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Show 48 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON [Feb. 5, BATEACHIA. ECAUDATA. 1. RANA DELALANDII D. & B.-Gan Lebar. EEPTILIA. LAOERTILIA. 1. TROPIOCOLOTES TRIPOLITANUS Peters.-Biji. New to Somaliland. First discovered in Tripoli, this little Gecko has since been found in Tunisia and in Egypt. 2. PRISTURUS PHILLIPSH Blgr.-Gan Lebar. 3. HEMIDAOTYLUS ISOLEPIS Blgr.-Gan Lebar. 4. HEMIDACTYLUS L^EVIS, sp. n. (Plate VII. fig. 1.) Head short, oviform; snout as long as the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, which is small and round; forehead concave. Body and limbs rather short. Digits moderately dilated, free, with rather short distal joints; 4 lamella? under the inner digit, G under the median finger, 7 under the median toe. Upper parts covered with uniform small granules, largest on the snout. Eostral quadrangular, twice as broad as deep, with median cleft above ; nostril pierced between the rostral, the first labial, and three nasals ; 9 upper and 7 lower labials ; symphysial large, trapezoid, entirely separating the chin-shields, of which there are two pairs. Ventral scales moderately large, cycloid, imbricate, smooth. Brownish above marbled with darker, white beneath ; a dark brown streak on each side of the head, passing through the eye ; a dark brown, light-edged cross-bar at the base of the tail. millim. Total length 62 Head 12 Width of head 8 Body 27 Fore limb 13 Hind limb 16 Tail (reproduced) 23 A single female specimen from Gan Lebar. 5. HEMIDACTYLUS BARODANUS, sp. n. (Plate VII. fig. 2.) Head oviform ; snout a little longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, wdiich is rather large, oval, and oblique; forehead concave. Body and limbs robust. Digits strongly dilated, free, with long distal joints ; lamellae nearly straight, transverse, 7 or 8 under the inner digit, 9 under the median finger, 10 or 11 under the median toe. Upper parts covered with fine |