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Var. savignyi. 



1. Elba: Trevelyan. 



2. Wady-el-Kurm : Tristram. 



3. L. Bamas : Barrois. 



4. Sardinia: Lataste. 



5. Fao, Persia : dimming. 



6. Gensan, Corea : Leech. 



In the typical form the tibia is not longei* than the 

 thigh, not or but slightly longer than the foot; when 

 the limbs are folded, the heels hardly or just meet 

 without overlapping, and when stretched forwards 

 the heel or tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tym- 

 panum or the eye. In the var. savignyi the proportions 

 are the same, or approach those of the var. meridionalis, 

 as, for instance, in the specimen from Elba. In 

 the var. meridionalis the form is more slender ; the 

 tibia is longer than the femur, longer than the foot, 



