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each of the 1st and 2nd, the 2nd and 3rd and the 3rd and 4th one 

 large white spot. 



The head is rather long in proportion to the body, covered 

 with small flattened sub-equal granules, slightly varying in size 

 on the posterior part of the body and especially at the sides ; 

 there are 12 longitudinal rows round the body ; one row of su- 

 perciliary shields is slightly enlarged, rostral shield large, followed 

 by a pair of supra-rostrals, 16 upper-, 12 lower labials ; opening 

 of the ear oviform almost vertical, broader below than above ; 

 pre-anal pores 15; total length 5.8 inches, of which the tail is 

 2-4 inch ; head 0*8 inch, femur 0*4 inch, total length of one 

 hind limb 1 ■ 1 inch. 



I have not met with this species at Penang though it may 

 occur there ; the only known specimen in the Fort Pit Museum 

 is said to have been obtained at Penang. 



17. Phelsuma Andamanense, B 1 y t h (Gr ii n t h., 1. cit. p. 112). 

 Gecko chameleon, T y t 1 e r, Journ. A. S. B., 1864, xxxiii, p. 548. 



This is, as Mr. B 1 y t h notes, in form and coloration a close ally 

 to the Mauritius Ph. Cepedianum, differing from it by a longer snout ; 

 there are only a few larger shields next to the lower anterior 

 labials, but hardly as large as in Cepedianum. 



The type specimen has no femoral pores, and is evidently a 

 female, but a row of slightly enlarged shields indicates their place. 

 In male specimens an angular row of 28 — 30 femoral pores is pre- 

 sent exactly as in the Mauritius species. In Ph. Andamanense, the 

 subcaudals are enlarged ; there are eleven upper labials, the two 

 last being very small, and 9-10 lower labials. 



The general style of coloration of both species is much the same, 

 but the short mesial streak, beginning at the nape, appears charac- 

 teristic of the Andaman form. When alive, the ground colour 

 changes considerably from bright emerald green and a bluish tinge 

 to almost dark brown bluish, with yellow, orange and reddish spots 

 the lower parts are generally more or less bright yellowish. 



The usual size is five inches, of which the tail measures nearly 

 one-half, but it grows up to six inches ; it is found also in houses, 

 though usually only on trees which were no doubt its natural 





