706 EODENTIA 



Danford and Alston, of Asia Minor. It diflfers merely in its 

 slightly paler, more yellowish colour, somewhat more robust 

 skull, and more inflated auditory buUse. 



S, 2 al. Larissa, Thessaly, J.. E. Harting (p). 93. 4. 5. 1-3. 



Greece. (93. 4. 5. 1. Type of species.) 



i al. Larissa, Thessaly. P. H. Mavrogordato 93. 3. 28. 1. 



(c & p). 

 6, 9, 2 juv. al. Thessaly. Dr. F. Loeffler (c & p). 92. 12. 7. 1-4. 



MICROTUS ANGULARIS Miller. 



1908. Microtiis angularis Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., i, 



p. 198, February, 1908. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Microtus angularis Trouessart, Fauno Mamm. d'Europe, p. 182. 



Type locality. — Transylvania (probably near Hatszeg, Hun- 

 yad, Hungary). / Vt- ^'f.' v. i<^< 



G('ogra])lucal distribution. — Known only from the type locality. 



Diar/nosis. — A large member of the 3Iicrotus arvalis group, 

 about equal to the Grecian 31. hartingi in size, but with much 

 longer tail ; skull with unusually deep rostrum and abruptly 

 sloping nasals. 



Colour. — After about thirty years immersion in alcohol the 

 type appears to be essentially like 3Iicrotus arvalis arvalis in 

 colour. 



SJcull and tccili. — The skull diiTers from that of all other 



known European species of 3Iicrutus in the very deep, relatively 



.short rostrum (depth at back of nasal decidedly greater than 



distance between front of zygoma and anterior extremity of 



nasal) and the unusually conspicuous angle 



r^^^Zj^ 7~^S\, (about 34° instead of about 18 ' to 22 as in 



)'^k'\ X^fv N ^^' '^'■^■^^''^j ^- liartinrji and 31. orcadensis) 



yC^^^^^X-^ajrac^ — *^u ^^ which the nasals slope downward. 



V Auditory bidlse relatively larger than in 



Fio. 145. 3/ arvalis, but not so much inflated as 



"^"^ Nat.^size. '" '^ ii -^^ hartinr/i. Form of brain-case not 



known. Teeth with pattern of enamel 

 folding as in 3Iicrotus arvalis, but all of the triangles, especially 

 those in lower molars, with transverse diameter noticeably 

 increased relatively to antero-posterior diameter, and area of 

 dentine spaces reduced. 



3Icasuremcnts. — Type (adult male, in spirit) : head and body, 

 115 ; tail, 41 ; hind foot, 18 ; ear from meatus, 12. For cranial 

 measurements .see Table opposite. 



Specimen examined. — The type. 



6 al. Transylvania. C. G. Danford (c & p). 80. 10. 28. 2. 



{Type of species.) 



