GEKO WALBERGII. 
diately under the rostral canthus. Eyes large ; pupil oval and vertical ; 
eyelid, which is confined to the upper and inner part of the eye, narrow, and 
covered with small granular scales, margined with a row of larger ones. 
External ear-opening narrow, oblique, broadest below, and in a line with the 
angle of the mouth. Rostral plate large, oblong, subquadrangular, and 
partially divided horizontally by a slender groove, which extends from one 
extremity to the other; nasal plates small, quadrangular, and separated from 
each other by two smaller, somewhat granular plates ; behind those a second 
row of four smaller ones, the outermost of each side forming the edge of the 
nostiil ; plates of upper lip, exclusive of rostral plate, eleven or twelve, of 
lower lip, exclusive of mental plate, eleven ; mental plate square. On the under 
surface of the lower jaw, bordering the labial plates, a row of smaller ones, 
which decrease in size towards the hinder extremities of the jaw. The scales 
of the upper lip, edged superiorly by a row of granular scales, larger than 
those on the other parts of the head. Scales of the upper and lateral parts 
of the head, very small, circulax-, convex, and closely set, but not imbricate. 
Scales on the body and tail rather larger than those of the head ; on the 
back, sides, and belly, they are flat ; on the tail, slightly convex. On the 
body, they are arranged in rows more or less oblique ; on the tail, in nearly 
ciiculai rings. The scales on the middle of the back, and upper surface of 
the tail, are subcircular, or slightly six-sided ; on the sides, belly, and under 
surface of the tail, ovate or six-sided, and slightly imbricate. The scales on 
the under surface of the tail larger than those on the upper surface. Scales 
of the under surface of the head, between the branches of the lower jaw, very 
small and granular. Toes strongly depressed, broadest near the point, and 
all, excepting the innermost of each foot, armed with a slender, highly curved 
claw. The upper portion of each toe is covered with small subovate scales, 
slightly imbricate ; the lower coated with ten or twelve transverse mem- 
branous plates, each slightly arched backwards, the two or three most 
distant from the point very short ; behind these, the remainder of the under 
surface consists of small scales, the largest along the centre line of the toe. 
Length from nose to base of tail 2 inches 8 lines; length of tail 1 inch 
10 lines. 
Inhabits the country to the eastward of the Cape Colony ; and the only specimen I 
have seen was procured by Mr. Walberg, of Stockholm, while travelling in Kafferland. To 
the liberality of this gentleman and Professor Sunderwall, I am indebted for the opportunity 
of figuring and describing the species. 
