278 Lacertldfe. 



5 or C pairs of chiu-sliielils, tlio first three, ravelv Iwo, in contact in 

 the middle ; 2(5 to 35 gular scales in a straight line between the 

 syiujshysis of the chin-shields and the median collar-plate ; gnlar fold 

 more or less distinct. Collar angular, free or attached in the middle, 

 composed of 7 to 11 small plates. 



Scales juxtaposed, granular, flat, smooth, larger towards the veutrals, 

 53 to 67 (usually 58 to 63) across the middle of the body. Ventral 

 plates in 12, rarely 10 or 14, straight longitudinal series, and 32 to 37 

 transverse series, mostly as long as broad or a little broader than long. 

 Preaual plate usually rather large and much broader than long, some- 

 times small in females, bordered by 2 or 3 semicircles of small plates. 



Scales on upper surface of tibia round and juxtaposed, as large as 

 or a little larger than dorsals, smooth or obtusely keeled ; one series 

 of large and one or two of small plates on the lower surface. 13 to 22 

 femoral pores on each side, usually 14 to 20. Subdigital lamellse bi-, 

 tri-, or quadricarinate, 18 to 23 under the fourth toe, usually 20 to 22. 



Upper caudal scales very oblii|ue, truncate behind, feebly and 

 diagonally keeled, lower smooth ; 26 to 32 scales in the fourtli or fifth 

 whorl. 



Grey, greyish or yellowish brown, or reddish above, with dark grey, 

 blackish or reddish round spots, usually four in number, irregularly 

 scattered or forming transverse series (jr even confluent into cross-bars, 

 sometimes accompanied liy small round bluish-white spots contiguous 

 to the dark ones ; rarely with irregular transverse series of ocellar 

 spots ; sides of tail often with dark vertical bars ; upper surface of 

 head sometimes blackish in males. Lower parts white. 



The red colour predominates in specimens from Tripoli and Algeria. 



This species shows no trace of striation, and thus stands in the 

 same relation to E. gntlvJala as L. oceUata to L. viridis. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



