liS SCO'I IM'M\>. RIIIPIDOMYS. NEOTOMA. 



Scotinomys irazu (Allen). 



Akodon (!) irazu Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Xat. Hist.. XX, 1004, p. 46; 

 Ellioi, Mamm. Middle Amer. and \\ . Indies, F. C. M. Pub. 

 IV, Pt. i, 1904, p. 274; ///. Mamm. X. Amcr. Coin, and W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., VI, 1905, p. 204, Zool. SIT. 

 locality. Yolean de Irazu, Costa Riea. 



Scotinomys xerampelinus ( lianas). 



Akodo)i (!) xerampelinus Bangs, Bull. Mus. Com p. Zool., XXXIX. 



1902, p. 41; Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amcr. and W. Indies, 



F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. i, 1904, p. 275, Zool. Scr.; Id. Mamm. 



N. Amcr. Cont. and W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., VI, 1905, p. 205. 



Zool. Ser. 

 Type locality. Volcan dc Chiriqui, Chiriqui, Panama. 



Genus Rhipidomys. 



Rhipidomys Tschudi, Wicgm. Archiv. Naturg., I, 1844, p. 252. 

 Type Hesperomys leucodactylus Tschudi. 



Rhipidomys scandens Goldman. 



Rltipodonivs scandens Goldm., Smith. Misc. Coll. LX, 1913, No. 22, 

 p. 8. 



Type locality. Rio Limon, Mount Pirri, eastern Panama. Alti- 

 tude, 5000 feet. 



Genl. Char. Similar to R. Venezuela;, but darker. 



Color. Entire upperparts pale cinnamon-rufous lined with black; 

 underparts, hairs white to the roots; tail brownish above and beneath 

 with slight tuft at tip; hands white; feet white, on outer side; choco- 

 late-brown on inner. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 330; tail, 198; hind foot, 32. 

 Skull: Occipito-nasal length, 31.1; Hcnscl, 26.8; zygomatic width. 

 19.2; inter temporal width, 5.3; length of nasals, 1 8. 8; length of upper 

 molar series, 5.7; length of mandible, 15.2; length of lower molar 

 series, 5.7. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



.Subfamily Neotominae. Wood Rats. 

 Genus Neotoma (72). 



Neotoma fuscipes simplex True. 



\colnntti macrolis simplex True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. XVII, 

 ^94, P- 354- 



