28 LacertidsB. 



2. LAGBRTA. 



Lacerta, part., Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 359 (1766) ; Dum. & Bibr. 

 Erp. Gen. v, p. 174 (1839) ; Bedriaga, Abh. Senck. G-es. xiv, 1886, 

 p. 24 



Seps, part., Laur. Syn. Eept. p. 58 (1768). 



Laceria, Wagler, Syst. Amph. p. 154 (1830) ; Wiegm. Herp. Mex. 

 p. 9 (1834) ; Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 30 (1845) ; Schreib. Herp. Eur. 

 p. 399 (1875) ; Lataste, Ann. Mus. Genova (2), ii, 1885, p. 125 ; 

 Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 8 (1887) ; Werner, Zool. Anz. xxvii, 1904, 

 p. 254; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xxi, 1916, p. 1. 



Zootoca, Wagler, op. cit. p. 155 ; Wiegm. I.e. ; Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 27. 



Podarcis, part., Wagler, I.e. 



Podarcis, Wiegm. I.e. 



Thimon, Tschudi, Isis, xxix, 1836, p. 551. 



Teira, Gray, Ann. N. H. i, 1838, p. 280, and Cat. Liz. p. 33. 



Thetia, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 32. 



Nucras, part., Gray, Cat. Liz. p, 33. 



Atropis, Gliickselig, Lotos, 1851, p. 138. 



Oallotia, Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xxi, 1916, p. 3. 



Centromastix, Bouleng. I.e. 



Head-sliields normal.* Nostril pierced between two 

 to four nasals and bordered by the first upper labial or 

 narrowly separated from that shield. Lower eyelid scaly 

 or with a small transparent disc. Collar well marked. 

 Dorsal scales much smaller than caudals, not or but 

 feebly imbricate ; ventral plates not or but feebly imbri- 

 cate, with truncate or straight posterior border, smooth. 

 Digits cylindrical or compressed, with smooth or tuber- 

 cular lamellar scales inferiorly. Femoral pores. Tail long, 

 cylindrical. 



Europe, Northern and Western Asia, Northern and 

 Tropical Africa. 



* A frontonasal, a pair of prefrontals, a frontal, u, pair of frontoparietals, a, 

 pair of parietals, an interparietal, and (with rare individual exceptions) an 

 occipital ; any of these shields may, as an exception, be divided. 



