LACERTA MURALIS VAR. BOCAGEI SEOANE. 
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Archaeolacertae Méh. They are ranged in more or less equal whirls. Traces 
of apical pits, placed one by one at the end of the caudal scales may 
be found in most specimens. These traces of apical pits are more or less 
well developed, sometimes but very feebly and hardly discernible. As 
regards their disposition we may note that they are generally found only 
on a part, — sometimes on the larger one, — of the caudal scales ; sometimes 
again we find very few such caudal scales or scale groups which present 
marks of an apical pit. In some cases however we find these pits present 
on almost each scale. They may also be noticed on regenerated tails. 
I must here observe that these (concave) apical pits, — compared to the 
(projecting) apical knobs described and figured by Méhely (9) in some 
Archaeolacertae, as for instance in Lac. graeca Bedr. — are very faintly 
marked, as if mere traces of those to be seen in the former. (Pl. I. fig. 6—7.) 
Scales on upper surface of tibia not very much smaller 
than those of back, sometimes equal to them; 6—8 dorsal scales 1 corres¬ 
ponding to 8 tibian ; more or less, yet keeled at their top. 
Gular scales in the median line between 28 and 82 in number. 
Sulcus gular is well marked. Collar presenting a straight border, 
formed by 10—14 scales, which are somewhat broader than deep, sometimes 
nearly as deep as broad. Y e n t r a 1 s generally in 6 rows ; 2 26—29 in 
length (to axis of body) on the 28—83 in the Ç. The supplemen¬ 
tary row of ventralia («Oberschildchen», Méhely) vary very 
much in size ; formula : 1+1, 1+2, or 1+1+1. 3 Anal large, 1*3—l*8-times 
as long as broad, bordered by two 4 arch-like rows of shields, from which 
the inner and larger one contains 5—8 shields, whilst the outer and smaller 
one is composed by 11—19 shields. The inner one of these two arch-like 
rows contains at the middle generally 2 praeanals, which are conside¬ 
rably smaller than the anal. (PL I. fig. 8.) On hind border of anal no scales. 
On lower surface of thighs (PI. I. fig. 9.), between the row 
of larger plates and the femoral pores 4—6 shield-rows. Femoral pores 
13—20 in number. Formula of tibial plates: 1+1+1, sometimes 
1+1+1+1; it is very characteristic that the third shields in the first and 
second row are always melt with eachother forming a single large plate. 
(PI. I. a x on fig. 9.) 
1 Dorsal scales measured in middle of trunk, those only counted, which are entirely 
comprised in mentioned space. 
2 In a $ from Lisbon the supplementary rows of ventral plates are so strongly deve¬ 
loped as to form two series more of ventral plates, the number of the lattcrs thus amounting 
to 8. 
3 In the (J specimen before mentioned, presenting 8 rows of ventralia, they fail. 
4 See footnote 3 on p. 202. 
