CROCIDDRA 103 



Crocidura russula pulchra Cabrera. 



1907. Crocidura russula ptilchra Cabrera, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 7th ser., xx, p. 213, September 1, 1907. Type in Cabrera col- 

 lection. 



1907. Crocidura russula pulchra Cabrera, Bol. Real Soc. Espafi. Hist. 

 Nat., Madrid, vii, p. 223, October, 1907. (For date see Cabrera, 

 Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., i, p. 189, February, 1908.) 



1910. Crocidura russula pulchra Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 45. 



Type locality. — Valencia, Spain. 



Geographical distribution. — Central and southern Spain ; low- 

 lands of France south of the Gironde. 



Diagnosis. — Smaller than Crocidura russula russula (hind foot, 

 10" 8 to 13, condylobasal length of skull, 18 to 19 '4), and jjaler 

 in colour, the back a light drab brown tinged with sepia or dull 

 russet. 



Measurements. — External measurements of type, male (from 

 Cabrera): head and body, 71; tail, 41*5; hind foot, 12. 

 Average and extremes of seven specimens from 'Silos, Burgos, 

 Spain: head and body, 72-7 (67-78); tail, 36 (34-37); hind 

 foot, 11 "9 (10 •8-12 -4). Average and extremes of .seven 

 specimens from Ciranada, Spain : head and body, 69 * 6 (68—74) ; 

 tail, 38-2 (36-40); hind foot, 12-2 (12-12-8). Average and 

 extremes of ten specimens from Cadillac-sur-Garonne, Gironde, 

 France: head and body, 75-2 (70-81); tail, 37 (33-40); hind 

 foot, 11*6 (11-12). For cranial measurements see Table, p. 106. 



Specimens examined. — Sixty-five, from the following localities ; — 



Feance : Cadillac-sur-Garonne, Gironde, 19 (U.S.N.M.) ; Moutr6jeau, 

 Haute-Garonne, 3 (U.S.N.M.) ; St. Genies, near Nlmes, Gard, 2.* 



Spain : Silos, Burgos, 18 ; Dehesa de Valencia, Valencia, 1 ; Alcoy, 

 Alicante, 8 ; Elche, Alicante, 2 ; Venta del Baul, Granada, 2 ; Granada, 8 ; 

 Barracas, Castellon, 1. 



Portugal: Sierra de Gerez, 1 (in alcohol; perhaps referable to cintrai). 



9. St. Genies, Gard, 102 m. 0. Thomas (p). 8. 8. 10. 42. 



France. (C. Mottaz.) 



4 6. Silos, Burgos, 980 m. G. S. MiUer (c). 8. 8. 4. 38-41. 



Spain. 



9. Dehesa de Valencia. O. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 46. 



(N. Gonzalez.) 



2 ,i, 1 9. Alcoy, Alicante. 0. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 43-45. 



(N. Gonzalez.) 



6,9. Venta del Baul, Granada. G. S. MiUer (c). 8.8.4.31-32. 



4 rf, 1 9. Granada. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 33-37. 



<5al. Sierra deGerez,Portugal. Dr. H. Gadow 87.3.28.1. 



(c & p). 



* Intermediate between pulchra and true russtila. 



