46 Lacertidas. 



The types of this variety are youui;' from Algiers which do not differ 

 in their livery from the typical form. The yellow vertebral streak 

 may be restricted to the nape or extend to the lumbar region, ])ifur- 

 catingou the nape. Adult often grey or greyish-brown aboA'e, some- 

 times coppery brown, with a series of square or transvei'se l)lack s))ots 

 on each side of the back, a dorsolateral and a lateral series of round 

 white spots, and between the two latter a sei'ies of large lilue, )>lack- 

 edged ocelli, which may extend along the side of the tail* ; others are 

 handsomely marked with more or less perfect remains of the light 

 streaks of the young, sepai'ated by series of large l)lack spots, except 

 on the verteliral region, which is unsi)otted ; others again are almost 

 luiiform or with mere traces of the dark and light markings. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent 



,, ,, ,, fore limb . 



Length of head ..... 



Width of head 



Depth of head ..... 



Fore liml) ...... 



Hind liml) ...... 



Foot 



Tail 



1. (^ , Korfa des Beni Salam. 2. ? ,'Bordj-l»ou-Arrerij. 

 HahitiiL — Coast and Plateaux of Algeria. — Pellegrin, Bull. Mus. 

 Paris, 11*09, p. 413, has recorded A. ruhjuris from Sokoto, Northern 

 Nigeria (Mission Tilho-Gaillard) ; the young specimen, which I have 

 examined in the Paris Museum, lielongs to the var. hcili. 



Var. ATLANTICUS, Boulcuger. 



I have seen three specimens cmly, females, from the Atlas of 

 Morocco. They agree with the preceding variety, excejit that the 

 lower part of the sul)Ocular, instead of bordering the moutli, is severed 

 as a small shield intercalated between the fourth and fifth up[K'r 

 labials. 



Suture between the internasals | the length of the fronto- 

 nasal, which, in one of the specimens, is longitudinally divided into 

 two. The scales on the body are convex, juxtaposed and feebly keeled, 

 except towards the base of the tail, and there are 52 to 63 across the 



* A thiiif^ never observed in any of the Laccrta, in which lateral blue ocelli 

 are frequently present, in the same position on the body. 



