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males, usually ])lackisli, with numerous round light spots; females 

 frequently uniform yellowish brown or mahogany -brown on the back, 

 with a yellowish, black-edged dorso-lateral streak from the eye to the 

 tail, and another, wider light streak from the ear to the groin ; limbs 

 with round, dark-edged, light spots. Lower parts white or yellow, 

 without or with black spots, which are usually confined to the throat 

 and the outer row of ventral plates, but which sometimes form a band 

 along the second row of plates from the median line in females as 

 well as in males. According to Lorenz Milller, the lower parts are 

 sometimes bright orange in males. 



Specimens in w^hich th(; black markings preponderate on the upper 

 parts, the light ground-colour appearing as four dorsal lines with 

 small spots or cross-lines between them, have been named by Bedriaga 

 var. Corsica. 



The following notes are taken from living specimens from Sardinia, 

 for which I am indebted to Count Peraeca : 



Coppery brown, yellowish brown, greenish yellow% or bright green 

 above ; white, with mother-of-pearl sheen, or greenish yellow beneath ; 

 turquoise-blue spots always present above the shoulder and on the 

 outer ventral plates ; some specimens with numerous blue spots on 

 the sides, alternating with others of a green or greenish yellow shade ; 

 the dorso-lateral streak pale brownish or greenish yellow. 



Parficidars of Spechne)ii< Examined. 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 



Corsica : 



(J Orezza (type of var. Corsica) 

 „ Corte .... 



^ Ajaccio 



Sardinia : 

 (^ Latzorbu 



