522 MR, OLDFIELD THOMAS ON [DeC. 12, 



nearly or quite as long as usual, not shortened as in the 

 N. Indian hlythi. But the colour is very different, being that 

 characteristic of specimens from desert-regions. General colour 

 above uniform jjale." wood-brown," the basal halves of the hairs 

 smoky brown, succeeded by a broad ring of glossy whitish sandy 

 and a fine pale brown point. Under surface broadly washed with 

 " cream-buff." Membranes and ears also much paler brown than 

 in myotis. 



Teeth rather smaller than those of true myotis, larger than 

 those of hlythi. 



Measurements of the type : — 



Forearm 60 mm. 



Head and body (in flesh) 75 ; tail 61 ; ear 26. 



Skull — greatest length 22'2 ; breadth of brain-case 9'9 ; upper 

 tooth-row from front of canine 9*5 ; front of lower canine to back 

 of nig 10-1. 



Hah. Persia ; type from Derbend. Alt. 6500'. 



Type. Adult male. B.M, No. 5.10.4.14. Original number 42. 

 Collected 14 May, 1905. 



It is quite natural to find a desert-coloured form of the common 

 M. myotis inhabiting Persia. Mr. Witherby's specimen is very 

 similar to the two presented by Col. Bail ward. 



Mr. Miller has shown* that the Indian Vespertilio hlythi Tomes 

 is definably different from the European M. myotis, to which 

 Dobson had assigned it. I may further note that Dobson's 

 V. africanus t is clearly the same as M. hlythi, the collection from 

 which the type came having been wrongly labelled as from the 

 Gaboon, when it really was from N". India. Dobson's mistake 

 was therefore quite excusable. 



6. Neomys FODiEiVS Schr. 



S . 53. 25 miles N". of Erzeroum. 7000'. 



" Caught by a brook in the mountains. Was swimming and 

 diving with two others." — R, B. W. 



7. Erinaceus europ^us L. 



56. 2 . Tortoum R., N". of Erzeroum.' 4000'. 

 Probably belonging to the form recognised by Barrett- Hamilton 

 as E. e. concolor Mart. 



8. Canis aureus L. 



cJ. 12. Shus, near Dizful, Arabistan. 



9. VuLPES vuLPES flavescens Gray. 

 S . 7. Bunde Kil, Karun R. 250'. 



10. PUTORIUS NIVALIS L. 



c?. 61. Baibort. 7000'. 



* P. Biol. Soc. Wash. xiii. p. 155 (1900). 

 t Cat. Chiv. B.M. p. 310. 



