4. LACERTA. 33 



Balearic Islands. 



To this group belong the vara, fflr/liolii, Bodr., pitijusensis, Bosea 

 (An. Soc. Esp. Hist. Xat. xii. 1SS;3, p. 240), and the melanotic 

 lUfordii. 



Yar. lilfordii. 



Zootoca lilfovdi, part., Giinth. I. c. 

 Lacerta lilfnrdi, Braini, I. c. 



luuralis, var. liltordi, Bedriat/a, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1879, 



p. 225, pi. ix. tigs. 1-2. 



Scales extremely small, about 80 across the middle of the body, 

 4 or 5 corresponding to the length of a ventral ])lato. The hind 

 limb reaches the axilla in the female. Blackish brown above, 

 sapphiic-bluc interiorly. 



luillim. millim. 



Total length 174 120 



Head 17 15 



AVidth of head 12 9 



From end of snout to fore limb "Id) 23 



From end of snout to vent 64 61 



Fore limb 25 23 



Hind limb 37 35 



Tail 110 65* 



Islets in the Balearic Group. 



a-d. cS 2 • -^^^^ Island. Lord Lilford [P.]. (Types.) 



E. Yar. hispanica. 



Lacerta oxycepliala, var. hispanica, Steind, Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixii. 



1870, i. p. 336, pi. i. figs. 3-6 ; Boettg. Abh. Senckenb. Ges. xii. 



1881, p. .•-i76. 



oxycephala, part., Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 404. 



mm-alis, subsp. steindachneri, Bedriaga, Abh, Senckenb. Ges. 



xiv. 1886, p. 256. 



Head and body much depressed ; snout moderately long, acutely 

 pointed. Frequently five upper labials anterior to the subocular. 

 No masseteric shield. Collar-plates very small ; gular fold scarcely 

 indicated. Scales small, flat, smooth, roundish, 50 to 60 across the 

 middle of the body. Grey above, with five or seven longitudinal 

 blackish streaks usually bearing small irregular light spots ; the 

 lateral streak passing through the eye broadest, the vertebral 

 narrowest ; in the young, the lateral black streaks separated by 

 pure -white ones ; lower surfaces uniform whitish. 



* Tail reproduced, 

 VOL. m. D 



