VARIETIES OF THE WALL-LIZARD. 159 
50 to 60 scales correspond to the length of the head. 
The masseteric disk is always present and usually well developed ; in two specimens 
the parietal does not touch the upper postocular. Some females closely resemble the 
striped form of var. quadrilineata, and some males are also very suggestive of the 
so-called LZ. genet. ‘The belly is unspotted in all the specimens. 
There are also 9 specimens from a rocky island near the mouth of St. Paul’s Bay, 
presented by Capt. Lynes (PJ. XVII. fig. 7), 6 of which are here tabulated :— 
if 2. 3 4, 5. 6. hs 
By: 59 «= 85—ti«i Qin BBL ©. 24E 08h 1.86 
a Soe) POM OT lO: 44 SBn) o BARR 86 
. 5 70 26 10 338 21-22 35 
“ 5b Zk OF 9 | 84 op 945 38 
9 50 S80) A,” P35). aon 36 
48 70 329) 10 34) 202 ale aes 
In three specimens the parietal shield does not touch the upper postocular. ‘Two of the 
males have black spots on the belly, forming two longitudinal bands; the blue colour 
occupying the outer ventral shields forms an uninterrupted band from axil to groin. 
Two of the specimens, a male and a female, agree in this anomaly, that the fronto- 
nasal is divided into two, with an azygous shield between them and the prefrontals. 
Of the Filfola Rock form, specimens collected by Mr. Despott were received at the 
Zoological Gardens in 1910, and are still living. ‘The belly is black and blue on the 
sides, copper-colour, orange, or black in the middle in males, dull yellow or black in 
females ; dorsal spots of a pale green. 
I append particulars of 15 specimens, in spirit, obtained by the same collector, 
and preserved in the British Museum. 
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rei 80 77 rie 10 37 20-26 ? 
cps . ae) 76 28 11 36 23 34. 
7 77 28 11 36 24-25 ai) 
5 78 79 20 11 34 23-24: ? 
#6 76 70 28 1] 3d. 25-24: 32 
9 75 80 29 10 32 23-25 35 
> 74 77 27 12 36 24-26 dl 
> 7 7d 28 12 37 22-24: Bd. 
Bp 72 79 28 10 33 23-24. 35 
26 65 74. 28 11 34 22 ol 
z 64 75 30 9 3d 24: 31 
2p 62 74: 29 Val 38 24. 36 
29 62 70 28 12 32 24 Bd 
= 62 73 28 11 30 25 31 
57 70 30 9 34. 22-23 i 
In the last specimen the masseteric disk is absent. In 5 specimens the parietal 
shield does not touch the upper postocular. ‘The frontal shield is usually considerably 
vou. Xx.—PakrT 1. No. 4.—February, 1913. Z 
