PITYMYS 783 



Di(t(jnoms. — Not so large as P. iber'wus iberlcus (hind foot, 

 1() to 1 7 • 2 instead of 17-6 to 18-4); colour hair-brown usually 

 tinged with bufty, never with the pallid tints characteristic of 

 the typical race ; feet whitish in rather noticeable contrast with 

 back. 



Measurements. — Type (adult male) : head and body, 102 ; 

 tail, 24 ; hind foot, 16" 8 ; ear, 8. Average and extremes of ten 

 adults from the type locality: head and body, 99 (95-103); 

 tail, 25-9 (24-28); hind foot, 16-6 (16-17-2); ear, 8-4 (8-9). 

 Adult male from Catarroja, Valencia: head and body, 100; 

 tail, 21; hind foot, 16; ear, 9. Three adults from Seville: 

 hind foot (dry), 16, 16 and 16 -6. For cranial measurements 

 see Table, p. 789. 



Specimens examined. — Sixty, from the following localities in Spain : 

 Silos, Burgos, 27 ; near Burgos, 3 ; Catarroja, Valencia, 1 ; near Seville, 22 

 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.) ; Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz, 5 (perhaps referable 

 to P. ibericus regulus) ; Coto Doilana, Huelva, 2. 



8 (J, 2 ?. Silos, Burgos, Spain. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 278-287. 



(8. 8. 4. 278. Type of subspecies.) 



1 al. Burgos. N. Gonzalez (c). 8. 7. 7. 45. 

 6. Catarroja, Valencia. 0. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 208. 



(N. Gonzalez.) 

 6 <5, 4 9, 2 juv. Seville. {A. Ruiz.) Lord Lilford (p). 95. 3. 3. 29-40. 



2 al. Jerez de la Frontera, Abel Chapman (c 0. 5. 10. 2-3. 



Cadiz. & p). 



2 al. Jerez de la Frontera, A. Trevor Battye 7. 9. 12. 1-2. 



Cadiz. (c & p). 



1. Jerez de la Frontera, Abel Chapman (c 8. 3. 26. 6. 



Cadiz. & p). 



2. Coto Donana, Huelva. Abel Chapman (c 8. 3. 8. 10-11. 



&P). 



PiTYMYS IBERICUS PAscuus Miller. 



1908. Pitymys ibericus fuscus Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., 

 I, p. 206, February, 1908. 'Not Arvicola agrcstis fusca (= Pitymys 

 subterraneus) Fatio, 1900. Type in British Museum. 



1911. Pitymys ibericus pascuus MiUer, Proc. Biol. Soc, Washington, xxiv, 

 p. 39, February 24, 1911 (Substitute ior fuscus). 



Type locality. — Dehesa de Valencia, Province of Valencia, 

 Spain. 



Geographical distribution.- — Apparently confined to the Dehesa 

 de Valencia. 



Diagnosis. — Size as in Pitymys ibericus centralis, but colour 

 dark, resembling that of P. lusitanicus and P. pelandonius. 



Colour. — Upper parts a uniform bister, nearly as dark as that 

 of Ridgway, faintly varied by blackish hair tips, and becoming 

 tinged with wood-brown on sides. Underparts dull slaty grey, 

 washed with bufFy. Feet whitish in rather marked contrast with 

 body. Tail very oKscurely bicolor, whitish except median dorsal 

 region, which is tinged to a varying degree with dark brown. 



