98 DR. J. E. GRAY ON A NEW CEYLONESE LIZARD. [Jan. 24, Plate VII. Fig. 1. Cofuza deficiens, p. 74. I Fig. 7. Echana -plicalis, p. 86. 2. Jffriojn's discalis, p. 57. '• 8. Bertula chalyhealU ( ^ ), p. 87. 3. favia cafocaloidcs, -p. 11. 9. A?ioratka cosfalis { ^ ), p. 82. 4. FasccUina i-iridis, \). 7i). 10. Tycnarmon virgatalis, p. 92. 5. Episparis tortuosalis ( (? ), p. 81. j 11. Glyphodes lacustralis, p. 93. 6. Talapa caliginosalis, p. 82. i 12. Pycnarmon zebralis, p. 91. [End of Part II.] January 24, 1867. Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. Mr. P. L. Sclater called the attention of the Meeting to a speci-men of a s])ecies of Ratel (Melltvora), ohtained by the Society on the 3rd of August 1 866 from a dealer in Liverpool, who stated that he had received it by the West-African Mail. This animal appeared to belong to a species different from either the Indian Mellivora indica or the South-African M. cajiensis, of both of which the Society's Menagerie had for several years contained living specimens. Dr. Gray had diagnosed these two species of Mellivora in a recent com-munication to the Society * as follows : — Mellivora indicu. Black ; the back iron-grey ; crown of the head white. India. Mellivora capensis. Black; the back iron-grey ; the crown 'and a broad stripe down each side of the back to the tail white. South Africa. To these species, both correctly figured in the second series of AVolf and Sclater's ' Zoological Sketches,' Mr. Sclater proposed to add a third, founded upon the present specimen, to be diagnosed as follows : — Mellivora leucouota (Plate VIII.). Smaller: black; back white, ])urer towards the crown. West Africa. The following papers were read : — -I. On a New Geckoid Lizard from Ci^loii. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., Y.P.Z.S., &c. (Plate IX.) The British Museum has lately received from Mr. Cutter some specimens of a Gecko from Ceylon, whicli appear to be undescribed and to form a distinct genus, which may be called Geclioella. Toes five on each foot; they are thick at the base, with the ends more slender and rather compressed ; the under surface is furnished * See P. Z. S. 1865, p. 680.
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