50 LACERTIDE. 
4. Psammodromus algirus. 
Algira barbarica, Gray, Cat. p. 35. 
Lacerta algira, Linn. S. N. i. p. 863. 
Scincus algira, Daud. Rept. iv. p. 269. ; 
Tropidosaura algira, Fitzing. N. Class. Rept. p. 52; Dum. & Bibr. v. 
p. 169; Bonap. Faun. Ital.; Strauch, Erp. Alg. p. 31; Boettg. 
Abh. Senck. Ges, ix. 1874, p. 129; Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 450 ; 
De Plancy, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1878, p. 309 ; Bedriaga, Arch. 
f. Nat. 1879, p. 882, and Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 418. 
Lacerta (Algira) cuvieri, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 35. 
Algira barbarica, Guér. Icon. R. A., Rept. pl. v. tig. 2. 
Psammuros algira, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 166. 
Algira (Tropidosaura) algira, Boetig. Abh. Senck, Ges. xiii. 1883, 
p. 116, and in Kobelt, Reis. Alg. Tunis, p. 468. 
The suture between the rostral and the first labial falls below the 
centre of the nostril. No gular fold; no trace of a collar. 30 or 
32 (to 36) scales round the middle of the body, ventrals included. 
Ventrals subequal, a little broader than long, roundish hexagonal, 
strongly imbricate. The adpressed hind limb reaches the axilla 
or the shoulder; foot as long as the distance between the arm 
and the anterior border of the orbit; subdigital lamelle smooth, 
tubercular, or feebly but distinctly bicarinate. 16 to 20 femoral 
pores on each side. Tail at least twice as long as head and body ; 
upper caudal scales like the dorsals. Bronzy above, with one or 
two golden, dark-edged lateral streaks; male with a pale blue 
ocellus above the shoulder, sometimes followed by one or two more; 
lower surfaces whitish. 
millim. seed 
Total length.................... 266 222 
GAG es a el ama anv ge Wickes dae 20 16 
Width of head ................0. 13 11 
From end of snout to forelimb .... 29 24 
From end of snout to vent ........ 76 72 
orev: de eiie eee ekeoeeiage sd wee 27 24 
Hindlimb...... "oak esha. wtearavecim ene 45 41 
Waal tacts scteviredee agactucre ws Ped alacant nonce 190 150 
South of France, Spain and Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunis. 
a Q. Madrid. M. V. L. Seoane [P.}. 
b-<. 3 2. Algarve. Dr. H. Gadow [C.]. 
d-f. 3,2, & yg. Tangiers. M. H. Vaucher [C.]. 
Ghiyik SQ. Algeria. 
i-m & & yg. : e8 St. George Mivart, Esq. [P.]. 
7. TROPIDOSAURA. 
Tropidosaura, part., Fitzing. N. Classif. Rept. p. 22; Dum. & Bibr. 
v. p. 163; Bedriaga, Abhk, Senckenb. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 417. 
Tropidosaurus, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 35. 
Tropidosaura, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 35. 
