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respect being comparable to what obtains in L. muralis and its var. hrueggemanni 

 in some parts of Italy. The head and back are spotted, dotted, or vermiculated with 

 black, the larger spots, if arranged with any symmetry, forming two vertebral series, 

 as in the vars. bocagii and monticola ; the sides are often black, with blue or white 

 round spots ; larger round white spots usually form a series on each side of the back ; 

 some specimens reticulated with black, much as in var. tiUguerta. Lower parts white, 

 bluish, or yellowish ; blue and black spots on the outer row of ventral plates, at least 

 in the males. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : — 



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



From end of snout to vent .... 68 66 63 56 60 61 



fore limb ... 28 27 25 23 23 22 



Head 17 17 16 15 14 13 



Width of head 11 11 10 10 9 8 



Depth of head 6 9 7 7 6 6 



Fore limb 23 26 25 22 22 20 



Hind limb 40 40 36 31 31 30 



Foot 20 21 20 18 17 17 



1. ^ .T!reh\7.onA (iype oi L. depressa, var. modesta). 2. (J. Crimea. 3. $. Tativ, E. Karabagh. 

 4. $ . Erdshias Dagh, Asia Minor. 5. $ . Belaje R., Ciscaucasia. 6. ? . Shuska, E. Karabagh 

 (var. dejilippii Boettg. nee Camer.). 



The largest specimens, d and ? , examined by Mehely, measure 79 and 80 mm. 

 from snout to vent, tail 150. 



The female specimen represented on PL XXII. fig. 5, from Shuska, E. Karabagh, 

 was referred by Boettger to the var. defilippii. A male from Erdshias Dagh, Asia 

 Minor, is shown on fig. 6. 



The vars. brauneri Mehely (Ann. Mus. Hung. vii. 1909, p. 509) and radclei Boettg. 

 (Ber. Senck. Ges. 1892, p. 142), with which I am only acquainted through the descrip- 

 tions, appear to connect this form with the var. defilippii, 



Var. POETSCHINSKII. 



Lacerta taurica, part., de Filippi, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fis. ii. 1863, p. 386. 



Podarcis depressa, part., Camerano, Atti Ace. Tor. xiii. 1878, p. 539. 



Lacerta portschinskii Kessler, Tr. Soc. Nat. St. Petersb. viii. 1878, p. 160, pi. i. ; Bedriaga, Arch^ 



f. Naturg. 1879, p. 308. 

 Lacerta muralis, var. depressa, part., Bedriaga, t. c. p. 312. 



Lacerta muralis, Y&r. portschinskii Bouleng. P. Z. S. 1904, ii. p. 337, pi. xxii. fig. 6. 

 Lacerta muralis, part., Nikolsky, Herp. Ross. p. 136 (1905). 



Lacerta saxicola, var. chalybdea (non Eichw.) Mehely, Ann. Mus. Hung. vii. 1909, p. 513. 

 Lacerta saxicola, yzx, portschinskii Nikolsky, Ann. Mus. Zool. Ac. St. Petersb. xv. 1910, p. 493. 



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