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as broad as tliat sliield* ; there is always a series of granules (2 to 

 13) between the supraoculars and the superciliaries, and the series is 

 often complete or nearly so and may be partly double ; the first supra- 

 ocular is constantly in contact with the second loreal, which nearly 

 reaches the second upper labial ; 4 upper labials anterior to the sub- 

 ocular, rarely 5 f ; 2 or 3 large upper temporals, the temporals below 

 them usually smaller than in the typical form, 17 to 62, including the 

 tympanic, which is nearly always well developed and separated from 

 the upper temporals by one or two series of scales ; masseteric some- 

 times absent, often present but small, sometimes large. X 



Collar composed of 7 to 13 plates, usually 9 to 11. 



Scales rhombic-hexagonal, sometimes oval or but little longer than 

 broad, strongly keeled on the back, of nearly equal size ; 50 to 58 

 across the middle of the body§ ; 27 (?) to 36 ((J) transverse series, 

 in the middle of the body, correspond to the length of the head. 

 Ventral plates in 6, more often in 8 longitudinal series, the outer 

 plates, when 8 series are present, smaller than those next to them ; 27 

 to 31 transverse series in males, 29 or 30 in females. Preanal plate 

 bordered by two, exceptionally three, semicircles of small plates. 25 

 to 31 lamellar scales under the fourth toe, usually 27 to 30. 13 to 20 

 femoral pores on each side, usually 15 to 19. || 



34 to 44 caudal scales in the fourth or fifth whorl behind the 

 postanal granules. 



The young, as a rule, are brown or olive above, with three white or 

 yellow dorsal streaks, proceeding from the superciliary border and 

 from the occipital, the median terminating on the base of the tail, the 

 laterals extending a little farther ; another light streak, often broken 

 up into a series of round spots, extends from the tympanum, which is 

 usually bordered with white, to the hind limb, passing above the fore 

 limb; a few round light spots are sometimes present between the dorso- 

 lateral and lateral streaks, above the shoulder, and there may be a 

 series of round spots along each side of the belly ; white spots are 

 sometimes present on the hind limbs. In some specimens the vertebral 



* The shield is, of course, much shorter in proportion in the young, but its 

 width is usually equal to that of the interparietal. 



t In the two specimens from N.W. of Ispahan. 



X JIale from Milos, in which the temporal lepidosis is very similar to that 

 of a large male of the typical form from Verona, which in some respects 

 approaches the var. major. 



§ 57 to 65 in specimens from Crete, according to Boettger. 



II Werner (Wiss. Mitt. Bosn. Herz. viii, p. 832) 'mentions a female from the 

 Peloponnesus with only 12-13 femoral pores. 



