70 Messifj. (/. E, Boettger and L. Miiller on 



and tliose on the tliigli are less perfectly developed tlmn 

 ill Lacerta galloti, Dum. et Bibr. Scales of outer surface 

 of lower leg distinctly keeled and smaller than tliose o£ back. 

 24 to 31 femoial pores. 



Caudal shields long and narrow, truncated behind; dis- 

 tinctly keeled on upper side of tail, less so below, especially 

 at base of tail, where it is often scarcely visible. 



Coloiw. Very variable. 



Female and young specimens usually with more or less 

 well-defined longitudinal light and dark lines and stripes. 

 In the usually olive-brown or greyish-brown young and 

 female specimens, tlie dark dorsal zone is generally bordered 

 on each side by a paler dorso-lateral one. There may be or 

 not two dark longitudinal stripes from the posterior parietal 

 margin to base of tail, which are variable as regards breadth 

 and distinctness ; accordingly the pale dorso-lateral zone is 

 more or less sharply set off from the median dark one. 



Pale dorso-lateral zone strongly constricted occasionally, 

 especially at neck, where colour becomes lighter and more 

 intense. In this case it forms a pale stripe, which sometimes 

 extends to the hips, but usually becomes, by and by, broader 

 and indistinct on rump. Below pale dorso-lateral zone a 

 well-marked dark lateral band, followed below by another 

 pale zone. Between the last and the ventrals there is a 

 lurther dark zone. Sometimes the lower pale zone is 

 j'arrowed to a well-defined stripe. In many young speci- 

 mens there is a short, often interrupted stripe I'rom orbit to 

 upper margin of tympanic. 



Transverse bands formed of pale spots and lines, which 

 often fuse to form transverse bars, but are usually separated 

 from one another by the black areas which surround them. 

 These markings are best developed on the flanks, but often 

 reach the middle of the back. By the combination of the 

 transverse and longitudinal markings a great variation in 

 the style of marking is produced, which will be described 

 more fully in a forthcoming paper. 



In the females there is a row of blue spots in the upper 

 part of the dark lateral band, and another composed of very 

 pale spots near the margin of the ventials. 



Under side olive-green, yellowish, or reddish grey, some- 

 times darker-clouded. Chin and throat with a number — 

 usually three pairs — of greyish-black stripes, converging 

 forvvards. In many specimens tliere are pale round spots uu 

 a greyish-black ground on the lower part of tlie sides of 

 neck. 



Old males as variable as old females. The most common 



