PEROMYSCUS. 141 



Geiil. Char. Similar in color to /'. caniis, but smaller; tail shorter, 

 hind foot smaller. 



Color. Above grayish brown washed with yellowish, strongest 

 on the sides; dorsal band blackisli; under parts grayish white; feet 

 white. Tail, blackish brown, beneath white. 



Measnremints. Total length, 127; tail vertebras, 51; hind foot, ^c^. /6 



195. anthonyi. {Hespcromys), Merr. , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1887, 



P- 5- 



Type locality. Camp Apache, Grant County, New Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. New Mexico and Arizona. 



Gcnl. Char. Small: tail longer than head and body; ears large; 

 soles naked. 



Color. Above ash gray, lined with black; sides buffy fulvous; 

 under parts white. Tail, above dark brown; beneath whitish. 



Measurements. Total length, 144; tail vertebra:, 80; hind foot, 

 18.5: ear, 12. 



i(>6. taylori. {Hesperomys), Thos., Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 1887, 

 p. 66. 



Type locality. San Diego, Texas. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern Texas. 



Genl. Char. Similar to P. inichigancnsis, but much smaller; 

 tail indistinctly bicolor; soles naked; dorsal area not darker than 

 "flanks. 



Color. Above yellowish brown thickly lined with black; ilanks 

 same, grading into the grayish white of the under parts. Tail brown, 

 slightly paler beneath. 



.\fcasurcments. Total length, 85; tail vertebra, 32: hind foot, 13; 

 ear, 5. Skull: basal length, 15; greatest breadth, 9.5; nasal length, 

 6.5: interorbital constriction, 34; interparietal length, 2; breadth, 5. 



197. niveiventris. [Hesperomys), Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., 18S9, p. 117. 



Type locality. Micco, Brevard County, Florida. 



Geogr. Distr. Florida Peninsula, eastern part. 



Genl. Char. Tail about half the length of the body and head. 

 Size of body moderate: ears small. 



Color. Above pale tawny gray, darker on median line; face and 

 base of tail tawny; feet and legs, nose, lower half of cheeks and 

 under parts, pure white, the hairs white to the base. Tail, brown 

 above, white below. 



Measurements. Total length, 155; tail vertebrae, 60; hind foot, 

 19; ear, 13.5. 



