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the other three preanal pores. The anterior border of the exterior 

 ear opening is distinctly denticulated with five enlarged and bluntly 

 pointed tubercles. Boulenger (Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., II, 1885, p. 

 406), with only Egyptian specimens before him, states that the ear 

 opening is without denticulation, and if this is invariably the case, 

 it indicates that the S;yTian specimens are at least racially distinct 

 from those in Egypt. 



This brilliant lizard was brought to Dr. Phillips' camp by an 

 Arab, who found it on the rocky mountainside of this desert valley. 

 It was the only one seen on the trip. 



Lacerta viridis strigata (Gray). 



Mann collected a beautiful highly colored adult of this race at 

 Rasheya, Mount Hermon. It is exactly matched in color and 

 squamation by a specimen from Tiflis. 



Lacerta danfordii (Giinther). 



Dr. Phillips preserved a single half-grown specimen of this species 

 from Petra. Finding it here seems to extend very considerably 

 its recorded range. Mr. Mann brought seven examples from 

 Shiba, near Mount Hermon. There is another specimen in the 

 Museum from Adana. The individuals from the three localities 

 suggest that there are several geographic races to be recognized 

 witliin this species, but, with but one example only from Petra in 

 the South, and one from Adana in the North, it is undesirable to 

 generalize. The Adana example is apparently very like the original 

 types. 



Acanthodactylus scutellatus Auduin. 



Met with once, when eight specimens were secured at Fuweila 

 in Sinai. 



