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Scincodipus, g. n. Snout wedge-shaped ; nostrils between four shields, 
the rostral, first supra-labial, supra- and small post-nasal ; behind the supra- 
nasals an inter-nasal, a frontal, two parietals, and a moderately large inter- 
parietal. Eyes small ; eyelids scaly. Ear-opening very small. Tongue 
flat, covered with scale-like papillae. Palate toothless, with a median 
cleft behind, which does not reach as far back as the angle of the mouth. 
Sides of belly rounded. Only two posterior limbs, one-toed. Scales shin- 
ing, smooth. In habit resembling Scelotes, but agreeing with Sphenops 
in the arrangement of the head shields. Type, Sc. congicus, sp. n. 
Id. 1. c. p. 661, pi. figs. 1-6, Chinxoxo. 
Geckotid.®. 
WlEDERSHElM, R. Zur Anatomie uud Physiologie des Phyllodactylus 
europamSy mit besonderer Beriicksichtigung des Aquasductus Vesti- 
buli der Ascaloboten im Allgemeinen. Morph. JB. ' i. Heft 3, 
pis. xvii.-xix. 
Stenodactylopsis tessellatus^ sp. n., A. Gunther, Zool. Ereb. & Terror, ii. 
Reptiles, p. 16, Australia. 
Note on Phyllodactylus tuherculosus^ Wiegm. (= P. xanti, Cope), and 
description of P. ventralis, sp. n., from Jamaica; A. W. E. O’Shaugh- 
nessy, Ann. N. H. (4*) xvi. pp. 262 & 263. 
Hemidactylus echinus., sjJ. n., id. 1. c. p. 264, Gaboon River. 
Hemidactylus hengalensis^ Anders., II. giganteus, Stol., and Doryura 
herdmorii, Blyth, = H. cocfcei, D. & B. ; A. Gunther, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 226. 
■Gecko anamallensis^ sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 226, Anamallay Mountains. 
Tarentola ephippiata, sp. n., A. W. E..O’Shaughnessy, 1. c. p. 264, W. 
Africa. 
Ascalahotes gigas, sp. n., J. V. B. Du Bocage, J. Sci. Lisb. 1876, p. 108, 
pi., Ilheo-Raso, Cape Yerde Archipelago. 
Ptyodactylus homolepis, sp. n., W. T. Blanford, P. A. S. B. 1876, p. 232, 
Sind. 
Goniodactylus. Note on G. fuscus, Hallow, and caudiscutatus, Gthr., 
and description of G. hraconnieri, from New Granada, and G. sulcatus, 
from Cuba, spp. nn. ; A. W. E. O’Shaughnessy, Ann. N. H. (4) xvi., 
p. 266. 
Cyrtodactylus yarkandensis^ Anders., ex. typ., = Gymnodactylus sto- 
liczkce^ Steind., and the locality given by Anderson is perhaps incorrect ; 
W. T. Blanford, J. A. S. B. (n.s.) xliv. pt. 2, p. 193. 
Gyrnnodactylus elongatus and microtis, spp. nn., W. T. Blanford, P. A. 
S. B. 1876, p. 201 ; id. J. A. S. B. (n. s.) xliv. pt. 2, p. 193, Eastern 
Turkestan. 
Gymnodactylus Bedd., =i= wynadensis, Bedd., and is referred 
io Goniodactylus', Gymn. planiceps, Bedd., = G. littoralis, Jerd. ; G. 
gracilis, Bedd., ? — G. malaharicus, Jerd. ; G. collegalensis and speciosus, 
Bedd., = G. nehulosus, Bedd. A. Gunther, 1. c. p. 226. 
Stenodactylus orientalis, sp. n., W. T. Blanford, P. A. S. B. 1876, 
p. 232, Sind. 
