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developed longitudinal spots. In the (J $ these vittæ may be as well or 
nearly as well developed as in the Ç Ç, or very weakly visible, almost 
disappearing; they are composed of very diversely shaped markings, for¬ 
ming widely separated large spots, more or less disconnected zigzag lines,, 
or fine vermiculated designs. In examined specimens no striae dor¬ 
sales present. Yitta occipitalis not present, or but very feebly 
marked by very small vermiculated spots on some parts of the back, or a 
few somewhat larger dots on the neck-region; here and there somewhat 
more clearly expressed, in form of some larger spots in the region of the 
vertebral column. Temporal vittae consisting in a dark sepia 
or blakcish network («los flancos son pardos» Seoane, 1. c.) ; the interspaces 
in this network permit us to perceive the groundcolour in form of roundish 
spots ; this ground colour seems to be the same as that of the region between 
the vittæ temporales. On the Ç $ these temporal vittæ present a somewhat 
narrower and more continual aspect, which in older specimens may also 
become somewhat reticulated; in the former individuals a feebly marked 
subocular stripe can be observed along the sides of the body. 
One or more shoulder-spots, which in living specimens might have been 
of a greenish colour, are to be observed in some individuals. Some Clark 
bordered lighter ocellæ are also present on hind part of thighs. The striae 
suboculares are not visible on the body of the (J, we may however 
meet with well marked ones on the tail, where the elements of all striae 
and vittæ described above are generally clearly discernible in both sexes. 
Ground colour of vitta maxillaris same as in temporal one, bearing 
blakish spots and designs. 
The Portuguese specimens here described present, as stated above, 
mostly a reticulated or spotted aspect even more so than the Central-Euro- 
pean Lacerta muralis Laur. We can however distinguish in them the striæ 
and vittæ already mentioned, the degree of development in which is an 
individual and sexual pecularity. Boulenger (4, PL XXIY, fig. 8.) figures 
a (J from the Serra de Gerez being as reticulated as some individuals of 
L. oxycephala D. et B. The Coruna individuals are in the $ Ç and in the 
younger $ of a decidedly striped form, and even the old $ $ present ■ 
some clearly distinguishable stripes. The two specimens figured by Boulen¬ 
ger (1. c., fig. 6—7.) also from Coruna seem to agree with those here in 
question. Boulenger writes as follows «Specimens from Lisbon agree 
with those from Galicia, except that the caudal scales are less strongly 
keeled» (4, p. 862.), although this latter character, sometimes present, 
seems to me much less striking than the coloration in the local variation 
of this form. Comparing them with the previously described specimens 
the principal markings in the coloration of the Galician ones are as follows : : 
