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Except for the absence of a A'ertebral stripe or series of spots, the larger specimens 

 ( d ), one of which is figured on PL XVI. fig. 11, are not without a general 

 resemblance to the var. pityusensis, and such specimens have no doubt given rise to 

 Bedriaga's remarks * on Seoane's var. locagii : " Eine Ubergangsform, welche die 

 piti/usensis und die fasca verkettet, ist mir neuerdings aus der spanischen Provinz 

 Galizien zugestellt worden." On the other hand, the smallest male is on the way to 

 the black, light-spotted attire of the Serra de Gerez specimen, figured by me in 

 Tr. 1905, pi. xxiv. fig. 8. The females (PI. XVI. fig. 12) are beautifully striped, 

 an exaggeration of the pattern represented on pi. xxiv. fig. 7, of Tr. 1905. Belly 

 unspotted in males as well as in females. 



I am indebted to Dr. Gadow for several specimens collected by himself near Burbia, 

 Asturias, between Galicia and Leon, one of which calls for notice as bridging over, to 

 a certain extent, the chasm separating this variety from the var. monticola, of which 

 specimens were obtained in the same neighbourhood. 



I append its particulars : — 



i. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 



Yg. (J 48 53 27 11 22 17 23 



The internasals form an extremely short suture behind the rostral; the parietal just 

 touches the upper postocular, and is slightly emarginate on its line of contact with the 

 anterior supratemporal f ; the masseteric disk is well developed, and is separated from 

 the latter shield by one granule, and from the last upper labial by one granule on the 

 left side and by two on the right ; the first and second supraciliaries are in contact 

 with the anterior supraocular J, and the suture between them is vertical, not oblique. 

 The shape of the head does not differ from that of the var. monticola, but some of the 

 specimens of the var. hocagii from Spain and Portugal have also the head much flattened. 

 In the lizards from the Spanish Peninsula, it is impossible to draw a demarcation line 

 between the pyramidocephalous and the platycephalous type, which culminates in the 

 var. hispanica. I can predict that a larger series of specimens from that part of Spain 

 would so completely link the vars. locagii and monticola as to render the naming of 

 certain individuals arbitrary. 



Var. MONTICOLA. 



My friend Dr. Gadow has presented to the British Museum two specimens of this 

 variety, which Prof. Mehely has raised to specific rank, as he was bound to do if 



* Abh. Senck. Ges. siv. 1886, p. 255. 



t As shown by fig. 13, on PL XVI., taken from a male specimen from Coimbra, in Dr. de Bedriaga's 

 collection, the anterior temporal may be extensively in contact with the fourth supraocular in the var. hocagii 

 as well as in the var. monticola. 



X I find exactly the same condition in a $ i. horvathi received from Prof. Mehely, the granules behind 

 the second supraciliary being reduced to five. , 



X 2 



