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RODENTIA 



Measureiamts. — Average and extremes of eight adults iixmi 

 Berlin, Germany: head and body, 98 "l (97-112); tail, 78-.") 

 (73-84); hind foot, 19-2 (18-21); ear from meatus, 11-2 (11- 

 12). Average and extremes of live adults from the vicinity of 

 Konigsberg, Germany: head and body, 107*8 (99-115); tail, 

 76-4 (71-84) ; hind foot, 19-1 ( 1 8 • 6-1 9 • 8). Adult male from 

 Bustenari, Roumania : head and body, 102 ; tail, 82 ; hind foot, 

 18-5. For cranial measurements see Table, p. 839. 



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



Germany : Berlin, 9 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.) ; Herrenkrug, Magdeburg, 

 Saxony, 8 ; Altenburg, 1 ; Zoschau, Saxony, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Tausha, 

 Saxony, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; IBieberstein, Saxony, 1 ; Saxony, no exact locality, 2 

 (U.S.N.M.) ; vicinity of Konigsberg, 32 (U.S.N.M.). 



Austria-Hungary : Eszek, Slavonia, 1. 



EouMANiA : Bustenari, 1 ; Grageni, 2. 



Bulgaria: Rustschuk, 2 (Andersen). 



Bemarlcs. — This animal is immediately recognizable among 

 European Muridie by the shai'ply defined black dorsal line, and 

 among the smaller members of the family by the noticeably 

 beaded margin to the interorbital j^ortion of the skull. A similar 

 colour pattern occurs in the structurally very dilferent Siclt<t(t 

 frizona, and as the ranges of the two animals partly coincide 

 confusion may easily result. Superficially Sicista trizona is 

 perhaps most readily distinguished from Apodemus agrarius by 

 the presence of the large, tufted lobe at base of inner portion 

 of ear capable of completely closing the meatus. 



3 (5, 5 ?. Berlin, Germany. Dr. L. Heck (c &: p). 7. 6. 12. 1-8. 



4<5. Herrenkrug, Magdeburg, Dr. W. Wolterstorlf 92.12.1.10-17. 

 4 9 al. Saxony. (c & p). 



9 Altenberg, Saxony. E. R. Alston (p). 79. 9. 25. 42. 



(Muschler.) 



1 al. Bieberstein, Saxony. Berlin Museum (e). 93. 1. 1. 18. 



{Nitsche.) 



1 al. Eszek, Slavonia, Hun- Budapest IMuseum 94. 7. 23. 1. 

 gary. (k). 



6 Bustenari, Prahova, Rou- Lord Lilford (p). 4.4. G. 50. 



mania. (W. Doclson.) 



i, 9. Gageni, Prahova, Rou- Lord Lilford (r). 4. 4. G. 51-52. 



mania. (1-7. Dodson.) 



Purchased (Ver- 63. 11. 16. 3. 



reaux). 



Genus MICROMYS Dehne. 



1841. Micronuji Dehno, IMicromys agilis, ein neucs Siiugthier der Fauna 



von Dresden, p. 1. 

 1857. Mus Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 309 (part). 

 1905. Micromys Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., xv, p. 442, 



May, 1905 (part). 



Time .siwcies. — Mirromi/f; lu/iliff Dehne = Miit< ><oririnus Her- 

 mann. 



Geixjrdjjhk-ul distrihiitiou.. — Central Europe and Asia from 



