MS Mr. M. A. (\ Iliiiton on 



3. Spala.t monticola captorum, sub?p. n. 



Ilah. — Kanglui (Cliangria), Asia Minor. 



T;ipp.—X nii.Ullc-aged ti-malo (B.M. 19. 9. 20. 23; 

 oriLiiiial no. 18; contained "-i fairly AV«dl-(li'velo]ip(l embryos ") 

 collected March 20, liUti, by Cajitaiii F.J. Pafmoif ; pre- 

 .'^iMited to the Britisli Museum by Captain Patmoro and 

 Ciiptain PliiUips. 



}/(iterial examined. — Four from type-locality (2 (5* , 2 ? ). 



iJescription. — This subsju'cies is most nearly allied to 

 iS'. m. anatolicus and S. m. cilicicxiii, presenting some cliaracfcrs 

 common to tlie two forms named, others possessed by one or 

 olli< r of them, besides certain featuros peculiar to itself. 



Skull. — The foliovvin<^ characters are common to the skulls 

 of captorum, anatoUcuit, and elite icu s : — Medium size; tlie 

 form of the rostrum, which is of medium length, rather 

 narrow, though somewhat stouter than in S. ehrv.nbergi ; each 

 frontal with a well-developed processus naso-basalis ; naso- 

 fiontal suture more or less concave anteriorly ; paiittals 

 remaining broad in advanced age ; su[)raoccipital measured 

 from foramen magnum to lambda shorter tiian the fronto- 

 parietal length (lambila-nasal lengih-^-height of skull = 

 2M)2-2'0r)) ; wide meatus auditorius extornus (greatest 

 diameter about 3 mm.) ; short anterior palatal foramina, 

 their hinder er.ds falling considerably short of a line con- 

 necting tiie posteiior edges of the maxillary zygomatic pro- 

 cesses; anterior j)ortion of |)alato shorter than hinder portion, 

 ilic posterior palatal border without a median spine ; post- 

 palatine foramina j)laced in advance of the soi)tum between 

 'JLJ and llil. 



In the following respects captorum agrees with anatolicus 

 and differs from ciUclcus : — Nasals rather narrow anteriorly, 

 with a more or less evident constriction of the middle part of 

 the anterior wiilened |)ortion ; j)rocessus na-^^o-basalis reaches 

 only to middle of the infraorbital foramen ; infraorbital fora- 

 men of medium size; ascending branch of maxillary zygo- 

 matic i>rocess narrow ; plcr^'guid and parocci[)ital processes 

 relatively slender, as iu S. ehrcnberyi. 



In the following points captonnn agrees with cilicicus and 

 (lillers from mnatolicus : — Nasals do not or scarcely reach a 

 line connecting the hinder edges of the infraorbital foratnina; 

 parietals rather long, each being consideraldy longer than its 

 breadth at lambda. 



Jn captorum the i)alate terminates posteriorly in front of 

 instead of behind a line connecting the hinder edges of the 

 alveoli of "l_^-:ii:J ; the lachrymal is constantly visible from 

 above as a minute < ssicle {\\\ aitatnllciis lliia bone wa.-) similarly 



