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LACEHTID^. 



w. Yjr. 



:i--y. $ & hgr. 



p-0-. c5'- 



T-x- cJ & yg- 



Xliarlvov. 



Saratov. 



A^traehan. 



Ddiigiis, near Orenburg. 



Ural. 



Siikum Kaleb. 



Tomsk. 



Minu.^sinsk, Yeniseisk. 



Arcatberge. 



Kirghiz Steppes. 



Kiver Ilek. 



Kiver Kungess, S. of 



Kulja. 

 Upper Ili. 

 Alt3-n-]<]mel, between 



Kopal and Wernoje. 

 Lepsinskaja Staniza. 



Yelenowka, Lake Gok- 



scha. 

 Lepsa, Ala Tau. 

 Ala Tau. 

 Between Semipolatinsk 



and Ajagus. 



St. Petersburg ^fus. 

 St. Petersburg Mus. 

 St. Petersburg Mus. 

 St. Petersburg Mus. 

 Petersburg Mus. 



St. 



St. Petersburg Mus. 



s. [E.]. 

 s. [E.]. 



St. Petersburg Mus. 

 St. Petersburg Mus. 

 Geograph. See. of Premen 



'E.j. 

 E.i. 



[E.I. 

 -D.J. 



St. Petersburg Mus. 

 St. Petersburg Mus. 

 St. Petersburg Mus. 



St. Petersburg Mus. 

 St. Petersburg Mus, [E 



St. Petersburg Mus. [E.]. 



St. Petersburg Mus. [E.]. 



Geograpb.Soc. of Bremen. 

 St. Petersburg Mus. [E.^ 

 St. Petersbui'g Mus. [E. 



6. Lacerta parva. (Plate I. fig. 1.) 



Lacerta, sp., Bedriaga, Ahh. Senchenb. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 148 (foot- 

 note). 



Head small, as long as the distance between the extremity of the 

 fourth toe and the base of the fifth ; snout moderate, obtuse. Eostral 

 not touching the nostril ; two regularly superposed postnasals ; a 

 single anterior loreal in contact with the frontonasal ; four upper 

 labials anterior to the subocular ; a series of granules between the 

 supraoculars and the supraciliaries ; occipital much shorter and 

 slightly broader than the interparietal ; temples covered with very 

 unequal scales ; masseteric and tympanic shields distinct, large ; 

 outer edge of the parietal bordeied by a large upper temjjoral and 

 four granular scales. Gular fold well marked ; 20 gular scales 

 on a line between the collar and the third pair of chin-shields ; 

 collar with serrated edge, composed of eight plates. Dorsal scales 

 rhomboidal, juxtaposed, strongly keeled ; lateral scales slightly 

 larger than dorsals, smooth, two corresponding to the length of a 

 ventral plate ; 38 scales across the middle of the body. Ventral 

 plates in six (or eight when reckoning the marginals) longitu- 

 dinal series ; the second series on each side from the median 

 ventral line much the largest; 31 transverse series. Praeanal 

 plate bordered by two semicircles of small plates. The hind limb 

 reaches the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. Femoral pores 17. 

 Tail about once and a half the length of head and body ; caudal 

 scales strongly keeled, pointed posteriorly. Olive-brown above, 

 with four series of squarish dark-brown spots edged above and 



