30 REPTILES. 



*** Ventral plates 12- or l4-rowed, the front roiv larger^ forming a 

 regular collar in front of the chest. 



Gallot's ZooTOCA. Zootoca Galloti. Lacerta Galloti, Z>Mm. 

 et Bib. E G. v. 238. 



Olive, witli interrupted black streaks ; scales of temple very 

 small, with a rather larger central disk; of the hack disco-quad- 

 rangular, rather flattened ; ventral shields 12- or 14-rov^^ed; femo- 

 ral pores 25 or 30. 



a, h. In spirits. Madeira. Presented by P. B. Webb, Esq. 

 ff Posterior nasal shields 2, small, one above the other. 



2. Lacerta, Linn. P Bonap, Podarcis, Wagler. 



Nostrils lateral, erect, in the lower hinder angle of the nasal 

 shield, with 2 posterior small scales, placed one over the other ; 

 throat with a narrow cross fold under the ears ; abdominal shields 

 square, the 2 central series narrower, with oblique sides ; dorsal 

 scales ovate, granular, thick, convex, small, not imbricate ; lower 

 eyelid opaque, covered with scales ; temple with many-sided line- 

 qual ovate scales ; preanal shield single, surrounded by smaller 

 ones. 



* Ventral shields 8- or 10-roived. Dorsal scales circular, granu- 

 lar, side bg side. Lacerta. 



The Eyed Lizard. Lacerta ocellata. Baud, Rept. iii. 12!5, t. 

 33. Edw. Birds, t. 202. Pet. Gaz. t. 92,/. 1. Bonap. F. Ital. t. 

 Licht. Doubl. 92. Edw. Ann. S. N. xvi. 63, 82, t. 5,f. 1 — 10, t. 

 l,f. 6, t, 8,/. 4. Duges, Ann. S. N. xvi. 368, L 15,/. 1,2, 7, 8, 9. 

 Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 218. Lizard vert, Lacep. Q. O. i. 309, t. 

 20. E. M. t. 6,f. 3. L. margaritata, Schinz. Abbild. 986, 33,/. 

 3. L. Jamaicensis, Daud, iii. 149. 



Green, reticulated or spotted with black, with large blue spots 

 on the sides ; temples covered with unequal polygonal convex 

 scales. 



a. Very large, in spirits, partly bleached. Senegal ? 



Lac. Senegalensis, Grai/, Ann. N. H. ii. 279. 



b. Adult, in spirits. Green, white or l)lue, closely dotted. S. Eu- 



rope. Presented by Mr. B. Leadbeater. 



c. Adult, in spirits. Black, netted and ringed with white specks. 



Portugal. Presented by J. Brightwell, Esq. 



d. Half-grown, in spirits, bleached. S. Europe. 



e. Young, in spirits, partly bleached. S. Europe. 



Lac. Lepida, Daud, R. iii. 204, t. 37,/. 1. 

 f,g. Half-grown, in spirits. Scales rather rhombic, obscurely 

 keeled. Algiers. 



