MAMMALS FROM JUGOSLAVIA. 867 



EVOTOMYS G-LAHEOLUS SOBRUS, Subsp. n. - 



Type locality. Rescetari. Nova Gradisca, Croatia. 

 Material examined and Dimensions. Two adults ( $ ) collected 

 by Martino in September 1921 in Rescetari. 



21.12.1.15. Adult ^s 13.9.21. 

 Ti/pe 21.12.1. IG. „ ? , 13. D. 21. 



Description. The dimensions indicate that this lowland bauk- 

 mouse i.s a small one. The dorsal colour is yet more drab than 

 that of the typically dull skin of E. g. helveticus. From this and 

 other forms the present one is readily to be distinguished by the 

 shortness and peculiar coloration of its tail. In both the speci- 

 mens this appendage is dorsally of a pale dust colour and ventrally 

 a nearly clear white. In all described neighbouring races, E. g. 

 helveticus of the western Alps, E. g. nageri of the eastern Alps, 

 and E. gorha of the nearby highlands, the tail is dorsally a dark, 

 nearly se.al, brown and ventrally a distinctly yellow-bujBf. 



The skull of this animal is in no way distinguishable from .a 

 typical E. (jlareolus skull of small size, such as that of E. g. hel- 

 veticus. In both specimens the third inner angle of ?rt3 is 

 present. 



EvOTOMYS GORKA, sp. n. . 



Ty23e locality. Zalesina, the Gorski Kotar, Croatia. 

 Jfaterial examined and Dimensions. One adult ( $ ) collected 

 by Montagu in June 1923 in Zalesina. 



II B. T. HF. E. 



2>7)e 61. Adult ? , 28. 6. 23 117 51 19 12-5- 



Descrijytion. This specimen is a peculiar one, differing in its 

 characters of skin and .skull no less markedly from E. glareolus 

 sobrus of the nearby plains than from previously described and 

 more distant races of Evotomys. 



The body size and skull length are equal to tliose of the largest 

 European forms of Erjotomys {E. rufocaniis, E. ccesarius, E. glareo- 

 lus nageri, and E!. g. hallucalis). The tail is relatively short. 



The fur is dorsally long and shaggy and of a bright rnfous 

 colour. Tlie flanks are without the usual grey shade, and in fact 

 are so bright an orange-brown th.at the dorsal stripe pattern 

 typical of the genus is obscured. The grey colour of the belly is 

 a trifle darker thati that charactei'istic of neighbouring E. glareo- 

 lus forn)S. 



The .skull of this specimen, a fully-developed adult, shows a 

 long palate and bullie of great size. The nasals * are longer and 



* The iias.il measurements given by Jlillev for E. ff. nafferi are doubtless over- 

 estimates. His dimensKin S'O mm. seems to the writer barely to equal 7"8 mm. 



