Description of Neio or little hmwrs 



Dapatnaya Trevelyanii. 7i. s., nobis. 



Black above, margin of scales pale. White beneath, wit'la 

 longitudinal series of black spots, formed of central spots oik 

 each scale. A line of triangular white spots, with their 

 apices directed upwards, along each side. Vent white. A 

 white line rising from this spot runs over the tail, and another 

 whitish line extends forwards from the vent for about f inch. 

 Tail short, and nearly covered with a white semi-conical 

 granular shield, tip ridged, a little produced. 



Length from 12 to 18 inches ; nearly of the same thickness* 

 throughout, about 1 inch. 



Habitat Kandyan Hills, 3 or 4 feet under ground, and m 

 the soil near the roots of Coffee trees and Cane. 



Some of the young are of a bluish colour, others are spotted 

 on the back. 



TRIBE. NYCTISAURA. 



FAM, GECKOTIDJE. 

 BOLTALIA. 



Toes free, ovate and dilated towards the end, with two 

 series of straight narrow nearly transverse closely adpressed 

 plates beneath, divided by a deep narrow groove, last joint 

 compressed, free, rather exserted, clawed. Thumb dilated, 

 and with a compressed last joint, like the toes, but clawless. 

 Back with granular scales and a few scattered larger granules. 

 Sides simple. Tail rather depressed, tapering, ringed, with 

 a central series of broad scales beneath. 



Bolt alia subljevis. Gray. 



Above dark rufous brown ; beneath sulphureous yellow, 

 sometimes clouded with black. Back granular, with two or 

 more longitudinal lines of larger granules on each side. 

 Scales of chin large. Tail armed with adpressed spines in 

 rings. Femoral pores in male only, from 16 to 20. 



Length 5| inches. 



Habitat. The Central and Southern Provinces. 



This Gecko we obtained in great abundance in Galle ; we 



