32 REPTILES. 



The FiTE-sTREAKED LizARD. Lacci'ta sti'igata, Eichw. Zool. 

 Spec. iii. ISS. Fauna Casp. 70, t. 20, f. 4 — 6. Lac. quinquevit- 

 tata, Menetr. Lac. Michaliellesii, Fitz. Lac. viridis, var. Dum. 

 etBih.E. G. 210,218. 



Brown, black-spotted, with 5 narrow white streaks ; scales of 

 the temple large ahove and below, smaller in the centre. 



Inhab. Caucasus, Syria, Dalmatia. 



The Sand Lizard. Lacerta agilis, Linn. Licht. Cat. Douh. 

 Wolf. Sturm. Fauna, t. Bonap. F. Ital. t. Bell. B. R. t. 

 Lac. Europa, Pallas. Lac. vulgaris, Mullei', Z. D. L. angui- 

 fonnis, Sheppard P Lac. stirpium, Baud. R. iii. 153, t 35,/. 2. 

 Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 196. Duges, Ann. S. N. xvi. 376. Edw. 

 Ann. N. S. xvi. 65, 83, t. o,f. 4, t. 8./. 1, 2. Seps varius, Laur. 

 Syn. 62, 172, t. 3,/. 2. S. caerulescens, Laur. 62, 171, t. \,f. 3. 

 S. Argus, Laur. 61, 161, ^. 1,/. .5. S. ruber, Laur. 62, 169, t. 3, 

 f. 3. S. stellatus, Schrank, F. B. 117. Koch, Sturm, F. i. L. 

 Laurenti, Daud, R. iii. 227. L. arenicola, Daud. R. iii. 230, t. 

 38,/. 1. L. sepiura, Griffith, A. K. ix. 116. Seha, i. t. 97,/ 1. 

 ii. t. 4,f. 5. t. 79, f. 5. Ediv. Glean, i. t. 244. Lac. rosea. Li ca- 

 tenata, Fitz. 



The upper hinder nasal small, rather in front of the larger low- 

 er one ; scales of the temple small, unequal, irregularly many- 

 sided, often with a larger central one ; throat-fold indistinct ; 

 brown, spotted or eyed with black, sides green, brown-eyed, be- 

 neath white. 



a. Adult, in spirits. S. Europe. Presented by the Hon. A. Rus- 

 sell. 



b — d. Young, in spirits. Sometimes with a small scale behind 

 the lower hinder nasal. S. Europe. Presented by the Hon. 

 A. Russell. 



e,f. Adult, in spirits. Pool-heath, Dorsetshire. Presented by W. 

 Thompson, Esq. 



ff — i. Adult in spirits. S. Europe. 



3. Thetia. 



Nostrils between the anterior and 2 superposed hinder nasal 

 plates. Lower eyelid transparent. Throat with a slight cross fold 

 under the ears. Collar feebly marked, not toothed. Temples co- 

 vered with scales. Scales of the back round, smooth, granular. 

 Preanal shield single, surrounded by smaller ones. 



The Thetia. Thetia perspicillata. Lacerta perspicillata, 

 Lhim. et Bib. E. G. v. 249. 



Scales of the temple small, granular, equal ; of the back cir- 

 cular, convex; sub-collar of II scales; ventral shields 10-rowed. 



Inhab. Algiers, (one young specimen, Mus. Paris). 



