new European Mammals. 419 



outer side of tliigli and over entire fore leg, iu both re>-ions 

 diluted by the ecru-drab of underfur; entire underparts and 

 inner surface of legs bufFy white to base of hairs; tail 

 blackish, slightly tinged with dull red, tlie hairs becoming 

 ecru-drab at base ; whole tail sprinkled with pure white 

 hairs, more numerous along median line below than else- 

 where, and usually forming a distinct white median area as in 

 S. V. infuscalus. 



Skull and teeth. — The skull and teeth do not difFcir appre- 

 ciably from those of the Central Spanish form. 



Measurements. — Type. Head and body 245 mm. ; tail 19 3; 

 hind foot 61; condylo-basal length of skull 51"8 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 33'4 ; mandible 35'6 ; maxillary tooth-row (alveoli) 

 10*4: ; mandibular tooth-row (alveoli) 100. 



Evotomys glareolus isterlcus, subsp. n. 



1900. Eootomys hercynicus hercynicii^, Miller, Proc. Washington Acad. 

 Sci. ii. p. 100, July 26, 1900 (not Hypudceus hercynicm, 31elili=i, 

 1831). 



Type. — Adult male (skin and skull). B.M. no. 4. 4. (J. 72, 

 Collected at Bustenari, iioumania, May 3, 1899, by W. 

 Dodson. Original number 88. 



CAarac/ers.— Audital bullaa more abruptly inflated on inner 

 side than in the typical subspecies {= Evotomys hercynicus 

 ruhidus, Miller, 1900) ; colour lighter and brighter (dorsal 

 area rather narrow, clear yellowish rufous or a little more 

 brownish, slightly varied by dark hair-tips ; sides a noticeably 

 contrasted buffy grey, produced by a grizzling of cream-bu(f 

 mixed with blackish and whitish hairs; underparts varyino- 

 from creamy white to a yellowish cream-bufF; feet buffy 

 white; tail distinctly bicolor, dark brown above, buffy white 

 below). 



Measurements. — Type. Head and body 9G mm. ; tail 43'5 ; 

 hind foot 17*4; condylo-basal length of skull 23'2; zygo- 

 matic breadth 13'0 ; mandible 14'2; maxillary tooth-row 

 (alveoli) 5'0 ; mandibular tooth-row (alveoli) 5*0. 



Specimens examined. — Forty-one, from th^ followino- 

 localities : — Bustenari, Roumania, 1 j Hatszeg, Ilunyad, 

 Austria-Hungary, 11 ; Somorja, Western Hungary, 1 ; 

 Marxheim, Bavaria, Germany, 2^6. 



Remarks. — Contrary to my supposition in 1900, the red- 

 backed vole of the Harz Mountains, together witli that of 

 Denmark, proves to be the dark form named rubidus by 

 Baillon. This being the case, the supposed discrepancies in 



29* 



