34 Lacertidx. 



from the tympanum to above the thigh, the band with traces of round 

 blue spots ; limbs with round light spots. Lower parts white. 



A specimen iu the Genoa Museum is golden above, with 6 longitudinal 

 series of partly confluent small pale blue spots, and blackish vertical 

 bars between the two outer series of blue spots. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



S- 

 From end of snout to vent 95 



„ „ „ fore limb 40 



Length of head 23 



Width of head 14 



Depth of head 12 



Pore limb 32 



Hind limb 55 



Foot . 29 



Tail . . 195 



The type specimen, which I have examined in the Berlin Museum, 

 is from Brava, Somaliland. I have seen a second specimen, also from 

 Brava, preserved in the Genoa Museum. A male specimen obtained 

 at Berbera, Somaliland, by Mr. E. Lort Phillips in 1898, was 

 presented by him to the British Museum. 



8. LATASTIA CAPPADOCICA. 



Lacerta cajjpadocica, Werner, Sitzb. Ak. Wien, cxi, 1902, p. 1086, 

 and Zool. Jahrb., Syst. xix, 1903, p. 232, pi. xxiii, figs. 1, 2, and pi. 

 xxiv, figs. 6, 9, 13 ; Steind. Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xx, 1905, p. 308. 



Apathya eapijadocica, Mehely, Termesz. KOslon, Budapest, Ixxxv, 

 1907, p. 26, and Ann. Mus. Hung, vii, 1909, p. 431, pi. xi, figs. 1, 2, 

 4-7, and pi. xii, figs. 1-7. 



Lataslia cappadocica, Bouleug. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xx, 1907,p. 45. 



Body rather depressed. Head much depressed, flat above, about 

 IJ times as long as Ijroad, its depth equal to the distance lietween the 

 centre of the eye and the tympanum, its length o| to a little over 4 

 times in length to vent ; snout narrow, obtusely pointed, as long as 

 postocular part of head ; cheeks rather swollen in the males. Pileus 

 2| to 2 \ times as long as broad. Neck as broad as or broader than 

 the head. Hind limb reaching the shoulder or the collar in males,* 

 the axil in females ; foot a little longer than the head ; toes slender, 

 feebly compressed. Tail twice or a little over twicef as long as head 

 aud body, tapering from the base, very slender posteriorly. 



* Or to between the collar and the ear, according to Mehely. 

 t Up to 2^ times, according to Mehely. 



