364 Reptilia and Amphibia from Central India. [No. 4, 



Fingers with broad divided plates below, and all provided with 

 distinct well developed claws. Grey above, marbled with dusky, a 

 dusky band running from behind the eye to the shoulder. 



This is a fifth species found in India or Ceylon of the group to 

 which ffemidactylus Cachet belongs, characterized by the absence of 

 enlarged tubercles on the back. They may be differentiated as 

 follows : — 



I. Enlarged chin shields present. 



a. Claw on thumb minute or wanting. 



* Femoral pores numerous in a continuous row. 



1. Hcmidactylus sublaivis, Gray. 



** Femoral pores 6 or 7 on each side, interrupted in front 

 of the anus. Tail with scale like tubercles at the sidej 



2. H. Coctcei, D. and B. 



b. Thumb claw well developed. 



• Rows of scales across belly about 45. 



3. II Eelaartii, Theobald, Cat. Kept. J. A. S. 13., 1868, 

 Pt. II., p. 29. 



** Eows of scales about 38. 



4. H. marmoratus, sp. nov. 



II. No enlarged chin shields. 



5. H. aurantiacus, Bedd. 

 H. Iiclactrtii, Theobald, which is very near the present 



species, is also distinguished by its more numerous femoral pores, 

 but this is not so good a character as that of the scales on the 

 belly. It is a very much larger form, measuring 5*2 inches of 

 which the tail is 2-5. From the shape of my specimen, I have no 

 doubt of its being adult.* 



Loc. Only a single specimen of U. marmoratus was obtained in 

 S. E. Berar, near Chanda. It was found in my tent. 



16. Calotes versicolor, Daud. 



This lizard appears to me far less abundant in the portions of 

 Central India which I have traversed than it is in Bengal or 

 Madras. Although a tree lizard, it is by no means common in 



* H. Bcllii, Gray, Cat. Liz Brit. Mus. p. 155, of unknown locality, is close- 

 ly allied, but appears to have a more spinosc tail, and differently shaped chin 

 shields from the present species. 



