14 Lacerti 



usually * in contact with the frontal ; 6 to 7 superciliaries, rarely 4 or 

 8, in contact with the supraoculars, or 1, 2 or 3 granular scales 

 intervening between tliem. Two superposed postnasals, rarely one t ; 

 anterior loreal -g- to f length of second ; 4 upper labials J anterior to 

 the subocular, which is usually a little narrower beneath than above ; 

 an elongate upper temporal, sometimes very broad, sometimes narrow, 

 often divided into two or three, nearly always in contact with the 

 fourth supraocular § ; temple covered with small hexagonal or granular 

 scales, which are not or but little larger than the dorsals ; a round or 

 oval tympanic shield, rarely absent. 6 or 6 vertically enlarged scales 

 in the middle of the lower eyelid. 



Parietal foramen usually absent. Pterygoid teeth present. 



G-ular scales small, juxtaposed, increasing in size and imbricate 

 towards the collar, 23 to 30 in a straight longitudinal series ; no gular 

 fold. Collar feebly serrated, composed of 7 to 14 plates (usually 8 to 

 10). 



Scales on body round or oval, juxtaposed, smooth, 34 to 42 across 

 the middle of the body, 2 or 3 on the side corresponding to a ventral 

 plate. Ventral plates in 8 longitudinal series, those of the second 

 series from the median line the broadest, the outer small, and 32 to 37 

 transverse series. Prseanal region covered with irregular small plates 

 or with a large plate, which may be longer than broad or broader than 

 long, bordered by one or two semicircles of smaller plates ; sometimes 

 with two subequal broad plates, one in front of the other. 



No transversely enlarged plates on the lower surface of the fore- 

 arm or a series of a few feebly enlarged plates. Scales on upper 

 surface of tibia smaller than dorsals. 10 to 16 femoral pores on each 

 side. 16 to 22 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. 



Caudal scales forming whorls of nearly equal length, upper mode- 

 rately broad, the median pair broader, strongly keeled, obtusely pointed 

 behind, with distinct sensory pits. 



Young pale brown above, with 8 or 10 longitudinal series of white 

 black-edged ocellar spots, with traces of a white vertebral streak on the 

 nape and anterior part of the back (Ann. S. Afr. Mus., PI. VI, fig. 1) ; 

 sides of head and sometimes of neck with black and white vertical 

 bars ; hind limbs and tail orange or reddish. The ocelli usually persist 

 in the adult (I.e., fig. 2), which are greyish or reddish-broAvn above, 



* In 20 specimens out of 31. 



t On both sides in a male from Van Eeeuen, on the right side in a male from 

 Damaraland. 



J 5 on both sides in a male from Peri Bush, on the right side in a female 

 from Lessouto. 



§ Exceptions in a male from Peri Bush and in another from Barberton. 



