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series of large squarish or irregular dart brown or black spots between 

 the light dorsal lines, which may be edged with black. In males, 

 which are often green all over, and permanently, including the light 

 dorsal streaks, the spots may be accompanied by numerous black dots. 

 Some specimens lose more or less completely the markings and are 

 uniform green above, or green finely speckled with black as we often 

 see in L. viridis. Females are usually grey or brown, but sometimes 

 green like the males.* A female from Minnusinsk, Yenissei, is pale 

 reddish brown, with a yellowish vertebral streak and a bluish grey 

 dorso-lateral band ; only scanty vestiges of the ocellar spots on the 

 sides. Schreiber describes a var. concolor, uniform olive brown. 



Lower parts yellowish or greenish white, or yellow, uniform or 

 dotted with black, the dots usually more profusely distributed in 

 males than in females. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



1. 3', Sukhum Kale (type of L. paradoxa). 2. ^, E. Kunges. 3. J, 

 lelenovka, L. Gokcha. 4. J> , L. Urkatseh. 5. 3' , Saratov. 6. J , Tien Shan 

 Mts. 7. 5 , Vladikaukas, Caucasus. 



Particulars of Specimens Examined. 



? Moscow 



S CharkoV 

 „ Saratov 



? Dongus, near Orenburg . 



3 Ural . 



J Astrakan . 



„ Vladikaukas 



3 Sukhum Kale (L. paradoxa) 



According to Bednaga, wholly green specimens (var. doniensis, Bedr.) are 

 so in both sexes in Southern European Eussia, whilst in Transcaucasia and in 

 the Kirghiz Steppes the females are brown. A similar colour-dimorphism in 

 females, according to districts, appears to occur also in L. viridis. 



