318 Mr. M. A. C. Hinton on 
3. Spalax monticola captorum, subsp. n. 
Hab.—Kanghri (Changria), Asia Minor. 
Type.—A middle-aged female (B.M. 19. 9. 20. 23; 
original no. 18; contained “4 fairly well-developed embryos ”’) 
collected March 20, 1918, by Captain F. J, Patmore ; pre- 
sented to the British Museum by Captain Patmore and 
Captain Phillips. 
Material examined.—F our from type-locality (2 ¢, 2 ?). 
Description.—This subspecies is most nearly allied to 
S. m. anatolicus and S. m. cilicicus, presenting some characters 
common to the two forms named, others possessed by one or 
other of them, besides certain features peculiar to itself. 
Skull.—The following characters are common to the skulls 
of captorum, anatolicus, and ciltecews:—Medium size; the 
form of the rostrum, which is of medium length, rather 
narrow, though somewhat stouter than in S. ehrenbergi ; each 
frontal with a well-developed processus naso-basalis; naso- 
frontal suture more or less concave anteriorly ;_ parictals 
remaining broad in advanced age ; supraoccipital measured 
from foramen magnum to lambda shorter than the fronto- 
parietal length (lambda-nasal length—height.of skull= 
2°02-2°05) ; wide meatus auditorius externus (greatest 
diameter about 3 mm.); short anterior palatal foramina, 
their hinder ends falling considerably short of a line con- 
necting the posterior edges of the maxillary zygomatic pro- 
cesses ; anterior portion of palate shorter than hinder portion, 
the posterior palatal border without a median spine ; post- 
palatine foramina placed in advance of the septum between 
ne pa MS, 
In the following respects captorum agrees with anatolicus 
and differs from cilicicus:—Nasals rather narrow anteriorly, 
with a more or less evident constriction of the middle part of 
the anterior widened portion ; processus naso-basalis reaches 
only to middle of the infraorbital foramen ; infraorbital fora- 
men of medium size; ascending branch of maxillary zygo- 
matic process narrow ; pterygoid and paroccipital processes 
relatively slender, as in S. ehrenbergi. 
In the following points captorum agrees with cilvc¢eus and 
differs from anatolicus :—Nasals do not or scarcely reach a 
line connecting the hinder edges of the infraorbital foramina ; 
parietals rather long, each being considerably longer than its 
breadth at lambda. 
In captorum the palate terminates posteriorly in front of 
instead of behind a line connecting the hinder edges of the 
alveoli of ™2—™-3; the lachrymal is constantly visible from 
above as a minute ossicle (in anatolicus this bone was similarly 
