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( 16' 4-17' 6). Average and extremes of eight specimens from 

 Eggedal, Buskerud, Norway : head and body, 97-5 (92-102-5) ; 

 tail, 54-6 (52-59); hind foot, lG-6 (16-4-17). For cranial 

 measurements see Table, p. 650. 



Specimens examined. — One hundred and four, from the following 

 localities : — 



Norway: Asker, Christiania, 7 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.); Lillehammer, 

 Hedemarken, 18 (U.S.N.M.) ; Eggedal, Buskerud, 27 (U.S.N.M.); Spjosod, 

 Telemarken, 33 (U.S.N.M.) ; Molmen, Kristiansamt, 2 ; Holaaker, Kris- 

 tiansamt, 2. 



Sweden : Kvickjock, Norbotten, 2 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.), identification 

 not positive; Upsala, 7 (U.S.N.M.); Medelpad, west Norrland, 2; Sma- 

 land, 2. 



<5, 9. Medelpad, W. Norrland, Lord Lilford (i>). 8.10.19.2-3. 



Sweden. 



2. Smalaud. Prof. Sundevall (c). 49. 11. 1. 3, 5. 



1. Kvickjock, Norbotten. Prof. Sundevall (c). 45. 10. 25. 7. 



2 6. Holaaker, 1900 ft. R. J. Cuninghame 98. 2. 28. 8-9. 



(c & p). 



2 S. Molmen. R. J. Cuninghame 98. 5. 2. 3-4. 



(c & p). 



(5, ?. Asker, Christiania. Christiania IMuseum 93. 3. 1. 14-15. 



(E). 



EvOTOMYS GLAREOLUS ISTERICUS Miller. 



1900. Evotomys hercynicus hercynicus Miller, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 

 II, p. 100, July 26, 1900 (part ; specimens from Marxheim, Bavaria, 

 and Bustenari, Roumania). 



1909. Evotomys glareolus istericus Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 



8th ser., in, p. 419, May, 1909. Type in British Musevmi. 



1910. Evotomi/s glareolus istericus Trouessart, Fauna Mamm. d'Europe 



p. 172. 



Type locality. — Bustenari,' Prahova, Roumania (in the Car- 

 pathians, north-west of Bucharest ; altitude 480 m.). 



Geographical distribution. — Drainage basin of the Danube, 

 from Bavaria through Hungary to Roumania and probably to 

 Bulgaria and the coast of the Black Sea. 



Diagnosis. — Auditory bulhe more abruptly inflated on inner 

 side than in the typical subspecies ; colour lighter and more 

 yellow than in the other races, the red of rather narrow dorsal 

 area a clear 3'ellowish rufous. 



Colour. — Summer pelage : dorsal stripe narrow and well 

 defined, not tending to spread over sides. It is rufous slightly 

 Naried with yellowish wood-brown, and rather thickly sprinkled 

 with black-tipped hairs. Face, cheeks, and sides pale yellowish 

 \\()od-brown, tinged with grey ; underparts varying from creamy 

 white to a yellowLsh cream-bufl:". Rump like sides, rather 

 strt)ngly contrasted with dorsal stripe. Feet greyish white. A 

 I lark shade at ankle. Ears thinly haired, like dorsal stripe in 

 colour. Tail sharply bicolor, brown above becoming darker at 

 tip, soiled white below. Winter pelage : dorsal stripe slightly 

 less sharply defined than in summer, the rufous paler but warmer, 



