44 lacrtitid.t;. 



Head-shields normal. T^ostril pierced between three nasals and 

 the first labial. Lower eyelid scaly. Collar well marked. Dorsal 

 scales very large, imbricate, strongly keeled ; ventrals squarish, 

 feebly imbricate, smooth. Digits feebly compressed, with smooth 

 or tubercular lamella) inferiorly. Femoral poies. Tail long, cylin- 

 drical. 



Eastern coast of the Adriatic, Greece, Sardinia, Corsica. 



Sj/)W2:)s{s of the Specie.f. 



The hind limb, stretched forward, reaches 



the axilla or beyond ; lateral scales 



much smaller than dorsals, two or 



three corresponding to the length of 



a ventral 1. nirjropunctatus, p. 44, 



The hind limb reaches the axilla or 



beyond ; lateral scales scarcely smaller 



than dorsals, as long as ventrals .... 2. moreoticus, p. 45. 

 The hind limb does not reach the axilla ; 



lateral scales scarcely smaller than 



dorsals, as long as ventrals 3. Jitzinrjeri, p. 45. 



1. Algiroides nigropimctatus. 



Notopholis nigropunctata, Gray, Cat. p. 35. 

 Lacerta nigvopuiictata, Dum. S; Bibr. v. p. 190. 

 Notopholis uiirropunctata, Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; Schreib. Herp. Eur. 



p. 452. 

 Algiroides nigropunctatus, Bcdriaga, Abh. Scnckenb. Ges. xiv. 188G, 



p. 393. 



Head rather large, rather strongly depressed ; snout long, obtuse. 

 Eostral touching the nostril ; two superposed postnasals; normally 

 five upper labials anterior to the subocular ; a series of granules 

 between the supraoculars and the supraciliaries ; occipital (usually) 

 a little longer and broader than the interparietal ; temple with 

 irregular scales ; masseteric, tympanic, and supratcmporal shields 

 large. Gular fold distinct ; 18 to 21 scales on a line between the 

 collar and the third pair of chin-shields ; collar with serrated edge, 

 composed of 7 to 9 plates. Dorsal scales more than twice as large 

 as the laterals, diagonally keeled, obtusely pointed, 22 to 2G scales 

 across the middle of the body ; two or three lateral scales correspond 

 to the length of a ventral. Ventrals in 6 longitudinal series, median 

 pair narrowest, and 23 or 24 transverse series. Prolan al plate 

 bordered by one semicircle of small plates. The adpressed hind 

 limb reaches the shoulder or the collar (or the axilla). Femoral 

 pores 15 to 18. Tail about twice as long as head and body, Olive- 

 green above, usually with small black spots ; lower surfaces 

 greenish or blue. 



