784 



EODENTIA 



Skull and teeth. — As in P. ibericus centralis. 



Measurements. — Type (adult male) : head and body, 104 ; 

 tail, 22; hind foot, 17; ear, 10. Adult male from the type 

 locality: head and body, 107; tail, 27; hind foot, 17. For 

 cranial measurements see Table, p. 789. 



Specimens examined. — Two, both from the Dehesa de Valencia. 



2 6. Dehesa de Valencia, Spain. O. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 213-214. 

 (N. Gonzalez.) (8. 2. 9. 214. Type of subspecies.) 



PlTYMYS IBERICUS REGDLUS Miller. 



1908. Pitymys ibericus regulus Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th sen, 



i, p. 206, February, 1908. Type in British Museum. 



1909. [Pitymys] i[bericus] regularis Lydekker, Zoological Eecord, xlv 



(1908), Mamm., p. 75, December, 1909. (Accidental renaming of 

 regulus.) 



1910. Pitymys ibericus regulus Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 191. 



Type locality. — North slope of the Alhambra hill, Granada, 

 Spain. 



Geographical distribution. — Known at present from Granada 

 and Malaga, Spain. 



Diagnosis. — General size rather less than in the other forms 

 of Pitymys ibericus (hind foot, 15 to 16 mm.); skull with small 

 auditory bullae ; teeth disproportionately reduced (length of tooth- 

 row about 5 - 4 mm.) ; colour essentially as in P. ibericus centralis. 



Measurements. — Type (adult female) : head and body, 100 

 tail, 26; hind foot, 16; ear,. 9. Adult female from the type 

 locality: head and body, 97; tail, 21 - 4; hind foot, 15 "4 

 ear, 8. For cranial measurements see Table, p. 789. 



Specimens examined. — Eight, from the following localities in Spain 

 Granada, 7 ; Malaga, 1. 



2 S, 4 9. Granada, Spain. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 288-293. 



(8. 8. 4. 290. Type of subspecies.) 

 1 al. Malaga. J. G. Haggard (p). 8. 4. 28. 1. 



PITYMYS DUODECIMCOSTATUS de Selys-Longchamps. 



1839. Arvicola duodecimcostatus de Selys-Longchamps, Revue Zoologique, 



p. 8, January, 1839. 

 1905. Microtus duodecimcostatus Major, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., 



xv, p. 508. 

 1908. Pitymys duodecimcostatus Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 



8th ser., i, p. 204, February, 1908. 

 1910. Pitymys duodecimcostatus Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, 



p. 192. 



Type locality. — Geneva, Switzerland 1 In the original descrip- 

 tion it is merely stated that the type was received from Professor 

 Pictet de la Rive, of Geneva.* Later de Selys wrote of the 



* " Je dois le squelette que je possede a la generosite de M. le professeur 

 Pictet de la Rive (de Geneve)." 



