782 



PiTYMYS iBERicus iBERicus Gerbe. 



1854. Arvicola ibericiis Gcrbe, Revue Zoologique, 1854, p. 400. Type in 



Paris Museum. 

 1879. Arvicola (Microtus) ibcricus Gerbe, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 3rd ser., 



VII, p. 42. 

 1905. Microtus ibcricus Major, Anu. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., xv, 



p. 515, May, 1905. 

 1908. Pitymys ibcricus ibcricus Miller, Ann. and ]\Iag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., 



I, p. 205, February, 1908. 

 1910. Pitymys ibcricus Trouessart, Faune IMamni. d'Europe, p. 190. 



Tyj^e locality. — Province of Murcia, Spain. 



Geographical distribution. — Coast region of south-eastern Spain 

 (Provinces of Alicante, Murcia and eastern portion of Granada). 



Diagnosis. — Size large (hind foot, usually 17 "6 to 18-4 mm. ; 

 upper tooth-row, 6 to 6 "4 mm.) ; general colour very pale. 



Colour. — Upper parts ranging from a pale hair-brown slightl}^ 

 tinged with bister along middle of back and suffused with buffy 

 along sides to a light, buffy broccoli-brown, brightening nearly to 

 cream-buff on flanks and on sides of neck. Underparts usually 

 greyish white dulled by the slaty undercolour, the general effect 

 not far from the grey No. 9 of Ridgway, but occasionally washed 

 with buffy. Pect clear greyish white. Tail whitish with a 

 varying amount of dark bi-own along median dorsal region, this 

 brown occasionally almost absent. 



Measurements. — Type (adult) : head and body, 114 (skin) ; 

 tail, 26; hind foot, 18. Adult female from Venta del Baul, 

 Granada, Spain: head and body, 107; tail, 27; hind foot, 18; 

 ear, 8. Three adult females from Elche, Alicante, Spain : head 

 and body, 101, 105 and 106; tail, 27, 27 and 29; hind foot, 

 17*6, 18 and 18*4. For cranial measurements see Table, p. 789. 



Specimens examined. — Eleven, from the following localities in Spain : 

 Venta del Baul, Granada, 3 ; Murcia, no exact locality, 1 (Paris ; type) ; 

 Elche, Alicante, 7. 



6, 2 ?. Elche, Alicante, Spain. 0. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 209-211. 

 {N. Gonzalez.) 



3 9. Elche, Alicante. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 273-275. 



6, ?. Venta del Baul, Granada. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 276-277. 



Pitymys ibericus centralis Miller. 



1908. Pitymys ibericus centralis Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., Sth ser., 



I, p. 205, February, 1908. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Pitymys ibericus centralis Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 190. 



Type locality. — Pastures near Silos, Province of Burgos, Spain. 

 Altitude about 3000 feet. 



Geographical distribution. — Central Spain from the province 

 of Burgos south to Valencia and Seville ; exact limits of range 

 not known. 



