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little louger; granules between the supraoculars and superciliaries 

 forming a complete series ; masseteric disc moderate or small, or 

 absent; 4 or 5 upper labials anterior to the subocular. Collar 

 even-edged, composed of 7 to 10 small plates ; 26 to 31 scales and 

 granules in a straight line between the symphysis of the chin-shields 

 and the median collar-plate. Dorsal scales round and flat, perfectly 

 smooth, 51 to 56 across middle of body, 3 or 4 corresponding to a 

 ventral plate. Usually a ti-ansversely enlarged plate in front of the 

 preanal.* Scales on upper surface of tibia as large as or smaller 

 than dorsals, feebly keeled. 16 to 21 I femoi-al pores on each side. 

 28 or 29 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. Caudal scales strongly 

 keeled. 



Grreyish or pale yellowish brown above, with small darker markings ; 

 a more or less distinct dorsolateral series of small light spots ; lower 

 parts white or yellowish, the outer row of ventrals with blue spots. 



Does not exceed a length of 57 niillim. from end of snout to vent. 



This form, known from the neighbourhood of Tiflis and Elizabeth- 

 pol, and of which a specimen from Armenia (Chantre) is preserved 

 in the Paris Museum, agrees in most respects with the var. saxicola. 

 Some of the characters given in the above description are taken from 

 Mchely's, as I have only examined three specimens, the first of which 

 is one of the types of L. depressa, preserved in the Turin Museum. 



Kessler gave the length of the type specimen as 46 millim. from 



* This is absent in the specimen in the Paris Museum, 

 t 20 to 22 according to Kessler, 



