424 Mr. G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton on 



the body the line of demarcation runs along the flanks and 

 legs, leaving the internal sides of the fore legs cream-coloured 

 and their external sides chestnut. The tail is uniformly 

 bright chestnut above and below. 



Tn M. avellanarius there is no distinct line of demarcation, 

 but the tawny yellow of the upperside shades into dirty 

 yellowish on the flanks and yellowish white on the belly, 

 being, as in M. pulcker, purer on the breast. The cream- 

 coloured spot before each ear is also absent. 



The following are the dimensions of the type, together with 

 those of three French specimens for com pan's >n : — 



The type is a male, number 98. 10. 2. 17 of the British 

 Museum collection ; it was purchased from Cav. Sigismundo 

 Brogi, who obtained it at Siena, in Italy, on March 3rd, 1898. 



The second new species is a Glis, and although not so 

 remaikable for its beauty as the Muscardiims, it is equally so 

 for its novelty, it being at once recognizable as distinct from 

 the ordinary Glis glis of Europe, from which species it differs 

 in that the tail is black and more bushy and the colour of the 

 upperside daiker. In fact, the brown coloration of GUs glis 

 is in the new species everywhere replaced by a nearly 

 black colour. The following is a description of this new 

 species : — 



Glis italicus, sp. n. 



The general appearance is somewhat similar to that of 

 Glis glis, but the size is larger and the colour of the upper 

 surface is very much darker, especially on the median dorsal 

 line in some specimens. The tail is more bushy and squirrel- 

 like, and its colour, especially near the tip, is black or dark 



