284 Lacertidas. 



feebly keeled ou the posterior part of the back, 50 to 66* across the 

 middle of the body, 34 to 51 corresponding to the length of the head, 

 3 or 4 to one ventral plate. Preanal bordered by one or two semicircles 

 of smaller plates, sometimes preceded by a transversely enlarged plate. 



Scales ou upper surface of tibia as large as or a little larger than 

 dorsals, t more or less strongly keeled. 16 to 22+ femoral pores on 

 each side. 25 to 31 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. 



Caudal scales forming alternately longer and shorter whorls, the two 

 median dorsal series more or less distinctly enlarged; these scales 

 truncate and more or less diagonal, strongly keeled, the outline on the 

 side more or less distinctly serrated, but far less than in var. rudis ; 

 22 to 28 scales in the fourth or fifth whorl behind the postanal 

 granules. 



A female from the Belaja K. (affluent of Kuban K.) in Ciscaucasia 

 agrees well with the diagnosis given by Eversmann (L. supra latitudine 

 capitis prasina, nigro-maculata, lateribus brunnea, nigro-maculata, 

 subtus margaritacea versus latera cserulescens, rostro acuto, capita 

 depresso ; cauda longissima, scutellis argute carinatis annulata), and 

 also with the figure which accompanies his description. I have, 

 therefore, no doubt as to the correctness of the identification. 



A specimen from the South Coast of Crimea, received alive from 

 Mr. A. Brauner, and which agrees in all essential points with the 

 above, was grass-green above, blackish brown on the sides ; head, limbs, 

 and tail golden brown ; turquoise-blue spots above the axil and on the 

 outer venti'al shields ; pinkish white beneath. 



Some specimens are green above, others are grey or brown, the 

 variation in this respect beiug comparable to what obtains in L. muralis 

 and its var. hrueggemanni in some parts of Italy. The head and back 

 are spotted, dotted, or vermiculate with dark brown or black, the 

 larger spots, if arranged with any symmetry, formiug two vertebral 

 series, as in the vars. hocagii and monticola ; the sides are often black, 

 with blue or white round spots ; larger round white spots usually form 

 a series on each side of the back ; some specimens reticulate with black, 

 much as in var. tiliguerta. Lower parts white, bluish, or yellowish ; 

 blue and black spots on the outer row of ventral plates, at least in the 

 males ; the belly is much spotted with blackish in a lai'ge male from 

 Trebizond in the Paris Museum. 



* 49 to 67 according to Meliely. 



t Much larger in a male from Borjom, Govt. Tiflis, which, as pointed out to 

 me by M. Lantz, is a transition-form between this variety and the var. rttdis ; 

 also in a male from Trebizond in the Paris Museum. 



I 16 to 25 (usually 18 to 22) according to Mehely. 



