DYROMYS 569 



Diagnosis. — Skull with rostrum rather long, the distance from 

 anterior root of zygoma to tip of nasal more than 8 mm. ; teeth 

 robust ; crown area of upper premolar scarcely half that of first 

 molar ; general colour of adults yellowish brown above. 



Colour. — Adult : upper parts a yellowish brown intermediate 

 between the russet of Ridgway and yellowish wood-brown, the 

 back inconspicuously " lined " with black, the sides lightening 

 almost to ochraceous-buff ; underparts pale cream-buff; tail hair- 

 brown above in noticeable contrast with back, the sprinkling of 

 whitish hairs along edge indistinct, underside of tail mixed 

 whitish and mouse-grey, much darker than belly ; feet whitish ; 

 muzzle and entire region between black face stripes as far as 

 eyes light grey, this colour continuing to ear as a border to black 

 stripe about 2 mm. wide. An obscurely defined buffy white spot 

 at anterior base of ear. Young similar to adult but duller, the 

 upper parts light wood-brown, sometimes with a greyish tinge. 



Measurements. — Hind foot in an adult male from Belgrade, 

 Servia, 21 mm. Hind foot in three specimens from Zuberec, 

 northern Hungary, 20 "5, 21 and 21 mm. For cranial measure- 

 ments see Table, p. 571. 



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

 Austbia-Hungaey : ZubereS, northern Hungary, 6 ; Herkulesbad, 3 ; 

 Hungary, no exact locality, 1. 

 Sbevia : Belgrade, 2. 



4, 1 juv. Zuberec, Hungary. Budapest Museum (e). 94. 3. 1. 37-41. 



1. Zuberec. G. Barrett-Hamilton 11. 1. 2. 59. 



2 i, 1 9. Herkulesbad. (F. Cox.) Hon. N. C. Rothschild 7. 9. 16. 12-14. 



2 9. Belgrade, Servia. Dr. B. B. Sharpe (p). 75. 8. 24. 3-4. 



Dyromys nitedula intbrmedius Nehring. 



1902. Myoxus intermedins Nehring, Sitz.-Ber. Gesellsch. Naturforsch. 



Preunde, Berlin, p. 155. 

 1910 Dyromys nitedula intermedins Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, 



p. 134. 



Type locality. — Near Lienz, Tirol, Austria-Hungary. 



Geographical distribution. — Tirol and eastern portion of the 

 Alps (Engadine and Cadore). 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Dyromys nitedula nitedula, but general 

 colour of upper parts greyish brown without tinge of yellow. 



Colour. — Upper parts between the broccoli- brown and mouse- 

 grey of Ridgway, a little suffused with wood-brown across thighs 

 and rump ; tail slightly darker than back but not different in 

 colour, its edges creamy white in strong contrast ; underparts 

 and feet buffy white, this colour suffusing whole underside of 

 tail. Face markings as in true nitedula, but grey edging along 

 upper side of black lines less evident. 



Measurements. — Two adult males from Vulpera-Tarasp, 



