PEROMYSCUS. 1-j 



iognalt4S, Le Conte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., ib55, p. 442 



megacephalus, Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1894, p. 254 



Type locality. Riceboro, Libertj' county, Georgia. 



Gcogr. Distr. North Florida to Bertie county, North Carolina 

 west to Alabama and Mississippi. 



Genl. Char. Tail shorter than head and body: size of body large 

 hind foot large. 



Color. Above dark brown; much darker on median line; orbital 

 ring black. Beneath smoke gray; feet grayish white. Tail dusky 

 above, grayish white below. 



Measurements. Average total length. 177.66; tail vertebra-, 70.25; 

 hind foot, 22.35. 



a.- mississippiensis. {Peromysci/s), Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. 

 Phil., 1896, p. 189. 



Type locality. Samburg, Redfoot Lake, Tennessee. 



Geogr. Distr. Mississippi bottoms in Tennessee: range un- 

 known. 



Genl. Char. Similar in size to /'. i^ossypinus: tail longer; hind 

 foot larger; colors paler: dorsal band less marked. 



Color. Above from cinnamon brown to russet; middle of back 

 darker; under parts grayish white; tail dusky above, white below; feet 

 grayish white. 



Measurements. Average total length, 1S3; tail vertebra-, 79. 5; 

 hind foot, 24.45. 



b.—palnuirius. {Peromyscus), Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1896, 

 p. 124. 



Type locality. Oak Lodge, Brevard county, Florida. 



Geogr. Distr. Peninsular Florida. 



Genl. Char. Similar to P. gossypinus : hind foot shorter; colors 

 paler; no defined dorsal band. 



Color. Above bright russet to wood brown; orbital ring black: 

 under parts grayish white. Tail dusky above; white below. Feet 

 grayish white. 



Measurements. Average total length, 181; tail vertebra-, 71.88; 

 hind foot, 21.55. 



c.—ni^riculus. (Peromyscus). Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1896, 

 p. 124. 



Type locality. Burbridge, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. 



Geogr. Distr. Bayou region, Louisiana coast. 



Genl Char. Small: colors very dark. 



Color. Above vandyke brown to sepia; dorsal band almost black: 

 a black orbital ring; under parts grayish white, base of hairs plumbe- 



