202 Mr. G. S. Miller on 



Pitymys siibterraneus capucinus, subsp. n. 



Type. — Adult female (skin and skull). Collected in spruce- 

 forest near " Salon du Capucin," Mont Dore, Puy de Dome, 

 France (altitude about 4200 feet), August 2, 1906, by G. S. 

 Miller. Original number 7002. 



Characters, — Similar to Pitymys subterraneus siibterraneus, 

 but skull larger^ brain-case broader and more flattened, and 

 colour not so dark (general effect above approaching mars- 

 brown, but with a slight buffy cast ; feet a clear, very pale 

 smoke-grey, noticeably contrasting with colour of back). 



Measurements. — Type. Head and body 102 mm.; tail 33; 

 hind foot 15. Skull : condylo-basal length 23-4 (22) * ; 

 zygomatic breadth IS'S (13) ; interorbital constriction 3'8 

 (3-8); occipital breadth 11-2 (lOS) ; breadth of brain-case 

 under zygoma lO'S (9'6) ; occipital depth (median) 5-4 

 (.5-6); nasal 6-4 (6-0); diastema 7-0 (6 8); mandible 14-8 

 (13-8); maxillary tooth-row 5-8 (5-2); mandibular tooth- 

 row ,5-6 (5*2). 



Specimens examined. — Two, both from the type locality. 



Pitymys dacius, sp. n. 



Type. — Adult female (skin and skull). B.M. no. 4. 4. 6. 65. 

 Collected at Gageni, Roumania, April 25, 1899, by W. 

 Dodson. Original number 65. Presented by the late Lord 

 Lilford. 



Characters. — Similar to Pitymys subterraneus^ but skull 

 larger, nasals more strongly bent downward anteriorly, 

 brain-case more depressed posteriorly (the dorsal profile of 

 skull thus made slightly convex throughout) ; posterior upper 

 molar with third inner re-entrant angle very shallow; colour 

 indistinguishable from that of P. subterraneus in the usual 

 hair-brown phase. 



Measuremeyits. — Type. Head and body 88 mm. ; tail 32*5 ; 

 hind foot 14-5 ; ear from meatus 8*5. Skull : condylo-basal 

 length 23 ; zygomatic breadth 13*6 ; interorbital constriction 

 3'8 ; occipital breadth 10'8 ; breadth of brain-case under 

 zygomata 10 ; occipital depth (median) 5'0 ; nasal 5"8 ; dia- 

 stema 7*0 ; mandible 15 ; maxillary tooth-row 5*6; mandibular 

 tooth-row 5'8. 



Specimen examined. — The type. 



Eemarks. — Although represented by a single specimen 



* Measurements in parentheses are those of an adult male M. subter- 

 raneus subterraneus from Belgium (No. 2189, Lataste collectiou). 



