760 



RODENTIA 



PiTYMYS SUBTERRANEUS CAPUCINUS Miller. 



1908. Pitymys subterraneus cajmcimcs Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 



8th ser., i, p. 202, February, 1908. 

 1910. Pitymys subterraneus cainicinus Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europo, 



p. 185. 



Type locality. — Spruce forest near " Salon du Capucin," 

 Mont-Dore, Puy-de-Dome, France. Altitude about 4000 feet. 



Geographical distribution. — Known only from the type 

 locality. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to P. subterraneus subterraneus, but colour 

 not so dark, and skull with brain-case broader and more 

 flattened. 



Colour. — General hue of upper parts not so dark as in 

 P. subterraneus subterraneus, the exact shade near the mars- 

 brown of Ridgway but with an evident bufly cast ; feet a clear, 

 very pale smoke-grey. 



Skull and teeth. — In all general features the skull agrees 

 with th^t of P. subterraneus subterraneus, but the brain-case is 

 noticeably broader and more flattened, its length to back of 

 interparietal about equal to breadth over base of zygomata, its 

 lateral rounding off much less evident, and the occipital profile 

 wider in proportion to its depth. Teeth as in the typical form. 



Measurements. — Type (adult female) : head and body, 102 ; 

 tail, 33; hind foot, 15. Adult male from the type locality: 

 head and body, 100; hind foot, 15. For cranial measurements 

 see Table, p. 761. 



Specimens examined. — Two, both from Mont-Dore. 



?. Mont-Dore, Puy-de-D6me, France. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 266-267. 



(8. 8. 4. 267. Type of subspecies.) 



PITYMYS DACIUS Miller. 



1903. Pitymys dacius ]Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., i, p. 202, 



February, 1908. 

 1910. Pitymys dac'ms Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europo, p. 188. 



Type locality. — Gageni, Prahova, Roumania (at foot of Car- 

 pathians, north-west of Bucharest), Roumania. 



Geographical distribution. — Known at present from the type 

 locality only. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Pitymys subterraneus but skull larger, 

 the nasals more strongly bent downward anteriorly, the brain- 

 case more depressed posteriorly ; auditory bullae larger ; posterior 

 vipper molar with third inner re-entrant angle very shallow. 



Colour. — The colour of the type is indistinguishable from that 

 of typical P. subterraneus. 



Skull. — In general the skull resembles that of Pitymys sub- 

 terraneus, but the brain-case is more depressed posteriorly and 



