LONCHERES. PROECHINOMYS. 329 



GLIDING SPINY RAT. 



Type locality. San Miguel Island, Bay of Panama. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Genus 102. Proecliiiiomys. 



Proechimys (sic) Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1899, p. 264. 



Type Echimys! trinitatis Allen & Chapman. 



Echimys (sic) Geoff. St. Hilare, Ann. Scien. Nat., 2me Ser., x, 

 1838, p. 125. (nee G. Cuvier, 1809.) 



822. Proechinomys semispinosus (Tomes). 



Echimys! semispinosus Tomes, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1860, p. 265. 

 Proechinomys semispinosus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 



Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 386. Zool. Ser. 

 SHORT-SPINED RAT. 



Type locality. Ecuador. 



Geogr. Distr. Nicaragua, south to Ecuador. 



823. Proechinomys centralis (Thomas). 



Echinomys 'centralis Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th Ser., 



xvni, 1896, p. 312. 

 Proechinomys centralis Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 



F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 386, fig. 72. Zool. Ser. 



NlCARAGUAN SPINY RAT. 



Type locality. San Emilio, north end of Lake Nicaragua, Nica- 

 ragua. 



Geogr. Distr. Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Central America. 



a. Proecliinoiiiyg centralis chiriquinus Thomas. 



Proechimys! centralis chiriquinus Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



yth Ser., v, 1900, p. 220. 

 Proechinomys centralis chiriquinus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. 



& W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 387. Zool. Ser. 

 BOGAVA SPINY RAT. 



Type locality. Bogava, Chiriqui, Panama. Altitude, 800 feet. 

 Geogr. Distr. Panama, Central America. 



b. Proeclnnoinys centralis panamensis Thomas. 



ProecJiimys! centralis panamensis Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



7th Ser., v, 1900, p. 220. 

 Proechinomys centralis panamensis Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. 



& W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 387. Zool. Ser. 



