30 LACERTADA. 
the mesial line, and a number of black ocellated spots, 
arranged almost continuously in somewhat irregular oblique 
fasciee, each of these spots having a white pupil. There 
are in this, as in the one described by Mr. Sheppard, about 
four black spots on the head. This specimen has a 
remarkably short tail, and some other structural peculiari- ; 
ties, which led me at first to suppose that it belonged to a 
different species; but I am now satisfied that it ss merely 
a variety of the present one. The comparative shortness of 
the tail probably arises from its having been mutilated 
and restored. 
Another variety is that to which I have before alluded, 
in which the upper parts are more or less of a green hue. 
In some this colour is brighter and hghter than in others ; 
but the usual colour is a rather dull brownish-green. Not 
