small scales, each with one or two minute 

 black dots. There are 38-39 scales across the middle of the abdomen. 

 Back covered with granular scales interspersed with keeled or sub-tri- 

 hedral tubercles, all smaller than the ear opening in size; the dorsal 

 series are distinctly keeled, those on the sides rounded, the last row 

 very small. There are 10-16 irregular rows of tubercles across the 

 middle of the back. The tail is longer than the head and body, verti- 

 cillate, and dorsally grooved at the base to the 4th verticel; each of 

 the first three or four verticels with 5-4 tubercles on each side; on the 

 posterior half they are two or three in number, and become indistinct 

 towards the tip; the spaces between the tubercles on the tail are covered 

 with 5-6 rows of granular scales. Sub-caudals enlarged, about 54-58 in 

 number. Femoral pores 13 on each thigh, interrupted by a single scale. 

 The fore leg laid forward reaches the anterior edge of the orbit, 7 pairs 

 of plates beneath the toes, the last undivided. 



Colour pinkish grey, a greyish white line from the nostril to the 

 eye, bordered by a dark line above and below ; three dark linea 



