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dark brown. The fur i.s very glossy, showing silvery re- 

 flections in certain lights ; if wet, it exhibits a brilliant 

 metallic lustre, green on the upper surface, dark purple on 

 the b<'lly. 



Skull. Similar to that of typical cfpca, but the brain-case, 

 although rather high (more than 9 mm.), is flatter on the 

 upper surface, so that, viewed from behind, its greatest 

 breadth appears above the middle horizontal line of the skull, 

 as in T. c. levantis. 



Measurements (type in flesh). Head and body 102 mm.; 

 tail 24; fore foot, breadth 17*6, length (s. u.) lo'O; hind foot 

 (s. n.) 15*5. 



Skull: greatest length 31*5; basal length 22"0; zygo- 

 matic breadth 11; breadth of brain-case 15'2 ; palatal length 

 14 ; upper tooth-row 13"5. 



Habitat. Guadarrama Mountains, Central Spain. Alt. 

 1200-1300 m. 



Type. Adult male, from La Granja (Segovia), collected 

 by Sr. M. de la Escalera, September 1906. No. 122, 

 collection of A. Cabrera. 



Remarks. By its smaller size this mole is easily distin- 

 guishable from the Italian and Asiatic forms, in which 

 the head and body length exceeds 120 mm. It therefore 

 appears to need a subspecific name. 



Crocidura russula pulchra, subsp. n. 



Characters. A small, long-tailed shrew, like C. mimula in 

 size, but with a longer tail and the typical skull of C. russula. 



Colour. Upperparts pale sepia, with a very slight reddish 

 tinge, and showing bright silvery reflections on the back. 

 Ventral surface ashy white. Tlie hairs are everywhere dark 

 slate at the base, and this colour appears externally on the 

 undcrparts. Tail sepia above, dirty white below. 



Skull. The skull and teeth are identical in form with those 

 of C. russula russula, but a little smaller. 



Measurements (type in flesh). Head and body 71 mm. ; 

 tail 41-5; hind foot (s.u.) 12; ear 8. 



Skull : greatest length, exclusive of incisors, 18-9; breadth 

 of brain-case 9*1 ; greatest antorbital breadth 6; interorbital 

 breadth 4*2 ; upper tooth-row 8'4. 



Habitat. Eastern Spain, Valencia. A specimen from 

 ]\Iinorca (Balearic Islands) in the Madrid Museum belongs 

 probably to the same form. 



Ti/pe. Adult male, from Valencia, collected by Sr. Jose 

 M. Bcnedito, January 1907. No. 117, collection of A. 

 Cabrera. 



