40 LACEPvTID^. 



Femoral pores IG to 21. Tail about twice as long as head and 

 bod}- ; upper caudal scales truncate, stron<ily keeled. Olive-grey 

 above, back uniform or scantily dotted with black ; a blackish 

 band or series of black spots on each side, extending to the eye or the 

 loreal region ; sides with round white spots ; lower surfaces uniform 

 greenish white (in spirit). 



A- 5- 



millim. millim. 



Total length 232 193 



Head 21 15 



Width of head 15 10 



From end of snout to fore limb 32 25 



From end of snout to vent 80 71 



Fore limb 28 24 



Hind limb 46 39 



Tail 152 122 



Syria. 



a. $. ? [Type.] 



b-cl. J 2 • Damascus. Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 



e-ff. d 2 • Jerusalem. Canon Tristram [C.l 



h. (S . Dead Sea. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



18. Lacertajayakari. (Plate II.) 



Head moderately depressed : snout long, obtusely acuminate. 

 Eostral entering the nostril ; two superposed postnasals ; six upper 

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

 supraoculars and the supraciliaries ; occipital broader than the inter- 

 parietal ; temple minutely and uniformly granulate, the granules 

 much smaller than the dorsal scales ; tympanic shield very small ; 

 a large anterior supratemporal shield, followed by a series of smaller 

 ones. No trace of a gular fold ; 47 to 50 gular scales on a line 

 between the collar and the third pair of chin-shields; collar with 

 very slightly serrated edge, composed of 13 or 15 small plates. 

 Dorsal scales very small, granular, round, convex, smooth or very 

 indistinctly keeled, 85 to 95 across the middle of the body ; foiir 

 or five lateral scales coi respond to the length of the ventral shield. 

 Veutrals broader than long, in eight longitudinal series, the outer 

 series narrowest, the others equal ; 27 or 28 transverse scries. 

 Pnx'anal small, surrounded by two or three semicircles of smaller 

 plates. The hind limb reaches the collar. Scales on upper surface 

 of crus bliglitly larger than dorsals, obtusely keeled. A series of 

 large shields under the arm. Femoral pores 26 to 28. Tail about 

 twice as long as head and body ; upper caudal scales truncate, 

 strongly keeled. Olive above ; adult uniform, white-spotted on the 

 cheeks and sides of the neck ; yoimg spotted with black and whitish 

 all over the body, with three black vertical bars on the temple and a 

 black spot on each labial shield. Lower surfaces uniform yellowish. 



