416 Mr. 0. Thomas on 



the writings of Dr. K. Satunin, of Tiflis, wliose many ]iapcrs 

 on flie mammals of the Caucasus and Transcaucasia have 

 been of the greatest service to me. 



The following are tiie forms whicli appear to need new 

 names, the most notable being the remarkable vole I have 

 named in honour of its discoverer. 



Talpa cceca levantis, subsp. n. 



Size of true cceca — the brain-case lower and flatter. 



External characters as usual, the eye-openings apparently 

 not perforate. 



Skull of the size characteristic of T. cceca, therefore 

 markedly smaller than in any form of T. europoia. But, as 

 compared with Italian specimens, the brain-case is lower and 

 flatter, so that the height of the brain-case, measured with 

 sliding compasses, is less instead of more than 9 mm. ; and, 

 as the flattening is mainly on the upper surface, the greatest 

 breadth appears to be above instead of below the halfway 

 line of the ?kull as viewed from behind. Interorbital inflation 

 more marked than in true ccBca, forming a more strongly 

 developed convexity on the frontal profile. 



Teeth apparently as in cceca, though the second premolar 

 appears to average rather shorter. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 122 mm. ; tail 27 ; hind foot 17. 



Skull : greatest length 31*5 ; basal length 27*2 ; zygo- 

 matic breadth 11 ; greatest breadth across brain-case 15*2; 

 palatal length 13"5. 



IJcih. Scalita, S. of Trebizond. One specimen from 

 Sumela. 



Ti/pe. Old male. B.M. no. G. 3. 6. 5. Original number 

 2196. Collected 28 November, 1905. Three specimens. 



This mole is interesting as agreeing so nearly in size of 

 skull with the Southern European T. cceca, while one from 

 the northern side of the Caucasus, obtained in 1891 by 

 Mr. Littledale, has a greater cranial length (33*5 mm.), more 

 as in T. europcea. 



Crocidura leucodon lasius, subsp. n. 



A long-failed form of the Euro])ean C. lexicodon. 



Size fairly large. Fur of back about 5*5 mm. in length. 

 General colour above " mouse-grey,"" not so black as well- 

 marked examples of leucodon. Sides and belly about "grey 

 no. 8 ''-, the boundary-line between the upper and lower colours 

 high up on the sides, not so sharply defined as in tiie most 



