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than a slight thickening of the cinguhmi. In the other teeth 

 it is a well developed cusp nearly equal to entoconid. In all 

 three teeth the outer cusps are noticeably higher than those of 

 the inner row. 



Measurements. — Average and extremes of five males from 

 Borrohol, Sutherland, Scotland: head and body, 148*4 (145- 

 152); tail, 26-8 (26-28); hind foot, 18-8 (18-19). Average 

 and extremes of four females from the same locality : head and 

 body, 135(133-138); tail, 25 • 3 (24-28) ; hind foot, 17 • 5 (17-18). 

 Average and extremes of five males from Solferino, Landes, 

 France : head and body, 138 (134-142) ; tail, 26-2 (25-28) ; hind 

 foot, 17 -8 (17-18). Five females from the same locality: head 

 and body, 128-6 (126-133); tail, 27-4 (25-29) ; hind foot, 17-2 

 (17-18). Average and extremes of six males from Lucinges, 

 Haute-Savoie, France: head and body, 136-6 (132-140); tail,' 

 24-8 (23-26); hind foot, 18-1 (17-19). Average and extremes 

 of three males from Turin, Italy : head and body, 138-3 (123- 

 147) ; tail, 31 (27-34) ; hind foot, 19-2 (18-20). Average and 

 extremes of eight males from the Dehesa de Valencia, Spain : 

 head and body, 144-3 (135-165) ; tail, 26-6 (26-28) ; hind foot, 

 18-1 (18-19). For cranial measurements see Table, p. 12. 



Specimens examined. — Three hundred and ninety, from the following 

 localities : — 



Scotland: Borrohol, Sutherland, 9 (Wilson); Black Isle, Cromarty, :3; 

 Cromarty, 1 ; Gordonstown, Elgin, 1 ; Grautown-on-Spey, Elgin, 1:3 (Wilson) ; 

 Cortachy, Forfar, 1 (Wilson) ; Stockbriggs, Lanarkshire, 1. 



England : Bowdon, Cheshire, 1 ; Altrincham, Chester, Cheshire, 1 ; 

 Parsop, Hereford, 1 ; Lavenham, Suffolk, 1 (Wilson) ; Barrow, Suffolk, 1 

 (U.S.N.M.) ; Arley, Staffordshire, 1 (Wilson) ; Rugby, Warwickshire, 2 ; 

 Warwickshire, no exact localitj', 2 ; Fulbourn, Cambridge, 1 ; Holloway, 

 Somersetshire, 2 ; Somersetshire, no exact locality, 1 ; Banstead, Surrey, 2 ; 

 Coombe, Surrey, 1 ; Cobhaiu, Surrey, 2 ; Egham, Surrey, 2 ; Knockholt, 

 Kent, 2 ; Bromley, Kent, 2 ; Devonshire, no exact locality, 3. 



Denmark: No exact locality, 1 (U.S.N.M.). 



Belgium: Waremme, Liege, 3 (U.S.N.M.). 



France : Guines, Pas-de-Calais, 1 ; Pont-de-Briques, Pas-de-Calais, 1 ; 

 Trinity, Jersey, 2 ; St. Lawrence, Jersey, 1 ; Barbizon, Seine-et-Marne, 2 ; 

 Meluu, Seine-et-Marne, 1 (Mottaz) ; Lignieres, Charente, 1 (Mottaz) ; 

 Huelgoat, Brittany, 1 ; Cadillac-sur-Garonne, Gironde, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; 

 Foret de Bouconne, Gers, 13 ; Solferino, Landes, 10 ; Caterille, Haute- 

 Garonne, 10; Legouvin, Haute-Garonne, 3; Luchon, Haute-Garonne, 3; 

 Bareges, Hautes-Pyr^n^es, 5; I'Hospitalet, Ari^ge, 1; Port6, Pyr6n6es- 

 Orieutales, 3 ; St. Gilles, Gard, 1 ; Valescure, Var, 1 ; Agay, Var, 1 ; 

 Etupes, Doubs, 3 (Mottaz) ; Lucinges, Haute-Savoie, 9 ; Moutauban, 

 Haute-Savoie, 15 ; Cranves-Sales, Haute-Savoie, 12. 



Spain: Pajares, Leon, 2; Castrillo de la Reina, Burgos, 9; Castafiares, 

 Burgos, 8 ; L6rida, 1 ; Barracas, Castellon, 24 ; Catarroja, Valencia, 4 ; 

 Dehesa de Valencia, Valencia, 17. 



Germany : Konigsberg, 4 (U.S.N.M.) ; Moritzburg, Saxony, 8 (U.S.N.M) ; 

 Ummerstadt, Thiiringen, 3 ; Brunswick, 15 (U.S.N.M.) ; Aachen, 9 

 (U.S.N.M.); Bremen, 1 ; Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, 4; Strass, near Burg- 

 heim, Bavaria, 7 ; Niesky, Silesia, 1 ; Kalbe, Saale, 2 ; Magdeburg, 

 Saxony, 1 ; Strassburg, 3. 



Austria-Hungary : Csallokoz-Somorja, Pressburg, Hungary, 2 ; Hatszeg, 

 Hunyad, Transylvania, 2. 



