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lACERTID^. 



Lacerta avonicnla, Dand. I. c. p. 230, pi. xxxviii. fijr. 2. 



aiiixuiforinis, Shcppard, Trans. Linn. Sue. vii. L'^Oi, p. 51. 



ajrilis, var. ervtlironotus, i^//;//;^. N. C/assif. liept. p. 51. 



sericea, GliicliwUy, Lotos, 1851, p. ll.'>. 



agilis, var. ischlieusis, Bedriaga, Enst. d. Farh. h. d. Eidechs. 



1874, p. 18. 

 , vars. tvpica et rubra, Bcdriaga, Ahh. Senckenb. Ges. xiv. 



188C), pp. 130, 144. 



TJsiially a single postnasal and two superposed anterior loreals, 

 the three shields forming a triangle. Median dorsal scales very 

 narrow, sharply difForeiitiated from the broader laterals ; 34 to 

 4G scales across tbc middle of the body. Usually a single semi- 

 circle of scales bordering the anal, none of which are much enlarged. 

 Young greyish-brown above, with longitudinal series of white, 

 black-edged ocelli ; no light vertebral streak; lower surfaces whitish, 

 immacuhite. Adult female brown or greyish above, the vertebral 

 zone darker than the sides of the back, with large dark brown 

 spots with a central white shaft or round spot ; usually the larger 

 spots form three longitudinal series on the body ; belly cream- 

 coloured, with or without black spots. Male, during the breeding- 

 season, green on the sides and lower surfaces, rarely also on the 

 back ; sides black-dotted, usually with lighter ocelli ; lower surfaces 

 more or less abundantly spotted with black. A form {L. rubra : 

 specs. 9, v-iv) is distinguished by the unspotted reddish-brown or 

 brick-red back. 



6. 9- 



millim. millim. 



Total length :^06 212 



Head 20 18 



Width of head 14 12 



From end of snout to fore limb . 29 27 



From end of snout to vent .... 78 87 



Fore limb 21 25 



Hind limb 31 34 



Tail 128 125 



South of England, Xorthern, Central, and Eastern France, Belgium, 

 Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Eiissia. 



a-b. cJ 2 . Poole Heath. W. Thompson, Esq. [P.]. 



c-d. S • Bournemouth. G. A. Bouleuger, Esq. [P]. 



e-q, h. S 2- Ptingwood. F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



i-o. c? , 2 , & yg- Dlisseldorf. W. F. Kirby, Esq. [P.]. 



p, q. Many specs. : Berlin. G. A. Bouleuger, Esq. [P.]. 



6, 2,'hgr., &yg. 



r-v, v-io. S 2 • Dresden. G. A. Bouleuger, Esq. [P.]. 



X. Several specs. : J 5 . Prague. 



y. 6- Transylvania. C. G. Danford and J. A. H. 



Brown, Esqrs. [P-]- 



z-3. c? . Iviev. St. Petersburg Mus. [E.]. 



