new Palwarc/ic ManiiiKils. 221 



true glis, and siinilaily with a white line alon^- the underside 

 of the tail. Upper surface of hands wiiite and of feet white 

 with a dark metatarsal patch, but this is less strongly defined 

 than in true glis. Tail of about the same bushiness and 

 colour as in glis, not as in italicus. 



Skull very like that o( glis, but smaller in all dimensions, 

 lower in the brain-case, and with smaller bullae. 



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



Head and body 145 mm. ; tail 120 ; hind foot 27 ; ear 14. 



Skull: greatest length 35'5; basilar length 2S ; zygo- 

 matic breadth 12; length of nasals 11*4; interorbital 

 breadth 4"9 ; height from alveolus of m^ to supraorbital 

 edge 8*1; palatilar length 14"3 ; diastema 8'7 ; palatal 

 foramina 4x2; length of bulhe 8*2 ; length of upper tooth- 

 series Q"2. 



Hub. Khotz, near Trebizond. Alt. 100 m. 



Ti/pe. Adult male. B.M. no. 6. 5. 1. 38. Original 

 number 2437. Collected 24th Feb., 190G, by Alphouso 

 Robert. 



This dormouse is readily distinguishable from true G. glis 

 by its smaller size, falling almost as far short of that animal 

 as the latter in turn is inferior to the large Italian species 

 G. italicus, B.-Ham. 



Dr. Satunin's G. g. caspius from Aschabad is based on a 

 specimen fully as large as true G. glis, and, bearing in mind 

 the difference between the faunas of Trebizond and Trans- 

 caspia, the present form is not likely to be caspius. Dr. 

 Satunin speaks of the white line under the tail as a differential 

 character of caspius, as compared with Blasius's description 

 of glis ; but Blasius was notoriously indiflferent to colour 

 details, and, as a matter of fact, every glis I have seen has a 

 white line in this situation. Possibly the Transcaucasian 

 specimens referred by Satunin to caspius may prove to be 

 referable to G. g. spoliatus. 



Evotomys Nageri hallucalis, subsp. n. 



Similar in general characters to typical Swiss E. Nageri ^ 

 but tail longer, skull larger, and incisors narrower. 



Colour as in true Nageri, the belly perhaps rather whiter 

 than usual. Tail comparatively long, rather shorter-haired, 

 sharply bicolor, brown above, dull white on sides and below. 



Skull decidedly longer than in the Swiss form, the brain- 

 case long, smooth and rounded, though the anterior angles 

 are well marked. Interorbital region broad, smooth, not 



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