new Species and Subspecies of Mustelldce. 389 



case of the Greenland stoat, are sufficiently differentiated to 

 claim a title to full specific rank. 



Firstly, as regards the pine-marten, I find a tendency to 

 deeper coloration and a brighter throat-patch in the southern 

 representatives of the species. I propose for these the sub- 

 specific name Mustela mai-tes latinorum, and I take as type of 

 the subspecies a male (no. 95. 4. 16. 1) froai the Nurri 

 Mountains, Sardinia, presented by Mr. E. N. BuKton. 



In this specimen the general colour is between " seal- 

 brown " * or " mummy-brown," darkest on the tail, limbs, 

 and, to a less degree, the central dorsal region. The 

 yellowish-brown underfur, yellower than in British martens, 

 frequently shows through the long outer hairs. The ears are 

 edged and faced with dirty brownish-white hairs. The exten- 

 sive throat-patch is rich " orange-buff,^' deepest near its ■ 

 centre. It reaches from the " interramia^' f, where it sends 

 forward a small central projection, to slightly behind the 

 region of attachment of the fore limbs, near which it is 

 interrupted by one or two detached areas of the brown colour. 

 Its edges are sinuous. 



No dimensions taken from the animal whilst in the flesh 

 accompany the specimen; but it was evidently an adult male, 

 having a hind foot and ear measuring 41 and 35 mm. respec- 

 tively in the dried skin. 



The dimensions of the skull are : — Greatest length 90 mm. ; 

 basal length 84 ; palatal length 43 ; zygomatic breadth 51. 



I have also examined examples of this form obtained by 

 Messrs. Oldfield Thomas and R. I. Pocock in Majorca and 

 Minorca. 



Amongst the polecats, I find in the south a tendency to 

 assume yellow underfur and face-markings, while in Central 

 Europe the face-markings are more extensive, and both they 

 and the underfur are whiter. 



As type of the former subspecies, which may be known as 

 Putorius j)utorius aureolas, I take no. 94. 3. 12. 1 (a female), 

 killed at Ferrol, Spain, on the 23rd of June, 1893, and 

 presented by Dr. V. L. Seoane. 



The colour, above and below, is deep seal-brown, especially 

 dark upon the limbs and chest. The ears are edged with 

 dirty yellowish white, and the cheeks, upper lip, interramia, 

 and a band running up from the latter between the eye and 



* Names of colours in inverted commas are fi-om Mr. R. Eid^-wav's 

 ' Nomenclature of Colors,' 188G. ° ^ 



t I adopt this term from a suggestion of Mr. Oldfield Thomas. 



