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a second series of white spots from the ear to the side of the body, which is marked 

 Avith small black and whitish spots ; a series of black spots along each side of the 

 back, within the dorso-lateral light streaks or series of spots ; two or three large, 

 blue, black-edged ocelli above the axil ; except for the absence of a dark vertebral 

 streak on the nape, the markings of this female are very similar to those of certain 

 specimens of L. parva, and they are obviously derivable from them. Throat and belly 

 bluish, with small black spots on the outer ventrals ; anal region, thighs, and lower 

 surface of tail reddish. A dark streak along each side of the tail, on the base of 

 which the dark and light dorsal markings are continued. 



* Young greyish above, the sides with a blackish network enclosing ronnd white 

 spots ; two series of vermicular black markings along the back ; two large, blue, black- 

 edged ocelli above the axil. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : — 



d. ?. 



From end of snout to vent ... 06 58 



„ fore limb . . 25 22 



Head 17 U 



AVidthofhead 11 9-5 



Depth of head 8 7"5 



Fore limb 23 19 



Hind limb 35 2S 



Foot 19 IG 



Partimdars of Specimens examined. 



*1. 2. 3. 4. 5. G. 7. 



S . Ardebil, Persia ...G6 54 28 23 9 18-19 



or. 



^ 



?. „ „ ... 58 53 29 25 7 18 2(5 



„ Rasano, Talisch ... 55 50 30 25 9 19-18 26 

 * For explauatiou of numbers, see p. 48. 



Hahitat. Known only from North-Western Persia and the neighbouring Trans- 

 caucasian Province of Talisch. The type-specimens are from Basminsk, between 

 Tabriz and Teheran. Mr. liantz's specimens are from a salt lake near Ardebil. 



I regard L. brandtii as one of the most primitive members of the L. muralis group, 

 which it connects with L. parva. Among the species with two superposed postnasals 

 it agrees with L. kpvis in having teeth on the pterygoids, but differs in the temporal 

 lepidosis, in the smaller occipital, in the 8 (or 10) rows of ventrals, and in the 

 shorter toes. 



I^CERTA L-EVIS. 



Lacerta Icevis Gray, Ana. N. H. i. 1838, p. 279, and Cat. Liz. p. 31 (1845); Giinth. Proc. Zool. 



See. 1864, p. 488 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 742 ; Bedriaga, Abh. Seack. Ges. 



xiv. 1886, p. 263 ; Bouleng. Oat. Liz. iii. p. 39 (1887). 

 Podarcis judaica, Cameraiio, Atti Ace. Torin. xiii. 1877, p. 92, pi. ii. figs. 2-5. 



