SOEBX 43 



1869. [Sorex vulgaris] var. nigra Patio, Faune Vert. Suisse, i, p. 127 

 (Lucerne, Switzerland). 



1900. S[orexr\ vulgaris var. vel subsp. mollis Patio, Bev. Suisse de Zool., 



viii, p. 471 (Substitute for nigra). 



1901. Sorex araneus alticola Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc, Washington, xiv, 



p. 43, April 25, 1901 (Meiringen, Switzerland). Type in U.S. 

 National Museum. 



1905. S[orex] vulgaris crassicaudatus Patio, Arch. Sci. Phys. et Nat., 

 Geneve,' 4th ser., xix, p. 201, February 15, 1905 (Zermatt, Switzer- 

 land). Cotypes in Geneva Museum. 



1905. Crossopus ou Sorex ignotus Patio, Arch. Sci. Phys. et Nat., Geneve, 

 4th ser., xix, p. 202, February 15, 1905 (Switzerland). Part: 

 mandible, not skull. Type in Geneva Museum. 



1905. Sorex araneus carpathicus Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., 7th ser., xv, p. 506, May, 1905 (Hatszeg, Huny ad, Hungary) . 

 Type in British Museum. 



1910. So7-ex araneus tetragonurus and S. araneus carpathicus Trouessart, 

 Paune Mamm. d'Burope, pp. 52, 54. 



Type locality. — Strassburg, Germany. 



Geographical distribution. — Alps and neighbouring portions of 

 Germany, Prance and Italy ; eastward through Tirol to the 

 mountains of Transylvania. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Sorex araneus bergensis, but colour in 

 summer pelage not so dark, the contrast between back and 

 sides often not conspicuous, though back is frequently blackish ; 

 pigmentation of teeth more extensive than in the northern races, 

 the hypocone of m 1 and m 2 usually brown at tip (see tabular 

 comparison with true araneus on p. 36). 



Measurements. — Average and extremes of eight specimens 

 from the type locality : head and body, 75-8 (71-79) ; tail, 47-5 

 (45-50); hind foot, 13-5 (13 -2-14 '2). Average and extremes 

 of twenty specimens from Andermatt, Uri, Switzerland : head 

 and body, 73-1 (70-81); tail, 51-1 (50-55); hind foot, 13-3 

 (13-14). Measurements of an adult female from Zermatt, Valais, 

 Switzerland (in alcohol) : * head and body, 74- 6 ; tail, 51 ; hind 

 foot, 13-6. Average and extremes of three specimens from 

 Vitznau, Switzerland : f head and body, 67 -3 (62-72); tail, 

 46-3 (44-49); hind foot, 13-2 (12-8-13-6). Type of Sorex 

 araneus alticola Miller (Meiringen, Switzerland, No. 85,930 

 U.S.N.M.) : head and body, 76 ; tail, 55 ; hind foot, 14. Average 

 and extremes of ten specimens from Meiringen, Switzerland : J 

 head and body, 74-0 (70-77); tail, 52-5 (47-57); hind foot, 

 13-3 (13-14). Average and extremes of four specimens from 

 Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland: head and body, 76-7 (76-82); 

 tail, 48-5 (45-50); hind foot, 13-6 (13-4-13-8). For cranial 

 measurements see Table, p. 49. 



* Ootype of Sorex vulgaris crassicaudatus Patio, 

 t Essentially topotypes of Sorex vulgaris nigra and mollis Patio. 

 X Topotypes of Sorex araneus alticola Miller and essentially topotypes 

 of Sorex vulgaris nuda Patio. 



