Weasel and some of its Subspecies. 45 



(III.) Piitoriu.s uicalis itnlicus *, sub.s|). n. 



Type. No. 95. 11. 11. 1 of Britisli Museum collection, from 

 Grezzaiia, in the liij^hluiiJs of the Province of Verona, Italy. 



DiKtin<]ttishing characleristics. Size perhaps a little larjj^er 

 than, hut line of demarcation uiid len<2;th of tail as in, P. uiva/is 

 rn^f/aris of liritain, with the undersiile siitrhtiy wa-shed with 

 hiitf. The following; are the dimensions of three specimens 

 jiresented to the Museum by i\Ir. UldtieUl Thomas and 

 collected throu<;li Conte Ettore Arrigoni degli Oddi by Signor 

 dal Nero Vittorio, of Verona : — 



I 



Head ninl 

 boclv. Tail. 

 No. 99. 11. 11. 1. J, Grez- 



zftna, Prov. Wroiia, Italv, 



4(.KJ metres, I'Uth April, 



1^99. (Type.) 40-5 22 



No. 99. 11. 11. 2. d, Villa- 



franca, Verona, Italv, 10th 



Mav, 1899 " 385 22 



No.99. 11. 11. 3. $, slightly 



immature, Colaguala, Pro- 

 vince of Verona, Italy, 54 



metres, 2nd Dec, 1898 190 45 .. 10 32 17 



The skull of a male from Genoa, presented by the late 

 Lord Lilford, has a length and breadth of 41 — 24 millira. 

 Distribution. Italy. 



(IV.) Putorius nivalis ibericus, subsp. n. 



Tj/pe. No 95. 3. 3. 10 of British Museum collection, from 

 ►Seville, Spain. 



l>istin(juishin(j cliaracterisiics. Size and length of tail inter- 

 mediate; belly usually washed with yellow; line of demarca- 

 tion decided, as in P. ermineus ; feet white. 



Leugtli of Ureadth 

 liind foot skull (ba- of skull 

 Head and (without .sion to at 



bodv. Tail, claws), enathion). zv}>roma. 

 No. 95. .3. 3. 10. $, Seville, Spain, ' e / .„ 



2iid Oct., 1894 (collector A. liuiz, 



for the late Lord Lilford). (Type.).. 250 50 .. :\fi 



No. 95. 9. 4. 12. d, ditto, 8th Juue, 



1895 



No. 95. 9. 4. 13. 2, ditto, 3rd May, 

 1895 .". 



Distribution. The Iberian Peninsula. 



* 1 cannot tind the origin of the reference to a variety " rutf/arii>, \ar. 

 merxdionalis, Costa et auct.," thus given by Trouessart in his ' C'atalnirud 

 Mammnlium,' i. p. 276 (1898-99). 



