LACERTA MURALIS IN WESTERN EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA. 375 
in spirit, as they are now, such specimens cannot be distinguished from ordinary 
Minorca lizards. 
The Ayre Island specimens are described by Giinther (Zootoca lilfordi) as uniform 
deep shiny black above and of a beautiful sapphire-blue beneath. But some specimens 
from the same island sent to me alive by Sr. Ferrer are only of a very dark brown, with 
the dark markings (lines and spots) of the main island form perfectly distinguishable ; 
pale bluish-green or turquoise-blue spots on the sides of the lapis-blue belly, which 
may bear small black spots. Now that they have been in spirit for many years, Lord 
Lilford’s specimens also show very distinctly the dorsal markings. Some of the black 
specimens from La Guardia Island, near Majorca, collected by Sefior E. Bosca, have 
numerous pale bluish-green spots on the sides of the body and on the limbs. The 
young of these melanotic insular forms are described by Braun as brown above, 
with dark spots and lines, dark brown or black on the sides, with numerous blue spots, 
the tail dark green; the belly is greenish in the middle, black spotted with blue 
on the sides !. 
Measurements (in millimetres) :— 
Mahon. Ayre Id. (types). 
mamma aS 
dé. we 3. Q. 
Bromtesnoutto vente . « « AO 62 64 61 
BS s Hoel) & 9 4 6 @ a rds 22 28 23 
Ibaneidn Oi lage 5 6 6. © 6. Jo) a) als) 14 N7, 15 
Whidthnothcatem=. letimreeye so ww Le 9 12 g 
Dejan Neely og) 6 oo Joe Bm Ue 9 7 9 7 
none mimo o fe 8 ke ome 0. soe a) a we CAD 22 25 23 
Eindilimby cy Scions aes 6s 40 36 37 35 
Jae: oS dade oben ieee dE 19 19 18 
(tenis. Ql eas Gee oc! Seen 100 110 Cons 
* Tail reproduced. 
Particulars of some of the specimens examined (as in preceding table) :— 
1 Bt 038 ee 6. 
PraMhone. ©. ae = 700 °° 7827 NS Bx) 24225 
ae ie ere, oo 660 908" 28%. nleesbn 25-22 
ae ees ee! Gl, 7029 yO meee 23 
ae ie EE | Sy ov GUE ae LSONEN, OF Sy Mesa 92 
ReVINOLGas Nelle « = Of 80 26 10 36 21 
Peeidchney’. «2». . 64 85° 27 Tl 85 22-24 
se ie 64 83 30 9 37 23-24 
677 Fee 1 98) 1 oh 20 
1 Very detailed descriptions of the colours and markings in living specimens have been given by 
Braun, J. ¢. 
VOL. XVII.—Part Iv. No. 4.— October, 1905. 3D 
