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VARIETIES OF THE WALL-LIZARD. 19¢ 
respect being comparable to what obtains in LZ. muralis and its var. brueggemanni 
in some parts of Italy. The head and back are spotted, dotted, or vermiculated with 
black, the larger spots, if arranged with any symmetry, forming two vertebral series, 
as in the vars. bocagii and monticola; the sides are often black, with blue or white 
round spots ; larger round white spots usually form a series on each side of the back ; 
some specimens reticulated with black, much as in var. tiliguerta. Lower parts white, 
bluish, or yellowish; blue and black spots on the outer row of ventral plates, at least 
in the males. 
Measurements (in millimetres) :— 
ule 2. oe 4 5. 6 
From end of snout to vent . . .. £68 66 63 56 60 61 
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1. 3. Trebizond (type of L. depressa, var. modesta). 2. g. Crimea, 3. ¢. Tativ, E. Karabagh. 
4, g.Erdshias Dagh, Asia Minor. 5. 9. Belaje R., Ciscaucasia, 6, 2. Shuska, E. Karabagh 
(var. defilippit Boettg. nec Camer.). 
The largest specimens, ¢ and 2, examined by Méhely, measure 79 and 80 mm. 
from snout to vent, tail 150. 
The female specimen represented on PI. XXII. fig. 5, from Shuska, E. Karabagh, 
was referred by Boettger to the var. defilippii. A male from Erdshias Dagh, Asia 
Minor, is shown on fig. 6. 
The vars. braunert Méhely (Ann. Mus. Hung. vii. 1909, p. 509) and raddei Boettg. 
(Ber. Senck. Ges. 1892, p. 142), with which I am only acquainted through the descrip- 
tions, appear to connect this form with the var. defilippii. 
Var. PORTSCHINSKII. 
Lacerta taurica, part., de Filippi, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fis. 11. 1863, p. 386. 
Podarcis depressa, part., Camerano, Atti Acc. Tor. xii. 1878, p. 539. 
Lacerta portschinskii Kessler, Tr. Soc. Nat. St. Pétersb. viii. 1878, p. 160, pl. i.; Bedriaga, Arch. 
f, Naturg. 1879, p. 308. 
Lacerta muralis, var. depressa, part., Bedriaga, t. c. p. 312. 
Lacerta muralis, var. portschinskii Bouleng. P. Z. 8. 1904, ii. p. 337, pl. xxii. fig. 6. 
Lacerta muralis, part., Nikolsky, Herp. Ross. p. 136 (1905). 
Lacerta saxicola, var. chalybdea (non Kichw.) Méhely, Ann. Mus. Hung. vii. 1909, p. 513. 
Lacerta saxicola, var. portschinskit Nikolsky, Ann. Mus. Zool. Ac. St. Pétersb. xv. 1910, p. 493. 
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