g4 Lacertidfe. 



from the tympanum to above the thigh, the band with traces of round 

 blue spots ; limbs with round light spots. Lower parts white. 



A specimen in the Genoa Museum is golden above, with 6 longitudinal 

 series of partly confluent small pale Itlue spots, and blackish vertical 

 bars between the two outer series of blue spots. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



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From end of snout to vent . . .95 



„ „ „ fore limb ... 40 



Length of head . . . . . . . 23 



Width of head . . ..... .14 



Depth of head 12 



Fore limb ....... 32 



Hind limb ....... 56 



Foot 29 



Tail 195 



The type specimen, which I have examined in the Berlin Museum, 

 is from Brava, Somaliland. I have seen a second specimen, also from 

 Brava, preserved in the Genoa Museum. A male specimen obtained 

 at Berbera, Somaliland, by Mr. E. Lort Phillips in 1898, was 

 presented by him to the British Museum. 



8. LATASTIA CAPPADOCICA. 



Lacerta cappadocica, Werner, Sitzl). Ak. Wieu, cxi, 1902, p. 1086, 

 and Zool. Jahrb., Syst. xix, 1903, p. 232, pi. xxiii, figs. 1, 2, and pi. 

 xxiv, figs. 6, 9, 13 ; Steiud. Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xx, 1905, p. 308. 



Apathya cappadocica, Mi'hely, Ternu'sz. KOslon, Budapest, Ixxxv, 

 1907, p. 2(j, and Ann. Mus. Hung, vii, 1909, p. 431, pi. xi, figs. 1, 2, 

 4-7, and pi. xii, figs. 1-7. 



Lataslia cappadocica , Bouleng. Ann. tt Mag. N. H. (7) xx, 1907, p. 45. 



Body rather dt'pressed. Head much depressed, fiat above, about 

 1^ times as long as broad, its depth equal to the distance l)etween the 

 centre of the eye and the tympanum, its length 'S'l to a little over 4 

 times in length to vent; snout narrow, obtusely pointed, as long as 

 postocular part of head ; cheeks rather swollen in the males. Pileus 

 2\ to 2.5 times as long as broad. Neck as broad as or lu'oader than 

 the head. Hind linil) reaching the shoulder oi- the collar in males,* 

 the axil in females ; foot a little longer than the head ; toes skmder, 

 feebly compressed. Tail twice or a little over twicef as long as head 

 and body, tapering from ilie base, very slender posteriorly. 



* Or to l)etweeu the cnlliii- and tlio ear, accordiiiL;' to INh'-holy. 

 t Up to 2; times, accurdiny to Mehely. 



