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blue beneath. But some specimens from the same island sent to me 

 alive l)y Sr. Ferrer are only of a very dark brown, with the dark 

 markings (lines and spots) of the Minorca form perfectly distinguish- 

 able; pale l)luish green or turcjuoise-blue spots on the sides of the lapis- 

 blue Ijelly, which may bear small black spots. Now that they have 

 been in spirits for many years, Lord Lilford's specimens also show very 

 distinctly the dorsal markings. Some of the black specimens from La 

 Guardia Island, Colomer Island, and Cabrera Island, all near Majorca, 

 have numerous pale bluish green spots on the sides of the body 

 and on the limbs. The young of these melanistic insulars are 

 described by Braun as brown above, with dark spots and lines, 

 dark brown or black on the sides, with numerous l)lue spots, tail dark 

 green ; the belly is gi'eeuish in the middle, black spotted with blue on 

 the sides. 



Particulars of Specimens Examined. 



