I 



]Veasel and some of its Subspecies. 17 



l)istiv()uishin<) characteristics. Size larger, tail lon;:^ (ratio 

 to head and body about 1 : 3) ; belly wa.slied witli yellow or 

 oraiij^e of variable intensity ; line of deiuareatioii strai:;ht, as 

 ill /'. ermiveus ; all four feet white. 



Ij.-'ii;;lli of Bre.i.JtIi 

 Hind foot skull (b.v of skull 

 Htiul and (without sion to at 



body. Tail, cliiws). gaathiju). zvpoma. 

 No. {>.>..•{. 4. ± cf , I'alormo. Sii-ilv, 



5»th 1-Vb., IS'.K", ( J. /. 6'. Whitakor) Wo '22 



No. S»'). 3. 4. 3. c?, I'lilernio, Sicilv, 



2«itli Feb., iSi)") {ditto) '. . 2M f^O 3S 



No. l»'>. 3. 4.4. c^ , Balestrate, Sicilv, 



ir.th Feb., 18$>o (r/»y/w) '. . 2;J0 70 .'.8 



No. SK5. 3. 4. ('». (S , Marsala, Sicily, 



ISth F. b., 1895 {ditto) I'oO W 40 



A .sin*i;le .siiccimen from Alijeiia (no. 50.3. 12. 12, from 

 Oran Prov., W. Algeria, ex coll. Parzudaki) agrees with a 

 .series of nine, young and old, from Sicily, for which the 

 I\Iu.-^cum is indebted to Mr. J. I. S. Whitaker. 



Distribution. Sicily and Algier.'?. 



(VIII.) Pulorius nivalis n/ricanus^ Desm. Nouv. Diet. Hist. 

 Nat. xix. p. 376 (1818) (nee Pomel, C. R. Ac. Sc. p. 654, 

 1856, and Lataste). 



Tt^pical locality. " d'Afrique." * 



Distinguishing characteristics. Size large ; tail long (ratio 

 of length to that of head and body about 1 : 3) ; belly orange ; 

 line of demarcation wavy ; feet partially white. 



Leiifrtli of Breadth 

 Hind foot skull ( ba- of skull 

 Head and (without sion to at 



b'ldv. Tail, claws). Ear. {rnathion). zygoma. 

 No. 9i'. 7. l.j. 7. J, Pyramids of " 

 (ihizeh, I'Vvpt (Dr. J. .In/hr-'on), 



14th Marcir, 1802 2<0 '.tO . . . . 42 



No. 5*2. 7. 15. 8. $ . Abu Roa.sh,\V. uf 



Cairo, E^rvpt (ditto) 270 70 4;-"i 24 



FfTVpt, J.iuspirit Or/*' O. 77/"//ir/s). . I'tiO KH 47 

 No' 04. 11. 20. 2. d juv., Malta (f. .1. 



n >»•<//'/), 10th April, 1 Hi 14 173 f.J .'U 10 ;;7 23 



No. It-i; 1. 2. 1. 2, Malta, 1894 {ditto), 



(measured in dry skin) 200 H'> 



No. 7'}. 4. 0. 1 . (S ,"Malt-n (stufted) (J!de 



O. Thnum) 301) 10.") 4.! . . 



It would appear from the smaller .specimens that the tail 



• The species was desrribed from a specimen at the time in the Paris 

 Museum, but which had formerly been in the Mu'cum at Lisbm. 



