578 



RODENTIA 



Gozzano, Novara, 3 (Genoa) ; Ceresole d'Alba, Turiu, 10 (Turin) ; Monca- 

 lieri, Turin, 7 (Turin). 



2 (5, 2 9. Nimes, Gard, France. 0. Thomas (p). 8. 8. 10. 53-56. 



(C. Mottaz.) 



2, 2 juv. France. Purchased 46. 1. 2. 1-4. 



(Lefebvre). 



1. France. A. Baillon (c). 40. a. 



2 ?. Marxheim, Bavaria. Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 102-103. 



{Sdiucliardt.) 



?. Ekernkrug, Germany. Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 104. 



1. Trieste, Austria-Hungary. Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 152. 



{J. G. Haggard.) 



6. Herkulesbad, Austria- Hon. N. 0. Roths- 7. 9. 16. 11. 

 Hungary. {F. J. Cox.) child (p). 



4 cJ, 2 ?. Hatszeg, Hunyad, Tran- C. G. Danford (c). 3. 11. 8. 21-26. 

 sylvania. 



1. Miirren, Bern, Switzer- W. Giirtner (c & p). 92.10.5.4. 



land. 



1. Lucerne. E. Cavendish Taylor 5.5.6.15. 



(c & p). 



1. St. Gothard, Uri, Swit- Tomes Collection. 7. 1. 1. 75. 

 zerland. (Verreaux.) 



9 juv. Thayngen, Schaffhausen. O. Thomas (p). 2. 8. 4. 35. 



(E. H. Zollikofer.) 



9. Mels, St. Gallen". {E. H. 0. Thomas (p). 2. 8. 4. 34. 



Zollikofer.) 



i St. Switzerland. E. R. Alston (p). 79. 9. 12. 1. 



Glis glis italicus Barrett-Hamilton. 



1898. Glis italicus Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., 



II, p. 424, November, 1898 (Siena, Italy). Type in British 

 Museum. 



1899. ? Glis insularis Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 



7th ser., iii, p. 228, March, 1899, Monte Aspro, near Palermo, 

 Sicily. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Glis italicus and ? Glis insularis Trouessart, Faune Mamm. 

 d'Europe, p. 132. 



Type locality. — Siena, Italy. 



Geographical distribution. — Italy, from region of Genoa, 

 southward ; Sicily 1 



Diagnosis, — Larger than Glis glis, the hind foot more than 

 30 mm., the condylobasal length of skull about 40 to 44 mm. ; 

 cheek-teeth distinctly enlarged ; the incomplete cross ridges 

 tending to be better developed ; general colour of upper parts a 

 clear broccoli-brown noticeably darkened by the longer blackish 

 hairs ; tail usually much darker than body, its terminal half 

 drab, slaty, or occasionally blackish. 



Measurements. — Adult male from the type locality : head and 

 body, 190 ; tail, 152 ; hind foot, 33 ; ear from meatus, 24. Type 

 and a second adult female from the type locality : head and 

 body, 180 and 187; tail, 153 and 130 (probably injured); hind 

 foot, 34 and 33*4; ear from meatus, 23 and 23. Adult female 

 from Monte Sirino, Lagonegro : head and body, 175; tail, 150; 



