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of partly confluent black spots; two black ocelli with white centres above the shoulder ; 
only very small spots on the sides of the tail; belly greyish white, with small black 
spots on the sides. 
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In the same part of the Pyrenees, but at a much lower altitude, I captured in June 
1878, on a wall in the town of Bagnéres de Bigorre, a rather remarkable specimen, 
preserved in the Brussels Museum, which my colleague M. Dollo has had the kindness 
to send me for re-examination. It is a female of large size (72 millim. from snout to 
vent), which attracted my attention by the presence of a large black ocellus with blue 
centre, above the axil, well displayed as the lizard sunned itself on the old wall. 
Head once and two-fifths as long as broad, much depressed }, its depth equal to the 
distance between the posterior border of the eye and the tympanum. Hind limb reaching 
the elbow of the adpressed fore limb ; foot once and one-fourth as long as the head. 
Frontal shield nearly as long as its distance from the end of the snout; series of 
supraciliary granules complete ; occipital much smaller than the interparietal ; masseteric 
disk rather small. 21 gular scales and granules on the median line; collar with 
entire edge, formed of 10 plates. Dorsal scales granular, flat, smooth, faintly keeled 
towards the tail, a little larger on the back than on the sides, where 3 correspond toa 
ventral plate ; 55 scales across the middle of the body ; 28 transverse series correspond 
to the length of the head. 29 transverse series of ventral plates. Scales on upper 
surface of tibia distinctly keeled, smaller than dorsals. Femoral pores 17 on each side. 
26 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. Caudal scales obtusely keeled, very obtusely 
pointed behind; the fourth whorl behind the postanal granules contains 36 scales, 
Colour grey-brown above, with a dark brown lateral band bordered above and below 
by a white streak ; a few blackish dots irregularly scattered on the back ; above the axil, 
the lateral band is interrupted by the large ocellar spot mentioned above; belly 
without spots. 
A side view of the head and anterior part of the body of this specimen (enlarged 
2% times) is given on Pl. XXV. fig. 7. 
* Quite as much as in a typical Z, depressa, 
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VOL. XVII.L—PART IV. No. 2.— October, 1905. 
