196 



ME. G. A. BOULENGEE ON THE 



The following are particulars of the 11 specimens examined: 

 Elburz Mts., N. of Teheran (Blanford) 



(Woosnam) 



Persia (type of var. persicd) .... 



Tiflis ? (type of L. depressa) ? 53 48 28 10 25 



1. 

 57 

 53 

 53 

 53 

 52 

 50 

 45 

 56 

 52 

 50 



49 

 52 



45 

 46 

 52 

 49 

 51 

 51 

 48 

 53 



3. 



27 



26 



26 



25 



28 



29 



26 



24 



26 



25 



Measurements (in millimetres) : — 



From end of snout to vent . 



„ „ „ fore limb 



Length of head ..... 



Width of head 



Depth of head 



Fore limb 



Hind limb 



Foot 



6. 

 57 

 21 

 14 

 9 

 7 

 19 

 30 

 17 



?• 

 56 

 23 

 14 

 9 

 7 

 20 

 30 

 17 



5. 

 23 



25 

 23 

 22 

 23 

 25 

 24 

 25 



(?. 



52 



19 



12 

 7-5 

 5-5 



15 



24 



14 



6. 

 14-15 

 16-15 

 16-17 

 17-20 



17 



15 

 16-18 



17 

 17-16 

 16-15 



16 



5. 

 50 

 18 

 11 



7 



5-5 

 15 

 24 

 14 



29 



28 

 28 

 25 

 28 

 24 

 28 

 26 

 28 

 29 

 26 



The specimen represented on PI. XXIII. fig. 2 was obtained by Mr. E. B. 

 Woosnam. 



Var. KUDis. 



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



Lacerta depressa, var. rudis Bedriaga, Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 272 ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii. 



p. 34 (1887). 

 Lacerta depressa Boettg. Ber. Senek, Ges. 1889, p. 204. 

 Lacerta muralis, var. depressa, part., Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1892, p. 140 ; Derjugin, Ann. Mus. 



Zool. Ac. St. Petersb. vi. 1901, p. 99. 

 Lacerta muralis, var. rudis Bouleng. P. Z. S. 1904, ii. p. 337, pi. xxii. fig. c. 

 Lacerta saxicola, subsp. rudis Mehely, Ann. Mus. Hung, vii, 1909, p. 529, pi. xviii. fig. 7. 



Form rather stout, head and body much flattened ; hind limb reaching the shoulder 

 or the collar in the male, the shoulder, the axil or the elbow in the female ; foot 

 usually longer than the head. Head once and one third to once and a half as long 

 as broad, its depth equalling the distance between the centre of the eye and tlie 

 tympanum ; snout obtusely pointed. 



