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chiefly differs from that genus in the length and compression of the tenni- 
nal joints of the toes, and from Naultinus in their being compressed and 
wanting on the thumbs. 
Gehyra oceanica. Gecko oceanicus, Lesson, Voy. Coq. t. 2, fig. 3, had. 
HemidacOylus oualensis, Bibron, Kept. t. 28, fig. 7. G. gularis, Brit. Mus, 
Inhabits Islands of the Pacific ; Mr. Stutchbury. Brit. Mus. 
Naultinus Pacijicus, Gray. Thumbs clawless : scales uniform, except j ust 
before and behind the vent: pale brown, with an irregular broad streak on 
each side, united by 6 or 8 unequal pale-edged dark cross bands. 
Inhabits South Sea Islands. Brit. Mus. 
Boltalia, Gray. Fam. Geckotidee. Tribe Hemidactylina. Toes free, 
plates beneath numerous, narrow, nearly transverse, closely appressed, di- 
vided by a deep narrow groove : thumbs similar : femoral pores distinct : 
tail rather depressed, ringed, with a central series of shields beneath. Be- 
tween Gehyra and Hemidactylus. 
Boltalia suhlevis, Gray. Grey, yellow beneath : the back covered with 
small granular scales, with 2 or 3 interrupted series of rather larger ones on 
each side : scales of chin small, granular, of belly smooth, moderate sized. 
Inhabits India. Brit. Mus. 
Hemidactylus depressus, Gray. Tail depressed, rather broad, with a broad 
central groove above and below, lower broadest : back and hinder part of 
the thighs with rather distinct, large, oblong, triangular, keeled tubercles. 
Inhabits Madagascar. Brit. Mus. 
Hemidactylus mercatoriuSy Gray. Pale brown ; head with 2, back with 3 
interrupted angular black cross bands; tail with irregular black cross bands: 
beneath yellowish white : back with small, roundish, trihedral, tubercular 
scales. 
Inhabits Madagascar. Brit. Mus. 
Hemidactylus fasciatus^ Gray. Pale brown, minutely black speckled, 
with a broad, arched, dark band from the ears, across the nape, 3 broad 
bands across the back: back with 16 regular longitudinal lines of rather 
small rounded tubercles : chin with 2 small shields behind the lower rostral 
shields, and 3 or 4 rather larger scales behind the first under central plate : 
tail rounded on the sides and slightly ringed with distant small tubercles. 
Inhabits ? Brit. Mus. 
Goniodactylus Boei, Gray. Blackish (discoloured ? in spirits) : back with 
close, squarish, minute, uniform, rather prominent scales : tail slender, 
longer than the body: lower labial shields unequal, 3 front large, the 
second largest, rest small ; the chin-scales moderate, triangular behind, with 
2 small polyzonal shields behind them ; rest of throat-scales small, polyzonal. 
Inhabits India. Brit. Mus. 
Tolarenta, Gray. Fam. Geckotidee. Tribe Tolarentina. Toes 5.5, 
free, elongate, slender, unequal, clawed ; little toes of hind feet very low 
down, each with several series of sharp scales beneath : tail elongate, with 
rings of close keeled scales : head and body with small, lanceolate, thin, im- 
bedded scales; belly with thicker : limbs slender, long : femoral pores none. 
The feet are like those of an Agama, but the head, nostrils and eyes show 
that it belongs to this family. 
