744 RODENTIA 



identical. A specimen from Br'eba, Roumania, in some respects 

 resembles the type of Arvicola illyricus, but the small size of the 

 hind foot (25 mm.) renders its identification uncertain. 



S. Bosnia. Dr. Floericke (c). 94. 1. 5. 1. 



(Type of species.) 

 i. Breba, Boumania. (W. Dodson.) Lord Lilford (p). 4. 4. 6. 66. 



ARVICOLA MUSIGNANI de Selys-Longchamps. 



1839. Arvicola musignani de Selys-Longchamps, Bevue Zoologique, p. 8, 

 January, 1839 (Borne, Italy). 



1839. Arvicola destructor Savi, Nuovo Giorn. de' Letterati, Pisa, xxxvn, 

 No. 102, p. 204 (p. 7 of separate), February, 1839. (Maremma 

 Grossetana, Tuscany, Italy). For date of publication see de Selys- 

 Longchamps, Micromammalogie, p. 93. 



1845. ? [Arvicola musignani] var. fuliginosus de Selys-Longchamps, Atti 

 della sesta Biunione degli Scienziati Italiani, Torino, 1844, p. 322 

 (nomen nudum). 



1857. Arvicola amphibius b. Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 344. 



1910. Arvicola musignani Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xxm, 

 p. 21, March 23, 1910. 



1910. Arvicola musignanoi Trouessart, Faune, Mamm. d'Europe, p. x. 



Type locality. — Vicinity of Rome, Italy. 



Geographical distribution. — Central Italy ; at present known 

 from the west coast only. 



Diagnosis. — Size and general characters as in Arvicola italicus, 

 but colour pale and' yellowish, like that of A. sapidus sapidus. 



Colour. — Entire animal a light yellowish wood-brown, faintly 

 grizzled with black on median dorsal region and clouded by the 

 slate-grey underfur on throat and belly ; cheeks faintly more 

 yellowish than sides of body. Feet light drab. Tail obscurely 

 bicolor, blackish brown above, yellowish brown below. 



Skull and teeth. — The skull and teeth agree with those of 

 A. italicus, except that the molars appear to be usually somewhat 

 smaller. 



Measurements. — Two adult males from Arsoli, Rome, Italy : 

 head and body, 190 and 201 ; tail, 94 and 95 ; hind foot, 29 -6 

 and 29 ; ear, 15 and 15. For cranial measurements see Table, 

 p. 743. 



Specimens examined. — Seven, from the following localities in Italy : 

 Arsoli, Rome, 6 ; Velletri, Rome, 1 (Mottaz). 



i. Arsoli, Borne, Italy. G. Barrett-Hamilton (p). 11. 1. 2. 37. 



ARVICOLA SCHERMAN Shaw. 



(Synonymy under subspecies.) 



Geographical distribution. — West-central continental Europe, 

 from the Pyrenees and Alps to the Baltic ; eastern limits of 

 ranae not known. 



