2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



50 



28 



10 



25 



18-17 



47 



29 



9 



25 



19-20 



46 



28 



9 



22 



17 



LACEETA MDEALIS IN WESTEEX EUEOEE AND NOETH AFEICA. 367 



22 to 25 transverse series of gular scales ; collar entire, with 9 or 10 plates. Dorsal 

 scales (PL XXV. fig. 13) large and flat, smooth or faintly keeled, larger than those 

 on the sides, which are larger than those on the upper surface of the tibia, 5 or 6 of 

 the former corresponding to 8 of the latter ; 46 to 50 scales across the middle of the 

 body, 27 to 34 transverse series corresponding to the length of the head 1 . Ventral 

 plates in 28 or 29 transverse series, some of which may contain 8 plates. Femoral 

 pores 17 to 20. 23 or 24 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. 28 to 30 caudal scales 

 in the front whorl behind the postanal granules, the upper truncate and very feebly 

 keeled ; the whorls very markedly longer and shorter alternately. The hind limb 

 reaches the wrist or the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. 



The following are the particulars of the three female specimens : — 



1. 



Spain 76 



Serra Estrella 62 



Galicia 62 



Greyish or pale olive above (in spirit), with large black spots forming two series 

 along the middle of the back ; sides darker, bordered above by a series of black spots 

 or by a black wavy streak enclosing light round spots ; a few dark ocelli with light 

 centres may be present above the shoulder and axilla ; lower parts whitish or greyish, 

 with or without scattered black dots on the belly and under the hind limbs. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : — 



Prom snout to vent 76 62 62 



„ fore limb 27 22 24 



Length of head 16 15 15 



Width of head 11 10 10 



Depth of head 7 6 7 



Fore limb 22 20 21 



Hind limb 35 31 31 



Foot 17 17 17 



Figures are given on page 366 of the upper aspect of the head of the largest 

 female specimen from Spain, in one of the types of L. horvathi Mehely, and that of a 



1 These scales are strikingly similar to those of L. TiorvatM, which, according to lle'hely, number 40 to 40 

 across the middle of the body. In a specimen which Prof. v. Mehely has kindly sent me, the scales number 43 

 across the middle of the body, and 31 transverse scries of dorsal scales correspond to the length of the head ; 

 the Professor kindly informs me that the statement made by him that 10 to 12 transverse series of dorsal 

 scales correspond to the length of one centimetre is the result of a lapsus, 18 to 22 being the right nnmber. 

 The scales are represented as much too large in the figure of L. horvathi given in the Hungarian journal 

 ' Allattani Kozleme'nyck,' iii. 1004, pi. v. 



vol. xvii. — paiit iv. No. 3. — October, 1905. 3 c 



