82 Lacerkdse. 



7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 



3- E. slope of Mt. 



Hermon . 110 48 6 26 9 18 18 26 6-7 2 1 



„ Merom . 115 45 6 25 9 19 17 26 7-5 2 1 



112 44 6 25 11 21 19-18 29 7 3 1 



9 Tiberias, P.M. 97 40 8 28 10 21 17-16 29 10-7 2 1 



Tg. Jerusalem 52 41 6 25 11 21 16-17 27 6-5 2 1 



„ Shiraz, Persia, I.M. . 58 42 6 27 10 20 19 27 6-7 2 1 



... 49 48 6 27 9 19 22-21 27 12-11 2 1 



Columns as in the preceding table. 



Habitat.- — From Bulgaria and the Danube Delta to Cis- and Trans- 

 caucasia, Asia Minor, and Syria (in the Lebanon up to 3000 metres'). 

 Probably occurs also in Turkey in Europe together with the var. 

 major. Much uncertainty is likely to remain in the drawing of the 

 line of distribution of this form owing to the complete passage between 

 it and the var. major. The annectant specimens to which I allude are 

 of especial interest in view of the recent proposal to treat L. strigata 

 and L. majoras distinct species. 



Kessler, who was the first to properly define this lizard, correctly 

 referred it to L. viridis as a variety remarkable in all respects and 

 establishing a connexion with L. agilis.* 



Var. MAJOE. 



Lacerta viridis, Bibr. & Bory de St. Vine. Exped. Sc. Moree, Zool. 

 p. 66, pi. X, fig. 1 (1833) ; De Betta, Eett. Anf. Grec. p. 32 (1868) ; 

 Bedriaga, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1881, p. 71. 



Lacerta merremii (non Eisso), Schiuz, Eur. Paun. ii, p. 25 (1846). 



Lacerta quinqiievittata (non Men.), Erhard, Paun. Cycl. i. p. 80 

 (1858). 



? Tropidosaura algira, Erhard, I.e. 



Lacerta viridis, var. ocellata, Erber, Verb. Zool.-bot. G-es. Wien, 

 xiv. 1864,p. 701. 



Lacerta viridis, var., Leydig, Deutschl. Saur. p. 190 (1872). 



Lacerta viridis, var. fusca, Bedriaga, t.c. p. 76. 



Lacerta viridis, var. aurata, Bedriaga, I.e. 



Lacerta viridis, vars. punctata et trilineata, Bedriaga, Abh. Senck. 

 Ges. xiv, 1886, pp. 98, 99. 



Lacerta viridis, var. major, Bouleug. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 16 (1887) ; 

 Boettg, Sitzb. Ak. Berl. 1888, p. 157 ; Werner, Verh. Zool.-bot. G-es'. 

 Wien, xliv, 1894, p. 229, Eept. Amph. Oesterr.-TJng, p. 31, pi. ii, 

 fig. 1 (1897), and Wiss. Mitth. Bosn. Herzeg. vi, 1899, pp. 819, 832 '; 



* A German translation of Kessler's remarks (in Russian) has been given 

 by Bedriaga, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1881, p. 78. 



