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surfaces white, outer row of ventrals lemon-j'ellow ; throat of males bluish. Young 

 with small black and white ocelli on the sides ; upper lip pure white ; a pure white, 

 black-edged streak from the eye to above the tympanum, and a second from the angle 

 of the mouth through the lower half of the tympanum to the axil. 



The suture between the rostral and the first labial falls below the centre of the 

 nostril. 28 to 30 scales round the middle of the body, ventrals included. 10 to 13 

 femoral pores on each side, the usual number being 12. 



From snout to vent 119 millim., tail 73. 



This elegant little Lizard has hitherto been found only in Morocco. Dr. Boettger 

 received it from Tangier and Tetuan. In addition to the types in the Senckenberg 

 Museum, 1 have examined 23 specimens, obtained by M. Vaucher at Tangier, and by 

 Lieut. Quedenfeldt at Mogador. 



For a detailed description and figure, cf. Boettger, Abh. Senck. Ges. xiii. 1883, 

 p. Ill, ph i. fig. 2. 



3. PsAMMODROMus ALGiRUS, Linnseus, 1766. 

 Algira barbarica, Gervais. 



No gular fold ; no trace of a collar. Ventrals subequal, little broader than long, 

 roundish hexagonal, strongly imbricate. Subdigital lamellas smooth, tubercular, or 

 feebly bicarinate. LTpper caudal scales like the dorsals. Bronzy above, with one or 

 two golden, dark-edged lateral streaks ; male with a pale blue ocellus above the 

 shoulder, sometimes followed by one or two more; lower surfaces whitish. 



From snout to vent 76 millim., tail 190. 



This species, which occurs also in the Spanish Peninsula and the south of France, 

 is common and generally distributed in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia north of the 

 Sahara. A variety (var. nollii) from the Sahara (Tuggurt and Southern Tunisia) has 

 recently been described by J. v. Fischer (Zool. Gart. 1887, p. 69) ; this variety, which is 

 distinguished by having two additional yellowish stripes along the back, is represented 

 in M. Lataste's collection by a specimen from Founasse, in the south of the Province 

 of Oran, received from M. Maury in 1888. A melanotic form, blackish above, with 

 bluish dots, bluish grey beneath, obtained by Marquis Doria on Galitone Island, near 

 GaUta, has been described by Bcdriaga as var. doriw (Beitr. Kenntn. Lacert. 1886, 



. 409). 



A good figure of this pretty Lizard is given by Bonaparte in his ' Fauna Italica.' 



3. AcANTHODACTYLus, Wiegmann, 1834. 

 Nostril pierced between two nasals and the first labial. No occipital shield. 

 Eyelids movable. Collar more or less distinct. Dorsal scales juxtaposed or imbricate ; 

 ventrals tetragonal, feebly imbricate. Digits keeled inferiorly and more or less strongly 

 fringed laterally. Femoral pores. 



