138 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on the 



spots, usually blackish on the granular lateral region ; with 

 or without a light streak from the eye to the collar ; lower 

 parts yellowish or greenish white. 



c?. .?.. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 173 151 



Head...? 12 13 



Width of bead 8 9 



Body 44 53 



Fore limb 19 20 



Hind limb 25 27 



Tail 117 85 



2. Lacerta vivipara, Jacq. 



Bedriaga, Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 338. 



Our common lizard extends right across Europe and Asia, 

 from the Atlantic to the Pacific, north of lat. 43° N. 

 Vijyera berus and Rana temporan'a have an almost identical 

 range. Siberian specimens in the British Museum, for which 

 we are indebted to the kindness of Dr. Strauch, are from 

 Padun (River Angara), Stanowoi Mountains (E. Siberia), 

 Nicolawsk (Araoor), and Saghalien Island. 



3. Eremias argus. 



Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1869, p. 61, pi. — . fig. 3. 



A specimen of this common North-Chinese lizard, col- 

 lected by Mr. A. Adams in Manchuria (no precise locality 

 appended), is in the British Museum. 



Ophidia. 



4. Ablabes rufodorsatus, Cantor. 



Coluber rufodorsatus, Strauch, Schl. Russ. R. p. 79. 



Common over the greater part of China, and occurs in 

 Eastern Siberia from Lake Baikal to the A moor and Posiette 

 Bay. The most northern locality from which we have a 

 specimen in the British Museum is Peking. 



5. Coluber dione, Pall. 



Elaphis dione, Strauch, op. cit. p. 82. 



Extends from South-eastern Europe through Central Asia 

 to the Amoor (Barnard, Beinowke), Corea, Peking, and Yesso. 

 The north-eastern specimens in the British Museum are from 

 Peking and the Ussuri River. 



