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ME. G. A. BOULENGEE ON THE 



whilst two from Sansego are uniform greyish olive [L. serjja, var. olivacea of 

 Werner). 



The specimens figured on PI. XX. are from Pola (fig. 3) and Sansego (figs. 4, 5). 



Var. SEKPA. 



Lacerta muralis neapolitana, part., Bedriaga, Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 220. 



Lacerta muralis neapolitana, var. pelagosce Bedriaga, t. c. p. 227. 



Lacerta muralis neapolitana, var. merremii, part., Werner, Kept. Amph. Oesterr.-Ung. p. 43 (1897). 



Lacerta serpa, var. pelagosce Werner, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, lii. 1902, p. 384. 



Lacerta serpa, var. adriatica W^erner, t. c. p. 386. 



Arbe Id., Istria 

 W. „ 

 W. Zara 



W\ 



W. 



W. Spalato 



W. 



Cazza Id,, near Lissa 



W. Pelagosa Grande . 



W. 

 W. 



w. 

 w. 



W. Pelagosa Piccola 

 W. 



The specimens from Pelagosa Grande represent Bedriaga's var. pelagosce ; those 

 from Pelagosa Piccola are the types of Werner's var. adriatica. 



The Dalmatian specimens (PI. XX. fig. 6) are very similar to those from Southern 

 Italy, but those from Pelagosa Grande and Pelagosa Piccola (PI. XX. figs. 7, 8, & 9) 

 are sufficiently different to have been regarded as distinct varieties. 



The var. pelagosoe is described by Werner as of a remarkably light greenish-yellow 

 or greenish- white ground-colour with deep black markings ; the belly is usually white, 

 but Bedriaga describes it as sometimes blue or bluish, and Werner found it red in one 

 specimen, which colour also obtains in Sicilian specimens of the var. serpa [sicula 

 rubriventris of Bonaparte). Young specimens are elegantly streaked, and so are some 



