34 REPTILES. 



** Ventral shields 6-roived. Russian. 



The Small Lizard. Nucras? exigua. ZootocR exigua, Eichw. 

 Zool. Spec. iii. 188. Fauna Casp. ii. t. 10,/. 1 — 3. Lac, sylvico- 

 la, Eversm. N. Mem. S. N. Mosq. iii. 344, t. 31,/. 3. Lacerta 

 viridis, young, Dum, et Bib. E. G. v. 218. Lacerta cliloris, Fitz. 



Blackish grey, with 3 white streaks, sides white-dotted, thighs 

 white-spotted ; scales of the temple large in front, small behind ; 

 of the hack minute, very smooth ; abdominal shields 6-rowed. 



Inhab. Caucasus, Volga. 



The Steel Black Lizard. Nucras ? chalybdea. Zootoca 

 chalybdea, Eichiv. Fauna Casp. 73, t. 11,/. 1 — 3. Lacerta saxi- 

 cola, Eversm. N. Mem. Moscou, ii. 325. 



Violet brown, shining, black-dotted, sides obscurely banded, 

 black-spotted ; scales of the temple minute, with 3 larger ones in 

 a central series ; abdominal shields 6-rowed, middle one small. 



Inhab. Caucasus. 



b. Scales rhombic, keeled, imbricate. Collar indistinct. Algirajna. 

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



6. NoTOPHOLis. Ageroides, Bibron. Notopholis part, Weigm. 

 Lacerta, Sect. 1. Dum. et Bib. 



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

 with 2 smaller posterior nasal shields. Scales of the back large, 

 rhombic, keeled, and distinctly imbricated. Throat with a distinct 

 fold under the ears. Palate toothless. Preanal plate single, sur- 

 rounded with small ones in front. Ventral shields in 6 rows, the 

 outer and inner of each side narrower. 



Fitzinger's Notoppiolis. Notopholis Fitzingeri, Weigm. H. 

 Mex. 10. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 194. Lacerta nigra, Mus. Vien- 

 na, not Wolf. 



Back and sides- uniform, olive ; scales of the back and sides 

 equal, of the temple unequal, with granules in front and below; 

 the hind leg not reaching the armpits ; the preanal shield with 

 only 1 or 2 small scales on each side of its hinder edge. 



a. Adult, in spirits, Sardinia. From Dr. Heckle's collection. 



The Cape Notopholis. Notopholis? Capensis. 



Bluish olive, (dry) ; scales of the back and sides equal, large, 

 strongly keeled, of the temple smaller, rhombic, rather convex, sub- 

 equal. 



a. Stuffed. Under side destroyed ; tail reproduced. S. Africa. 



