560 



KODENTIA 



2 6. Mondello, 1000m. Sicily. 0. Thomas (p). 6. 8. 4. 33-34. 



(A. Robert.) 

 2 6, 2 9. Madonna del Alto, Sicily. 0. Thomas (p). 8. 9. 1. 28-31. 



(A. Hobert.) 



ELIOMYS SARDUS Barrett-Hamilton. 



1901. Eliomys sardus Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 



7th ser., VII, p. 340, April, 1901. 

 1910. Eliomys sardus Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 138. 



Type locality. — Tricoli, Cagliostra, Sardinia. 



Geographical distribution. — Sardinia and Corsica. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Eliomys pallidus but with smaller skull 

 (condylobasal length 30 to 32 mm.) and relatively deeper brain-case. 



Colour. — The colour does not differ appreciably from that of 

 Eliomys pallidus. 



Skull and teeth. — The skull does not attain the large size of 

 that of E. pallidus. In form it is peculiar in the relatively 

 greater depth of brain-case, the ratio of depth through bulla to 

 condylobasal length ranging in four specimens from 41 + to 

 .43 + , while in seven of the larger animals it ranges from 37 to 

 38-f. Teeth as in the related form. 



Measurements. — Type (old female) : hind foot, 26 • 6. Three 

 other Sardinian specimens: hind foot, 25 "4, 26 and 28. For 

 cranial measurements see Table, p. 565. 



Specimens examined. — Nine, from the following localities : — 

 Sardinia : Tricoli, 2 ; Lanusei, 2. 

 Coesica : Asco, 5. 



6 juv., ?. Tricoli, Sardinia. O. Thomas (p). 1. 3. 8. 1-2. 



(G. Meloni.) (1. 3. 8. 1. Type of species.) 



cJ, 9. Lanusei, Sardinia. O. Thomas (p). 1. 3. 8. 3-4. 

 (G. Meloni.) 



2 (J, 2 9. Asco, Corsica. (Dr. O. Thomas (p). 8. 11. 30. 1-4. 

 F. Major.) 



ELIOMYS lusitanicus Reuvens. 



1890. El[iomys'] nitela var. lusitanica Reuvens, Die Myoxidae oder 



Schlaefer, p. 28, footnote (Lisbon, Portugal). 

 1897. Mioxus nitela var. amori Graels, Mem. Real Acad. Sci., Madrid, 



xvn, p. 481 (Cordova, Spain). 

 1901. E\liomys~\ amori Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, p. 41. 

 1904. Eliomys amori Cabrera, Bol. Real Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., xvn, 



p. 187, April, 1904. 

 1908. Eliomys lusitanicus Cabrera, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., i, 



p. 189, February, 1908. 

 1910. Eliomys guercinus lusitanicus Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, 



p. 137. 



Type locality. — Lisbon, Portugal. 



Geographical distribution. — Southern portion of the Iberian 

 Peninsula ; exact limits of range not known. 



Diagnosis. — Largest European member of the genus Eliomys 

 (hind foot in adults usually more than 30 mm.) ; skull con- 



