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III. Second Contribution to our Knowledge of the Varieties of the Wall-Lizard 
(Lacerta muralis). By G? A. Boununanr, MR.S., 2.2.8. 
(Received May 6, 1912; Read May 21, 1912.) 
[Puates XVI.—X XIII. and Text-figures 1-4. | 
In pursuance of the plan followed in the paper published in these Transactions in 
1905 *, I will now deal with the Lizards of South-Eastern Europe and the adjacent 
parts of Asia, thus bringing to a completion the account of the various forms of 
Lacerta muralis so far as the material at my disposal will permit. But as I have 
continued to amass material from the parts of Europe dealt with in the first contri. 
bution, I will first add supplements embodying the results of an examination of such 
material as seems likely to advance our knowledge. 
The hope which I expressed that Dr. Werner, Dr. Lehrs, and Prof. L. von Méhely 
would bring out the results of their investigation of the Eastern forms of this difficult 
group of Lizards has only been partly fulfilled by the last author, and I do not think it 
desirable to wait any longer. Dr. Werner has for the present abandoned his intention, 
and most generously handed oyer to me, for description, his valuable collection, on which 
I have largely drawn, and he has further allowed me to keep duplicates for the British 
Museum. I wish to express publicly to him my hearty thanks. Much further help 
in various directions has been received from Dr. de Bedriaga and Count Peracca. <A 
visit to Florence last winter, in company with Count Peracca, has enabled me to survey 
rapidly the beautiful collection, from all parts of Italy, brought together by the late 
Prof. Giglioli, to whose successor, Prof. Giglio-Tos, I beg to convey my thanks for 
facilities granted on that occasion. 
My thanks are also due to Prof. Ehlers, of Gottingen, for the loan of the types of 
L. hierog/yphica, and to Dr. Gaillard, of Lyons, for the loan of Lizards from Asia Minor 
and the Caucasus. 
The discussions which have arisen between Prof. Méhely and myself concerning 
the characteristics and relationships of these Lizards have appeared in the following 
publications :— 
L. v. Minevy.—Zur Lésung der ‘ Muralis-Frage’. Ann. Mus. Hung. v. 1907, p. 84. 
G. A. Boutencer.—Remarks on Prof. L. von Méhely’s Paper “ Zur Losung der ‘ Muralis- 
Frage’.” Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xx. 1907, p. 39. 
L. v. Miuery.—Archeo- und Neolacerten. Ann. Mus. Hung. v. 1907, p. 469. 

* Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. p. 851.—For brevity’s sake, this paper will be quoted as Tr. 1905. 
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