56 LACERTID ZH, 
$ millim millim 
From end of snout to vent .... 107 83 
Fore limb. ......-.. eee eee 34 29 
Hind limb .... 0... eee eee 62 53 
Pail sascce wage Gana cei e 220 250 
Arabia, Abyssinia, Somaliland, Taita. 
a-b. S. Coast of Abyssinia. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 
Types of Lacerta samharica.) 
e. 9. Komayli Pass, Abys-  W. 1. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 
sinia. Type of Lacerta sturte.) 
dé. Rugdeia Sogheira, Adal. Marquis G. Doria [P.]. (One of 
the types of Latastia doriat.) 
e-g. d & yg. Keren, Bogos. Marquis G. Doria [P.]. (Types 
of L. doriat, var. martensi.) 
2. Latastia bosce *. 
Latastia boscai, Bedriaga, Ann. Mus. Genova, xx. 1885, p. 3822. 
Very closely allied to the preceding. Dorsal scales elongate, 
hexagonal, keeled only on the hinder part of the back, 42 to 46 
across the middle of the body. No irregular smaller scales on the 
pectoral region. Femoral pores 10. The adpressed hind limb 
reaches the shoulder or halfway between the collar and the 
ear. Pale brown above, with five or seven blackish longitudinal 
streaks on the back ; sides black, with large round white spots and 
a few blue ocelli. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 150 From end of snout 
Mead: s% 6a eae aegis 12 to vent ........ 50 
Width of head .... 7 Fore limb ........ 17 
From end of snout Hind limb........ 32 
to forelimb .... 21 PSTD ices dials iScauseelicta 100 
Abyssinia. 
3. Latastia carinata. 
Lacerta carinata, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 368, pl. —. fig. 1 f. 
Also very closely allied to L. longicaudata. Dorsal scales granular 
and smooth on the nape, rhomboidal, strongly keeled and gradually 
much enlarged on the back, and passing into the caudals; the 
lateral scales smaller; 45 or 46 scales across the middle of the 
body. Femoral pores 11. Light brown above, tinged with reddish ; 
a lateral irregular dark band with a series of large blue ocelli. 
* Described from the type specimens in the Genoa Museum. 
t Type (8028) examined. 
