246 ORYZOMYS. 



Genl. Char. Similar to O. rhabdops. Ears large. Skull long and 

 narrow; nasals very long; no superorbital bead; teeth small. 



Color. Above mixed fulvous and black ; beneath buffy ; tail above 

 blackish, paler on basal half beneath; ears blackish. 



Measurements. Total length, 245; tail vertebrae, 134; hind foot, 

 29. 



235. goldmani (Oryzomys), Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., in, 



1901, p. 288. 

 GOLDMAN'S RICE RAT. 



Type locality. Coatzacoalcos, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Size small; ears large; tail long. Skull narrow; super- 

 ciliary bead slight; nasals broad; bullae and molars large. 



Color. Above mixed fulvous and black; beneath buff; tail above 

 dusky, beneath paler. 



Measurements. Total length, 233; tail vertebras, 124; hind foot, 

 30- 



236. jalapse (Oryzomys), Allen & Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., 1897, p. 206. 

 JALAPA RICE RAT. 



Type locality. Jalapa, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Vera Cruz and northwestern parts of State 

 of Puebla, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to O. mexicanus, but buff beneath. 



Color. Above dark brown tinged with yellowish and lined with 

 black; indistinct dorsal band; chin and throat grayish white; under 

 parts varying from pale buff or whitish buff to deep buff; tail above 

 dark brown, below paler; hands and feet pale grayish brown. 



Measurements. Total length, 278; tail vertebras, 140; hind foot, 

 30; ear, 18. Skull: total length, 32; basal length, 227; zygomatic 

 width, 16; width of braincase, 12.4; interorbital constriction, 5; 

 length of nasals, 13.4; palatal length, 13; length of upper molar 

 series, 4.5. (ex Type.) 



a. apfitelius (Oryzomys), Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., in, 1904. 



p. 266. 

 DECEITFUL RICE RAT. 



Type locality. San Carlos, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Gen. Char. Similar to 0. jalapce in color on upper parts, grayish 

 buff beneath ; tail shorter, hind foot longer. Skull with longer and 

 narrower braincase, zygomatic width less, nasals longei ; anterior 

 palatine foramina longer, mastoid width less ; mandible more slender, 

 narrower between angle and condyle. 



