28 EEPTILES. 



Ventral shields 8-rowed ; the temple covered with mjiny-sided 

 shields with a larger central shield; olive, hack with a white-edged 

 hlackish streak on each side, and a central black streak, belly 

 orange (in summer), black-spotted. 



Var. 1. Black. Ireland. 



Lacerta nigra, Wolf. F. G. t. 



a — d. Adult, in spirits. Devonshire. 



e. Adult, in spirits, Cheltenham. 



/. Adult in spirits. S. of Europe. 



y, h. Adult, in spirits. Dalmatia. From M. Heckle's collection. 



Lac. crocea, Heckle. 

 i — k. Adult, in spirits. Pool-heath. Presented by W. Thompson. 

 Esq. 



** Ventral shields 6 or 8 roived. Dorsal scales small ^ broad, 6-sided. 



The TiLiQUERTA. Zootoca muralis. Lacerta muralis, 3Ier- 

 rem, Tent. 67. Licht. DouhL 92. Ediv. Ann. S. N. xvi. 67, 84, t. 

 6,f. 1, t. 7,/. 3, t. 8,/. 2. Duges, Ann. S. N. xvi. 380, t. \b,f. 5. 

 Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 230. Bonap. F. Ital. t. — . Seps muralis, 

 Laur. S. 6l,l62,t.l,f.4. Koch, Sturm, Faun. t. — , Seps sericeus, 

 Laur. 61, 160, t. 2,/. 5. Merrem, Tent. 63. Ameiva Tiliquerta, 

 Meyen, Syn. 28. Daud. Rept. iii. 167. L. agilis, Daud. Rept. iii. 

 211, t. 38,/. 1. Lezard gris, Daub. Q. Ovip. 636. L. Brongni- 

 artii, Daud. Rept. iii. 221. Fauna Franc, t. 9, f. 1. L maculata, 

 Daud. Rept. iii. 208, t. 37, /. 2. L. olivacea, and L. puccina, 

 Rafin. ? L. Merremia, and L. fasciata, Risso, E. Merid. iii. 86, 

 87. Podarcis Merremi, Filz. MSS. L. saxicola, Eversm. 3Iem. 

 Mosq. iii. 349, t. 30,/. 1. Z. quadrilineata, Gray, Ann. N.H. i. 

 279. 



Temple covered with small tubercular scales, with a large cen- 

 tral circular shield ; ventral plates 6-rowed, middle row rather the 

 narrowest ; head rather depressed ; scales of the back small, cir- 

 cular, convex ; collar continuous, even, not toothed, of 1 1 scales ; 

 green. 



a — c. Adult, in spirits. Green, sides black-varied, with 2 pale 

 streaks. Sardinia. Presented by the Rev. W. Hennah. 



d—f. Adult, in spirits. Larger ; green, varied with black, with a 

 pale streak on the upper part of each side. Sardinia. 



g,h. Adult. Blue, with a central series of black spots. Malta. 

 Presented by J. Ritchie, Esq. 



i — k. Adult. Smaller; blue, spotless. Shores of the Mediterra- 

 nean. Presented by the Rev. W. Hennah. 



/. Adult, in spirits. Like d. Portugal. Presented by T. Bright- 

 well, Esq. 



m. Half-grown, in spirits, bad state. Like g. S. Europe. Pre- 

 sented by T. Bell, Esq. 



