787 



and body, 107; tail, 23; hind foot, 17; ear, 10. For cranial 

 measurements see Table, p. 790. 



Specimens examitied. — Four, from the following localities in llonte- 

 negro : Beri, 1 ; Daljans, 1 ; Vranici, 2. 



BemarJcs. — Among the members of the group to which it 

 belongs this species is easily recognizable by its dark colour and 

 large size. 



6. Beri, Montenegro. (L. Filhrer. 

 9. Dcaljans. {L. Filhrer.) 

 6, ?. Vranici. (L. Fiihrer.) 



0. Thomas (p). 6. 8. 4. 23. 

 0. Thomas (p). 5. 8. 4. 25. 

 0. Thomas (p). 5. 8. 4. 24, 26. 

 (5. 8. 4. 26. Type of species.) 



PITYMYS ATTICUS Miller. 



1910. Pitymys atticus Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., vi, 

 p. 460, November, 1910. Type in British Museum. 



Type locality. — Kephissia, near Athens, Greece. 



Geographical distribution. — Known only from the type locality. 



Diagnosis. — Size much smaller than in the only other known 

 form occurring in the Balkan Peninsula, P. thomasi, and about 

 equal to that of P. duodecimcostatus. Differs from the latter in 

 less projecting upper incisors and less obliquely truncate occiput. 



Colour. — tipper parts bufFy wood-brown very inconspicuously 

 lined with black, the sides a little paler and approaching a dull 

 ochraceous-buff behind ear, on flanks and across rump. There 

 is no true line of demarcation along sides, but transition to 

 bufiy white of underparts is rather abrupt. Basal portion of 

 fur everywhere slate-colour, tliis appearing at surface throughout 

 underparts. Feet bufly white in strong contrast with back. 

 Tail obscurely bicolor, pale cream-bufF below, huffy wood-brown 

 above. 'Muzzle tinged with hair-brown. 



Skull. — The skull of the type is so injured that its exact form 

 cannot be seen. Apparently it most nearly resembles the skull 

 of Pitymys duodecimcostatus in size, but differs in the shorter, 

 broader and deeper rostrum and nasals, relatively wider inter- 

 orbital region, less strongly projecting incisors and less obliquely 

 truncate occiput. Auditory bullte flatter and less inflated than 

 in P. duodecimcostatus, though of about the same diameter (not 

 reduced as in P. provincialis). 



Te^eth. — The teeth are essentially like those of Pitymys duode- 

 cimcostatus and P. thomasi, but the anterior outer re-entrant 

 angle of m^ is more pronounced than in any of the skulls of the 

 two related species with which I liave compared it. 



Measurements. — Type (adult female) : head and body, 95 ; 

 tail, 25; hind foot (dry), 16; ear, 8-2. For cranial measure- 

 ments see Table, p. 790. 



Specimen examined. — The type. 

 1. Athens, Greece. (C.Mottas.) Hon. N. C. Rothschild (p). 8.10.2.51. 



( Type of species.) 



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