368 ME. G. A. BOULENGEE ON THE VAEIETIES OE 



male from Trebizond, one of the types of L. depressa Camerano 1 , in order to show 

 the striking resemblance in the form of the head-shields in these geographically 

 remote varieties. 



A very distinct variety, which is, however, connected with the var. liolepis, is that 

 first described by Dr. Steindachner as a form of Lacerta oxycephala, and for which the 

 name hispanica, proposed by him, should be retained. Its synonymy is as follows : — 



Var. hispanica. 



Lacerta oxycephala, var. hispanica Steindachner, Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixii. 1870, 1, p. 336, pi. i. 



figs. 3-6; Boettger, Abh. Senck. Ges. xii. 1881, p. 376. 

 Lacerta oxycephala, part., Schreiber, Herp. Eur. p. 404 (1875). 

 Lacerta muralis fusca, part., Bedriaga, Arch. f. Nat. 1879, p. 293. 

 Lacerta muralis, subsp. steindachneri Bedriaga, Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 256. 

 Lacerta muralis, var. hispanica Boulenger, Cat. Liz. iii. p. 33 (1887). 



This form, which in its sharply pointed snout and conspicuously striated body reminds 

 one of a young Acanthodactylus, has been very well figured by Steindachner and fully 

 described by Bedriaga. Its characters have been summarised by me as follows: — 



Head and body much depressed ; snout moderately long, acutely pointed. Fre- 

 quently five upper labials anterior to the subocular ; no masseteric shield. Collar-plates 

 very small ; gular fold scarcely indicated. Scales small, flat, smooth, roundish, 50 to 60 

 across the middle of the body. Grey above, with five or seven longitudinal blackish 

 streaks usually bearing small irregular light spots ; the lateral streak, passing through 

 the eye, broadest, the vertebral narrowest ; in the young, the lateral black streaks 

 separated by pure white ones ; lower surfaces uniform whitish. 



I have nothing to modify in this definition, as the British Museum has only added 

 one to the two small specimens mentioned in the Catalogue. 



The femoral pores number 15 to 19 (14-18, Bedriaga). The series of supraocular 

 granules is complete or the first supraciliary is in contact with the second supraocular ; 

 one specimen has 5 anterior upper labials on both sides, a second has 5 on one side and 

 4 on the other, whilst a third has 4 on both sides ; the parietal does not touch, or barely 

 touches, the upper postocular ; gular scales in 26 to 29 transverse series. Upper caudal 

 scales feebly keeled. 25 or 26 scales under the fourth toe. The hind limb reaches the 

 axilla or the shoulder. 



This lizard does not appear to exceed a length of 50 millim. from snout to vent. 



Figured on PI. XXIV. fig. 14 and PI. XXV. figs. 14 & 15. 



Habitat. S.E. Spain (Alicante, Murcia, Cartagena, Almeria). 



1 Of. Boulenger, P. Z. S. 1904, ii. p. 332, pi. xxii. fig. a. 



