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brown and not uniform in coloration as in the latter species. 

 Similarly, the dark markings of the fore parts of the feet and 

 legs are black instead of brown, and contrast very sharply 

 with the white colour of the rest of the limbs. These pecu- 

 liarities are equally observable in animals of all ages. The 

 coloration of the underside is very similar to that of Glis 

 glis, but appears to he in most specimens decidedly richer, 

 being washed with rust red, which colour attains its greatest 

 intensity on the chest, neck, and inside of the fore leg-. 



Altogether Glis italicus is a larger, more robust, and moro 

 handsomely coloured animal than Glis glis. Its greater size 

 is well shown in its skull, which is far larger and more 

 strongly made than that of the latter animal. The total 

 length of the skull of Glis italicus is from 42 to 45 millim., 

 as against a corresponding measurement of 37 to 38 millim. 

 for Glis glis. 



The riist specimens of this animal received at the British 

 Museum were a male and two females presented by the 

 Marquis G. Doria, and came from Begato, near Genoa; 

 there is also a specimen collected by Mr. A. H. Savage 

 Landor near Florence, and another collected by D. Graeffe at 

 Trefail, on the borders of Krain and Steiermark, Austria, and 

 presented by the late Lord Lilford. Of Glis glis the Museum 

 possesses specimens from France, Central Germany, Bavaria, 

 and Switzerland. 



The following are the dimensions of a series of specimens: — 



Glis italicus. 



Total 

 Head and Hind length of 



body. Tail. foot*. Ear. skull, 

 mm. mm. mm. mm. mm. 

 tf. Siena. B.M. 98. 10. 2. 11. 



July 4, 1898. (Brogi.) 190 152 32 24 



$(juv.)*. Horenee. B.M.97. 3.7.2. 

 Feb. 19, 1897. (Savage Lan- 

 dor.) 181 140 30 14t 41 



— . Siena. Coll. G. E. H. B.-H. 



388. Sept. 9, 1897. (Brogi.) 170 152 32 23 

 — . Siena. Coll. G. E. H. B.-H. 



389. Sept. 12, 1897. (Brogi.) 152 140 28 21 



* I make the dimensions of the hind feet and ears of three Genoa 

 specimens, which are in spirit (B.M. coll. nos. 89. 12. 11. 1 to 3), a little 

 smaller than the dimensions recorded above on the labels of the skins, 

 viz. hind foot 27-28 mm., ear 17-18 mm. 



t Possibly a mistake for 24, but the ear of the dried skin measures 

 onlv 10 mm. 



