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e 2. Astrachan. St. Petersburg Mus. [E. ]. 
fg. 3 & yg. Dongus, near Orenburg. St. Petersburg Mus. [E.]. 
h. So. Ural. St. Petersburg Mus. E. |. 
aa ©, her. Sukum Kaleh. St. Petersburg Mus. [E. }. 
yg. 
n-0. of Tomsk. St. Petersburg Mus. Het 
p. Q. Minussinsk, Yeniseisk. St. Petersburg Mus. [E. ]. 
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td. River Tek. St. Petersburg Mus. | E. |. 
u-v. 9 & yg. a Kungess, 8. of St. Petersburg Mus. Et 
ulja. 
w. Yg. Oper Tli. St. Petersburg Mus. [E.]. 
a-y. 9 & her. Altyn-Emel, between St. Petersburg Mus. | E.]. 
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tx. o & yg. Between Semipolatinsk St. Petersburg Mus. EY 
and Ajagus. 
6. Lacerta parva. (Pxare I. fig. 1.) 
a sp. Bedriaga, Abh. Senckenb. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 148 (foot- 
note). 
Head small, as long as the distance between the extremity of the 
fourth toe and the base of the fifth ; snout moderate, obtuse. Rostral 
not touching the nostril; two regularly superposed postnasals; a 
single anterior loreal in contact with the frontonasal ; four upper 
labials anterior to the subocular; a series of granules between the 
supraoculars and the supraciliaries; occipital much shorter and 
slightly broader than the interparietal ; temples covered with very 
unequal scales; masseteric and tympanic shields distinct, large; — 
outer edge of the parietal bordered by a large upper temporal and 
four granular scales. Gular fold well marked; 20 gular scales 
on a line between the collar and the third pair of chin-shields ; 
collar with serrated edge, composed of eight plates. Dorsal scales 
rhomboidal, juxtaposed, strongly keeled; lateral scales slightly 
larger than dorsals, smooth, two corresponding to the length of a 
ventral plate; 38 scales across the middle of the body. Ventral 
plates in six (or eight when reckoning the marginals) longitu- 
dinal series; the second series on each side from the median 
ventral line much the largest; 31 transverse series. Praanal 
plate bordered by two semicircles of small plates. The hind limb 
reaches the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. Femoral pores 17. 
Tail about once and a half the length of head and body; caudal 
scales strongly keeled, pointed posteriorly. Olive-brown above 
with four series of squarish dark-brown spots edged above and 
