394 CAPROMYS. 



Color. Above mixed black and golden brown, beneath yellowish; 

 tail black above, grayish brown beneath; hands and feet blackish; 

 ears blackish gray. 



Measurements. Total length, 450; tail, 35; hind foot, 60; ear, 6 

 (skin). Skull: occipito-nasal length, 101; length of Hensel, 81; 

 length of nasals, 36; of frontals, 35; of upper molar series, 21; lower 

 molar series, 21 ; width between rows of posterior molars, 10. 



412. thoracatus (Capromys), True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1888, 



p. 469. 

 WHITE-BANDED HUTIA. 



Type locality. Little Swan Island, Gulf of Honduras. 



Geogr. Distr. Type locality only. 



Genl. Char. Tail very short, and in other characters also similar 

 to C. browni. 



Color. Above blackish brown; hairs plumbeous brown at base, 

 and ringed in center with yellow; throat pale gray; breast crossed 

 by a nearly pure white band; belly yellowish gray; tail dark brown; 

 hands and feet ochraceous; fingers and toes blackish brown. 



Measurements. Total length, 389; tail, 45; hind foot, 65; ear 

 from occiput, 18. Skull: greatest length, 68.5; length of Hensel, 

 53-5 ' greatest breadth, 35.5; interorbital constriction, 17.7; length of 

 nasals, 23 ; of frontals, 23 ; of upper molar series, 15.5 ; width between 

 posterior upper molars, 5.3; length of lower molar series, 15.5. 



413. ingrahami (Capromys), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



1891, p. 329. 

 INGRAHAM'S HUTIA. 



Type locality. Plana Key, Bahama Islands. 



Geogr. Distr. Bahama Islands. 



Genl. Char. In size similar to C. browni from Jamaica; 

 pelage coarse, harsh; tail very short, graduated, pointed, hairy. 



Color. Above mixed yellowish brown, gray and black, or 

 blackish brown, darkest on head and nape; sides similar to back, 

 but paler; under parts pale yellowish brown; hands and feet red- 

 dish brown; tail rusty brown; bare on apical third beneath, which is 

 black; ears black, fringed with reddish brown hairs. 



Measurements. Total length, 335-375; tail vertebrae, 55; hind 

 foot, 53-55; ear from crown, 16. Skull: total length, 63; greatest 

 width, 32; interorbital constriction, 17.5; length of nasals, 21; of 

 frontals, 21; of upper molar series, 15; width between rows of pos- 

 terior molars, 5.5; length of lower jaw, 44; height of condyle, 18.5. 



