MUSCARDINUS PULCHER Barrett-Hamilton, 



1855. ? Myoxus speciosus Dehne, Allgem. deutsche Naturhist. Zeitung, 



neue Folge, i, p. 180, Tursi, Basilicata, Italy. 

 1898. Mnscardinus pzolcher Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 



7th ser., ii, p. 423, November, 1898, Perugia, Italy. 

 1900. M[usca7-dinus'] avellanarius speciosus Barrett-Hamilton, Proc. Zool. 



Soc, London, p. 87. 



1910. Muscardinus avellanarius speciosus Trouessart, Faune ]Mamm. 

 d'Europe, p. 136. 



Type locality. — Perugia, province of Perugia, Italy. 



Geoijrapliical disiribiition. — At present known from Perugia, 

 Rome, and the vicinity of Naples, Italy. 



Diagnosis.- — Like Muscardinus avellanarius but general colour 

 brighter, the flanks nearly raw-sienna; white of throat extending 

 upward as a conspicuous whitish stripe between eye and ear. 

 Teeth somewhat larger than in M. avellanarius. 



External clmraciers. — In external form I can detect no diiFer- 

 ence between this species and Muscardinus avellanarius ; mammae 8, 

 arranged as in the more northern animal. 



