]26 LacertUhe. 



four series of ill-defined irregular blackish spots on the back, and two 

 series of yellowish green spots on each side. 



Habitat.- — The Roques del Zalmor, near Hierro. The same large 

 lizard is also said to have been found on Hierro itself. 



Measurements (in millimetres) of L. ijalloti (1, 2), stehlini (3, 4), 

 and simony i (5, 6). 



Section III. Zootoca, Wagl. — Transverse series of ventral plates 

 with notches between the plates,* longitudinal series 6 or 8 ; collar 

 serrated ; a single postnasal (exceptionally 2) ; femoral pores 5 to 15 ; 

 pterygoid teeth absent (with very rare e.x^ceptions) . 



A. Parietal foramen jjresent. 



25 to 37 scales across body, dorsals usually keeled, rarely smooth ; 

 preanal shield bordered by two (rarely one) semicircles of 

 smaller shields ; granules between supraoculars and siiper- 

 ciliaries absent or reduced to 1 to 4 ; hind limb reaching 

 wrist or elbow in males, not beyond wrist in females ; 5 to 15 

 femoral pores ; 14 to 20 lamellse under foiirth toe. 



L. vivijmra, Jacq., p. 127. 



32 scales across body, dorsals smooth, faintly keeled towards 

 tail ; preanal shield bordered by two semicircles of smaller 

 shields, the median of the inner series transversely enlarged ; 

 4 or 5 granules between supraoculars and superciliaries ; 

 hind limb reaching wrist in female ; 14 or 15 femoral pores. 



L.fraasii, Lelirs, p. 140. 



38 to 53 scales across body, dorsals smooth or feebly keeled, 

 laterals not smaller; preanal shield bordered by a single 

 semicircle of smaller shields, rarely by two ; 2 to ] 2 granules 

 between supraoculars and su.perciliaries ; hind limb reaching 

 elbow or axil in males, wrist in females ; 6 to 12 femoral 

 pores; 21 to 26 lamellae under fourth toe . L. derjngini, Nik., p. 142. 



* Except in some sjjecimens of L. derjugini, in which the border is nearly 

 straight, as in L. muralis, thus completely filling up the gap between this Section 

 and I'odarcis. 



