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LACERTID^. 



than the interparietal ; temporal scales small ; tympanic shield 

 distinct ; no masseteric or larj^c supratomporal. Gular fold distinct ; 

 20 to 35 scales on a line between the collar and the third pair of 

 chin-shields ; collar even-edged, with 9 to 11 plates. Dorsal scales 

 very small, granular, smooth or indistinctly keeled, not larger on 

 the sides, where four or five correspond to the length of a ventral 

 plate ; 00 to 75 scales across the middle of tlie body. Ventral 

 plates square, broader than long, median series narrower than the 

 others, in longitudinal and '23 to 2S transverse series. Prieanal 

 bordered by a series of scales. The adpressed hind limb reaches 

 usually the elbow or the axilla in the female, the shoulder or the 

 collar in the male. Scales on upper surface of tibia rather smaller 

 than dorsals. Femoral pores 10 to 2-4. Tail once and a half to 

 twice the length of head and body ; caudal scales truncate, upper 

 keeled. Olive or greyish above, dotted or spotted with greenish 

 and black ; frequently a more or less distinct broad black lateral 

 baud, dotted with greenish ; lower surfaces greenish, uniform or 

 black-dotted. One of the specimens in the collection is entirely 

 black. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 209 172 



Head . .\ 17 15 



Width of head 13 9 



Prom end of snout to fore limb 30 24 



From end of snout to vent 74 64 



Fore limb 29 21 



Hind limb 39 32 



Tail 135 108 



Madeira ; Canary Islands. 



a. J. Madeira. T. Bell, Esq. [P.]. (Type of 



Teira punctata.') 



l-d, e. (S 2- Madeira. Capt. Parry [P.]. 



f-k. c? 2 . Madeira. A. Christv, Esq. [P.]. 



l-o. cf 2 . Madeira. J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C.]. 



p, q. Several specs. : Madeira. 



c?,$,&hgr. 



r. 2 ■ Orotava. R. McAndrew, Esq. [P.]. 



s. Yg. Teneriffe. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



14. Lacerta oxycephala*. 



Lacerta oxvcephala, part., Dum. 4- Uibr. v. p. 235 ; Schreib. Herp. 



Eur. p. 404. 

 oxycephala, Bedriaga, Ahh. Senckenh. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 276. 



Head and body much depressed ; snout long, acuminate. Rostral 

 not entering the nostril ; two superposed postnasals ; five upper labials 

 anterior to the subocular ; a series of granules between the supra- 



* I have examined two specimens ( $ & bgr.) in Dr. v. Bedriaga's collection. 



