Lacerta. 53 



Two specimens from Bukaresfc correspond to Andrzejewski's 

 L. chersonensis,* the analogue of the so-called var. rubra of the 

 typical form, the back between the upper lateral series of ocelli being 

 uniform reddish brown, a little darker in the middle ; vestiges of the 

 superciliary light streak are visible on the nape and pursue their 

 primitive course as a series of whitish dots above the lateral ocelli, 

 thus showing the displacement described above to be in relation with 

 the black vertebral spots. The general colour is grey or brown above 

 in females, green in males, all over or except on the head and vertebral 

 band.f Belly greenish in males, profusely speckled with black ; 

 yellowish in females, uniform or scantily speckled with black. 



The markings of the young vary as much as those of the adult, and 

 the light vertebral streak is also exceptional. Some young are 

 highly suggestive, at first glance, of striated specimens of L. muralis, 

 var. campestris and fiumana, but what one would take to represent the 

 light " dorsal " streaks of Mehely are in reality the " superciliaries," 

 which extend likewise along the upper surface of the tail. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



1. 



Prom end of snout to vent 80 



,, ,, „ fore limb . 31 



Length of head . . 20 



Width of head 14 



Depth of head 12 



Tore limb . . . . 26 



Hind limb . 36 



Foot . . 19 



Tail . . — 115 130 115 110 



1, 2. (J,Kieff. 3. c3^,Zorleni. 4. ? , Zorleni. 5. ?, St. George. 



Particulars of Specimens Examined. 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 



3 Kieff . . . 80 41 25 10 18 14-15 19 1 1-2 



„ „ . . 74 42 24 10 19 14-13 20 1 1 



* " Corpus fnsoum : supra unioolor immaoulatum, ad utrumque latus maoulis 

 irregularibus nigris versus abdomen deoresoentibus, lineisque albidis interruptis 

 tribus pictum." The name is therefore not a strict synonym of Kessler's var. 

 orientalis, as believed by Bedriaga. 



t Kiritzesou confirms for this variety Bedriaga's observation on the var. 

 doniensis that the green colour of the males is not seasonal, as in the typical 

 form, but is preserved throughout the year. Some male specimens examined 

 by him have lost all traces of the stripes and ocelli, and are uniform green or 

 green speckled with black, both specimens corresponding to the so-called 

 varieties concolor and punctata of L. viridis. 



