392 CAPROMYS. 



becoming more reddish on the rump; side paler, somewhat grayish; 

 throat and breast grayish; rest of under parts yellowish, with a red- 

 dish tinge near the inguinal region; limbs, hands, and feet like back; 

 tail covered with short reddish hair. 



Measurements. Total length, 710; tail, 305; hind foot, 82; ear, 

 20. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 75; length of parietal, 27; of upper 

 molar series, 18; width between upper premolars, 4; between pos- 

 terior molars, 9. 



a. ifundlachi (Capromys), Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



1901, p. 317. 

 GUNDLACH'S HUTIA. 



Type locality. Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, near Cuba. 



Genl. Char. Similar to C. prehensilis, but less rufous; zygomata 

 heavier; postorbital process less produced; tail hairy throughout. 



Color. Above mixed buff, black, and f errugineous ; rump brighter 

 ferrugineous ; crown and cheeks brown, nose buffy; lower part of 

 cheek whitish; under parts and inner side of limbs buffy white; tail 

 mixed rufous and brownish black. 



Measurements. Total length, 695; tail, 300; hind foot, 80; ear, 

 23. Skull: greatest length, 80.5; greatest width, 40; width of post- 

 orbital processes, 24.5; length of nasals, 22.5; of frontal, 26.5; of 

 parietal, 28; length of upper molar series, 11.5; height of lower jaw 

 at condyle, 26.5. 



410. elegans (Capromys), Latorre, Bol. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., 



Madrid, i, 1901, p. 372. 

 LANCEOLATE-SPOT HUTIA. 



Type locality. Cuba? 



Geogr. Distr. Unique specimen in Madrid Museum, presumably 

 from Cuba. 



Genl. Char. Size smaller than C. prehensilis; large grayish red 

 lanceolate spot on middle of back. 



Color. General color brilliant yellowish red; head, tail, and feet 

 chestnut brown; tawny yellow spot between the eyes; on the back is 

 a large spot shaped like the head of a lance, the point directed 

 towards the rump, of an intense grayish red graduating into black 

 towards the broadest part. This spot is surrounded by an irregular 

 white band, which extends on the right flank toward the under 

 surface. On the shoulders, front of hind legs, and at base of tail are 

 numerous white hairs mixed with the others; nails large, curved, and 

 of a yellowish color; incisors large, and orange on the outer surface. 



Measurements. Total length, 685; head with skull in skin, 95; 

 tail 200; hind foot, 75. 



