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both Jaws tend to be more crowded, so that their crowns are 

 usually set more obliquely to axis of tooth-row. 



Measurements. — Two adult males from Terceira, Azores : head 

 and body, 255 and 266 ; tail, 105 and 116; hind foot, 44 and 

 44 ; ear from meatus, 19 and 18. Adult from Malta : hind foot, 

 44; ear from meatus, 19, 



Specimens examined. — Five, from the following localities: — Malta, 1 ; 

 San Thome, 1; Terceira, Azores, 2; St. Michaels, Azores, 1. 



Hemarhs. — This African species probably owes its presence in 

 Malta and on the Azores to introduction by man. So far as can 

 be judged from the description, the Corsican weasel to which 

 Cavazza has applied the name corsicanus, is the same animal. 



1. Malta. C. A. Wright (p). 75. 4. 6. 1. 



1. San Thome. Hon. W. Rothschild 4. 1. 1. 5. 



6. Terceira, Azores. Hon. W. Rothschild 3. 6. 5. 25. 



(W. B. Ogilvie-Grant.) (p). 

 6. Terceira. D. H. Chassereau 4. 3. 15. 1. 



(c & p). 

 ?. St. Michaels. Major P. A. Chaves 5. 1. 19. 1. 



(c & p). 



MUSTELA GALINTHIAS Bate. 



1906. Putorius nivalis gaUnthias Bate, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1905, ii, 



p. 319, April 5, 1906. 

 1910. Putorius (Ictis) nivalis gaUnthias Trouessart, Faune Mamm. 



d'Europe, p. 14. 



Type locality. — Crete. 



Geographical distribution. — Island of Crete. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Mustela africana, but with brown of 

 sides not encroaching on underparts, the line of demarcation 

 straight. Skull not known. 



Specimens examined. — Two, both from Crete. 



Bemarhs. — Further material may show that the Cretan 

 weasel is not distinct from Mustela africana. The two specimens 

 now known are alike in colour and different from any of the 

 African or other skins of M. africana examined. Though with- 

 out skulls or measurements they evidently represent a weasel 

 quite equal to the African animal in size. 



6. Malaxa, Crete. Miss D. Bate (c). 5. 12. 2. 23. 



1. Crete. Miss D. Bate (c). 5. 12. 2. 24. 



{Type of species.) 



