148 ME. G. A. BOULENGEK ON THE 



In other places on Monte Gargano, Prof. Neumann collected specimens of the 



Var. SEKPA, 

 on the whole, very similar to those from Rome and Naples, but some with compara- 

 tively large scales, as may be seen from the following tabulation : — 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 



(J 81 55 25 9 26 21-20 28 



„ 77 65 26 11 26 21-20 28 



„ .77 64 25 13 26 22-21 28 



„ 75 69 26 10 30 24 30 



„ 72 58 25 11 27 20 28 



? 70 55 30 10 25 19-21 28 



68 66 27 9 26 24-22 29 



„ 65 56 29 9 26 23-22 29 



In the specimens of the var. serpa, previously examined by me, 58 was the lowest 

 number of scales across the body, 62 to 70 being the usual number; whilst in this little 

 series I count 55 to 69. A specimen with as few as 50 scales is recorded further on, 

 from Sicily. 



Var. BEUEGGEMANNI. 



The head of the male specimen represented on PI. XVII. fig. 2, is remarkable for 

 the large size of the temporal scales and for having the rostral shield entering the 

 nostril, two characters which are often found combined in the vars. campestris and 

 jiummia. This specimen formed part of a number of lizards purchased by the 

 Zoological Society as from Tuscany. I may add that its frontal shield is much shorter 

 than its distance from the end of the snout, a condition quite frequent in this variety. 



lu a male from Bagni di Ripoli, near Florence, presented by Dr. Banchi, I find the 

 temporal scutellation described by Mehely as typical of X. horvathi, the masseteric 

 disk being low down and separated from the last labial by one series of scales and 

 from the parietal by three (PL XVII. fig. 5), a state of things which I have occa- 

 sionally met with in the typical form and other varieties. 



As believed by its original describer, this form connects the typical Wall-Lizard with 

 the var. serpa. In the markings of the upper parts some specimens closely approach 

 the spotted-streaked form of the latter ; such is the male specimen from Florence, 

 preserved in Dr. de Bedriaga's Collection, figured on PL XVII. fig. 3. Figs. 1 and 4 

 on the same Plate show how greatly the markings vary individually in examples from 

 the same part of Italy. 



Var. INSULANICA. 



Lacerta muralis neapolitana, part., Bedriaga, Arch. f. Naturg. 1879, p. 277. 



Lacerta muralis neapolitana, subvars. e (part.) et /, Bedriaga, Bull. Soc. ZooL France, 1879, 

 pp. 204 & 205. 



