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Show 1896.] BATRACHIANS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 865 5. JELUROSCALABOTES FELINUS, Gthr. Pentadactylus felinus, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 117. AZlurosaurus felinus, Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 73. Mluroscalabotes felinus, Boul. op. cit. iii. p. 482. The type specimen in the British Museum is from Singapore. Hab. Malay Peninsula and Borneo. 6. HEMIDACTYLUS ERENATUS, D. & B. Hemldactylus frenatus, Cantor, p. 23; Stol. J. A. S. B. p. 104; Boul. Cat. Liz. i, p. 120. Cantor says this species is " very numerous in valleys and hills ; Malayan Peninsula, Pinang, and Singapore." Stoliczka says it "occurs in Penang; I only obtained it on two occasions, both times on the pillars of the verandah; it seems to have been expelled from the interior apartments by the much stronger Perlpla peronii" (=Gehyra mutilata). I had not seen Stoliczka's paper when I wras at Penang, but arrived at the same conclusion about the habits of this species; during a fortnight that I spent on Penang Hill last March, I noticed that while Gehyra mutilata swarmed in my room, the smaller Hemldactylus frenatus was only to be found in the outer verandah. I also found this species in Georgetown, Penang. The largest specimen I got was 106 mm. in total length (H.B. 53 mm., tail 53 mm.). Hab. Southern India, China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, islands of Western Pacific and Indian Oceans and St. Helena. 7. HEMIDACTYLUS GLEADOVII, Murr. Hemldactylus maculatus, part., Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. Hemidactylus gleadovii, Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 129 ; id. Fauna Ind., Rept. p. 86 (figured). Giinther mentions having seen specimens from Singapore. Hab. India, Ceylon, Burma, South China, and Malay Peninsula. 8. HEMIDACTYLUS DEPRESSUS, Gray. Hemidactylus depressus, Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 134. There is a specimen from Singapore in tbe British Museum. Hab. Ceylon, Malay Peninsula. 9. HEMIDACTYLUS LESOHENAULTI, D. & B. Hemldactylus leschenaultii, Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 136. There is a specimen in the British Museum from Penang from Dr. Cantor. Bab. India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula. 10. HEMIDACTYLUS COCT^EI, D. & B. Hemidactylus coctaei, Cantor, p. 23 ; Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 137. Cantor observed two males in bouses in the valley of Penang. Hab. India, Malay Peninsula. 56* |