Mammals from Northern Persia. 197 



2. Pi'jjistreUus pi'jjistrtlhis, Sclir. 

 (J. 118. Soutli coast of Caspian. loO'. 



3. rterygistes noctulcij Sclir. 

 cJ . 134, 135. Reslit, S. coast of Caspian. 



4. Ml/Otis myosotisj Becli.st. 



(J. 132; ?.13I. Elburz Mts., near Reshf. 400'. 



5. Miniopterus Schreihersi pallidus, siib^]-). n. 



?. 113. South coast of Caspian. Alt. —25 m. 25th 

 March, 1907. B.M. no. 7. 7. 14. 7. Type. 



Similar to typical M. ISchreihersi in all essential respects, 

 but the general colour is paler, approximating to Ilidgway's 

 " wood-brown," while Schreihersi is rather darker than 

 " broccoli-brown." Below, the colour, smoky gi"ey in 

 Schreibersi, is more or less suffused with bufFy, especially in 

 the inguinal region and along the proximal edge of the 

 intcrfemoral. 



Dimensions of the type (the starred measurements taken 

 in the flesh) : — 



Forearm 46*5 mm. 



*llcad and body 55 ; *tail 57; *ear 12. 



Skull : condylo-basal length 15 ; basisinual length 12 ; 

 mastoid breadth 9. 



All the European Miniopteri in the Museum collection are 

 quite similar in colour and equally different from this pale 

 Cas})ian example. 



6. Crocidura russula caspica, subsp. n. 



(^ . 106. South coast of Caspian Sea. Alt. —25 m. 

 IGth March, 1907. B.M. no. 7. 7. 14. 8. Type. 



Like C. russula monachay Thos.t, but larger, with shorter 

 tail and darker belly. 



Size markedly larger than in monacha. Genei*al colour 

 above of exactly the same smoky brown as in that animal, 

 but below it is even darker, being, in fact, of a brown very 

 little lighter than the upi>er side. Tail of normal russula 

 propoi tions, thcretbro much shorter than in monacha. 



Skull large, stouter and heavier than in true russula, thero- 

 foie much larger than in monacha, whose skull little exceeds 



t Fr.^m theiifi-IilKuulinoil ul'Trcljizoml. Ann. .S: Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 

 x\ii. p. 417 (lilUC). 



