VAEIETIES OF THE WALL-LIZAED. 203 



Dr. Werner mentions having seen quite similar lizards at Pera, near Constantinople, 

 and he was perfectly right in regarding them as an '' olivacea-Form" of the lizard 

 described by Berthold as L. hieroglypliica, from Constantinople. Thanks to the 

 kindness of Prof. Ehlers, I was able to examine Berthold's specimens preserved in the 

 Gottingen Museum, a half-grown male and a very young animal. Apart from the 

 reticulate markings and the proportions, due to the different sex, the agreement 

 with the Marmora Islands specimens is very close. 



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



S 48 68 25 11 34 26-24 35 



I'he hind limb reaches a little beyond the collar. The male has 4 anterior upper 

 labials on the right side and 5 on the left, the young has 4 on both sides. 4 or 5 

 dorsal scales correspond to one ventral plate, 55 to the length of the head ; 34 caudal 

 scales in the fourth whorl. 



Berthold described his L. Meroglyphica as " supra nigra, figuris hieroglyphicis albis 

 notata." Now somewhat bleached, the larger specimens appear olive with a wide- 

 meshed black network, as is frequently the case in the var. tiliguerta ; the young is 

 also reticulate, but the markings have a tendency to dispose themselves in five longi- 

 tudinal series, as in some young of var. serpa. Lower parts unspotted. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : — 



From end of snout to vent 48 



„ „ „ fore limb 21 



Length of head 14 



Width o£ head 9 



Depth of head 7 



Fore limb 20 



Hind limb 32 



Foot 18 



Tail 112 



Upper and side views of head of this specimen are given on PL XXI. fig, 4. 



On my visit to the Florence Museum, I found several specimens labelled as from 

 Cattaro, Dalmatia, which I refer to the same form. No importance can, I think, be 

 attached to the locality, and the fact that the bottle in which they are preserved 

 contains also two specimens oi Lacerta Icevis Gray, makes it probable that they came 

 from Asia. Having, through the courtesy of Prof. Giglio-Tos, obtained the loan of 

 two of these lizards, I have drawn up the following notes on the points in which they 

 disagree with Dr. Werner's specimens : — 



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



<J 80 69 28 11 29 24-25 35 



? 80 61 30 10 24 21 32 



