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ME. G. A. EOULENGEE ON THE YAEIETIES OF 



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



Faraglioni <? 71 69 27 12 29 21-23 30 



!} ? 74 68 30 9 29 21-22 29 



66 66 30 . 11 33 23-24 30 



„ 65 70 29 11 30 22 30 



Giannutri Id. . .....<? 72 65 25 10 28 24-22 29 



Reggio, Calabria ....<? 62 68 26 11 31 26-28 29 



„ . . . . ? 69 68 29 11 29 23-24 32 



Lipari Id d 69 73 26 9 28 24-23 33 



$ 63 75 30 9 32 26 36 



Stromboli Id ? 58 67 28 9 32 24-25 33 



Messina <? 76 74 26 12 31 25 3*4 



„ 74 76 23 12 27 22-24 31 



? 68 70 27 9 25 24-23 32 



. , „ 65 68 27 10 26 23-25 31 



Catania S 84 76 24 13 27 25 31 



„ „ 75 77 27 13 29 24-25 35 



„ „ 75 71 25 11 27 23-22 29 



„ „ 56 60 26 9 25 22-23 29 



„ $ 71 66 28 9 27 21-22 31 



„ „ 66 69 30 10 27 24 30 



„ „ 63 69 27 10 27 23-22 30 



Syracuse <$ 64 65 26 13 27 25-23 32 



Modica <J 69 73 25 11 29 26-27 31 



„ $ 66 65 29 11 27 23-22 31 



Palermo 3 62 58 25 8 26 19-20 28 



Bosco di Marineo, Palermo S 70 65 27 11 25 22-23 30 



(PI. XXVIII. figs. 4, 4 a). 



Bosco di Marineo, Palermo . <J 63 63 25 10 29 21-22 30 



„ . .? 64 60 29 9 27 21-19 30 



IJedriaga, in his Monograph of 1886 (p. 190), records the typical form (his fusca) 

 from Messina, but without particulars. Specimens from Messina, bearing a consider- 

 able resemblance in form and markings to the typical L. muralis, have been presented to 

 the British Museum by Count Peracca, but in their scaling they agree with var. serpa. 



An aberrant male specimen from Cosenza, Calabria, has been sent to me by Count 

 Peracca, with the request that I should decide whether it must be referred to the 

 var. serpa or to the var. nigriventris. It is, in fact, exactly intermediate between the- 

 two, both in form and coloration, and it approaches the specimens from Malta which 

 will be described hereafter. Its lepidosis, as expressed in the above table, is : — 



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Cosenza $ 76 66 24 9 27 22 30 



This would apply equally well to var. nigriventris and to var. serpa. The head is once 

 and two-thirds as long as broad and its depth equals the distance between the centre of 



