4, LACERTA, 33 
Balearic Islands. 
To this group belong the vars. gigholit, Bedr., pityusensis, Bosca 
(An. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. xii. 1883, p. 246), and the melanotic 
lilfordit. 
Var. lilfordii. 
Zootoca lilfordi, part., Giinth. 1. e. 
Lacerta lilfordi, Brawn, 1. c. 
—— muralis, var. lilfordi, Bedriaga, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1879, 
p. 225, pl. ix. figs. 1-2. : 
Scales extremely small, about 80 across the middle of the body, 
4 or 5 corresponding to the length of a ventral plate. The hind | 
limb reaches the axilla in the female. Blackish brown above, 
sapphire-blue inferiorly. 
dé. 2. 
millim. — millim. 
Total length ........... 0.000000. 174 126 
ead weird ew ehys aes saguesentaom ea 17 15 
Width of head ......... Serene 12 9 
From end of snout to fore limb...... 28 23 
From end of snout to vent.......... 64 61 
Fore limb ...... glare toneeaishs at atch ee 3 25 23 
Hind limb) sacese eae. Ben tewge ea 37 385 
Pas inp oot aegela geese oom eee cea Ss 110 65* 
Islets in the Balearic Group. 
a-d. $9. Ayre Island. Lord Lilford [P.]. (Types.) 
E. Var. hispanica. 
Lacerta oxycephala, var. hispanica, Steind. Sitzb, Ak. Wien, Ixii. 
1870, i. p. 336, pl. i. figs. 3-6; Boettg. Abh. Senckend. Ges, xii. 
1881, p. 376. 
—— oxycephala, part., Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 404. 
— wuralis, subsp. steindachneri, Bedriaga, Abh. Senckend. Ges. 
xiv. 1886, p. 256. 
Head and body much depressed ; snout moderately long, acutely 
‘pointed. Frequently 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. 
* Tail reproduced. 
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