458 Mr. G. S. Miller on 



Hepialidae. 



CEnetus arfaki, sp. n. 



^ . Head and thorax brown ; abdomen pinkish ochreous, 

 brown on the ternnnal segments. Primaries pale yellowish 

 green, with three small rufous spots near the middle of the 

 costa and a larger rufous patch near the tornus on the inner 

 margin, a silvery-white spot below the middle of the cellj a 

 similar one below vein 2 and two above this latter spot at 

 vein 5 — one on each side of it. Secondaries pinkish cream- 

 colour. 



Expanse 71 mm. 



Hah. Arfak Mountains, 4U00 feet ; February and March. 



Type in Coll. Kenrick. 



L. — Descriptions of Six mio European Mammals. 

 By Geekit S. Miller. 



Of the six new mammals here described four are in the 

 collection of the British Museum, the two others have been 

 kindly placed at my disposal by Dr. Knud Andersen and 

 Mr. Angel Cabrera. 



Sorex araneus granarius, subsp. n. 



Type.—MxAi male (in spirit). B.M. no. 6. 11. 4. 4. 

 Collected at La Granja, Segovia, Spain, by M. de la 

 Escalera. 



Characters.- -v^maWtsi known European race of Sonx 

 araneus^ the condyle- basal length of skull only about 17"5 mm., 

 upper tooth-row about 7*5 mm. ; palate wide in front as in 

 S. araneus fretalis, but anterior teeth not enlarged. 



Measurements. — Type (adult male) and an older male, also 

 from La Granja. Head and body 62 and && mm. ; tail 36 

 and 37; hind foot 11'6 and 11 "6; ear from meatus 66 and 7 ; 

 condylo-basal length of skull 17*6 and 17'4 ; breadth of brain- 

 case 9'0 and 9*2; mandible 9'0 and 9"0; maxillary tooth- 

 row (entire) 7"6 and 7'4 ; mandibular tooth-row (entire) 

 7-0 and 6-8. 



Specimens examined. — Two, both from the type locality. 



Remarks. — The discovery of this animal is of unusual 

 interest, as there has hitherto been no authentic record of the 

 occurrence of a member of the genus Sorex in the Iberian 

 Peninsula. 



