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Geomys texensis MERRIAM. (N. Amer. Fauna, No. 8, 1895, p. 137.) Type local- 

 ity Mason, Mason Co., Texas. A small white-bellied species with nasals 

 shorter and broader than brevipes. 



Geomys arenarius MERRIAM. (N. Amer. Fauna, No. 8, 1895, p. 139.) Type local- 

 ity El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas. Upper parts pale drab; somewhat resem- 

 bling lutescens, but smaller and tail longer and more hairy. 



Geomys personatus TRUE. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XI, 1888 (1889), p. 159.) Type 

 locality Padre Island, Cameron Co., Texas. Large and pale; several cranial 

 differences, noticeably the zygomatic arches. 



Geomys p. fallax MERRIAM. (N. Amer. Fauna, No. 8, 1895, p. 144.) Type locality 

 South side of Nueces Bay, Cameron Co., Texas. Much smaller than per- 

 sonatus, color darker, tail shorter. 



Geomys tuza (ORD). (Outline's Geography, 2nd Amer. ed., II, 1815, p. 292.) Type 

 locality Pine barrens near Augusta, Richmond Co., Georgia. Color of upper 

 parts cinnamon brown ; tail longer and more naked and upper premolar relatively 

 much longer than in western forms. 



Geomys t. mobilensis MERRIAM. (N. Amer. Fauna, No. 8, 1895, p. 119.) Type 

 locality Mobile Bay, Baldwin Co., Alabama. Smaller and darker than 

 tuza; audital bullse much smaller than in floridanus. 



Geomys floridanus (AuD. & BACH.). (Quadrupeds of N. Amer., Ill, 1854, p. 242.) 

 Type locality St. Augustine, St. John Co., Florida. Darker than tuza, 

 and fore feet longer. 



Geomys f. austrinus BANGS. (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XXVIII, 1898, p. 177.) 

 Type locality Belleair, Hillsboro Co., Florida. Similar to floridanus, but 

 paler and more tawny ; with more white on under parts. 



Geomys colonus BANGS. (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XXVIII, 1898, p. 178.) 

 Type locality St. Mary's, Camden Co., Georgia. Darker than floridanus, 

 together with slight cranial differences. 



Geomys cumberlandius BANGS. (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XXVIII, 1898, p. 180.) 

 Type locality "Stafford Place," Cumberland Island, Camden Co., Georgia. 

 Size large; color russet, with a darker dorsal stripe together with cranial differ- 

 ences. 



