5G0 EODENTIA 



2(5. Mondello, 1000m. Sicilv. 0. Thomas (p). 6. S. 4. 33-34. 



(A. Robert.) 

 '2 6, '2 9. Madonna del Alto, Sicily. 0. Thomas (p). 8. 9. 1. 28-31. 



(A. Bobcrt.) 



ELIOMYS SARDUS Barrett-Hamilton. 



1901. EUomys sardics Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 



7th ser., vii, p. 3-40, April, 1901. 

 1910. Eliomijs sardus Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 138. 



Type locality. — Tricoli, Cagliostra, Sardinia. 



Geographical clistribiition. — Sardinia and Corsica. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Elio)ai/s pall idiis but with smaller skull 

 (condylobasal length 30 to 32 mm.) and relatively deeper brain-case. 



Colour. — The colour does not differ appreciably from that of 

 Eliomijs pallidus. 



Skull and teeth. — The skull does not attain the large size of 

 that of E. pallidus. In form it is peculiar in the relatively 

 greater depth of brain-case, the ratio of depth through bulla to 

 condylobasal length ranging in four specimens from 41 -|- to 

 43-}-, while in seven of the larger animals it ranges from 37 to 

 38 + . Teeth as in the related form. 



Measurements. — Type (old female) : hind foot, 26 • 6. Three 

 other Sardinian sjaecimens : hind foot, 25 "4, 26 and 28. For 

 cranial measurements see Table, p. 565. 



Specimens examined. — Nine, from the following localities : — 

 Sardinia: Tricoli, 2; Lanusei, 2. 

 Corsica : Asco, 5. 



i juv., ?. Tricoli, Sardinia. O. Thomas (p). 1. 3. 8. 1-2. 



(G. Meloni.) (1. 8. 8. 1. Type of species.) 



6, 9. Lanusei, Sardinia. 0. Thomas (p). 1. 3. 8. 3-4. 



[O. Meloni.) 



2 (5, 2 9. Asco, Corsica. {Dr. O. Thomas (p). 8. 11. 30. 1-4. 



F. Major.) 



ELIOMYS LUSITANICUS Reuvens. 



1890. El{io'mys] nitela var. lusitanica Eeuvens, Die Myosidae oder 



Schlaefer, p. 28, footnote (Lisbon, Portugal). 

 1897. Mioxus nitela var. amori Graels, Mem. Real Acad. Sci., Madrid, 



XVII, p. 481 (Cordova, Spain). 

 1901. Elliomysl amori Thomas, Proc. Zool. Sec, London, p. 41. 

 1904. EUomys amori Cabrera, Bol. Real Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., xvii, 



p. 187, Api-il, 1904. 

 1908. EUomys lusitanicus Cabrera, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., i, 



p. 189, February, 1908. 

 1910. EUomys quercinus lusitanicus Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, 



p. 137. 



Type locality. — Lisbon, Portugal. 



Geographical distribution. — Southern portion of the Iberian 

 Peninsula ; exact limits of range not known. 



Diagnosis. — Largest European member of the genus EUomys 

 (hind foot in adults usually more than 30 mm.) ; skull con- 



