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Genus THECURUS. 



Thecurus sumatrae Lyon. 



Proo. i:. S. Nat. Miis., XXXII, No. 1552, i>. 5,S8, pis. 54-515, fig. 1, and pi. 57, 

 figa. 2, 9, 10, June 29, 1907. 



143432. Skill and skull. Adult male. Aru Bay, east coast of Su- 

 inatia. January IT, I'JOG. Collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 

 Orii^inal numl)cr 4637. Catalogued June 23, ll>Ot). 



Well-uia<le .«kin in irooil condition; skull jierfect. 



Family OCTODONTID^]. 



Genus CAPROMYS. 



Capromys prehensilis gundlachi Chapman. 



P.ull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIV, p. 317, pi. 89, November 12, 1901. 



103!^(>5. Skin and skull. Adult male. Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, 

 Cuba. July 4, 1900. Collected by William Palmer and J. H. 

 Riley. Original number 505. Catalogued October 15, 1900. 

 Well-made skin in good condition; .^knll perfect. 



Capromys brachyurus thoracatus True. 



Proc. r. S. Nat. .Mus., XI, p. 469, September 8, 1889. 

 =:Caprotnys thoracatus (True). See Chapman, P>ull. Amcr. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 XXI, p. :«], November 12, 1901. 



aloi- »^kin and skull. Adult male. Little Swan Island, Caribbean 

 Sea. March 6, 1887. Collected by ( '. H. Townscnd. Catalogued 

 June 2H, 18ST. 



Skin well preserved, Ijut not well made up; skull perfect. 



Type not designated by number, but of tlie two original specimens Ur. True 

 has personally selected the above as the type and placed a red label upon it. 



Genus PROECHIMYS. 



Proechimys guairae Thomas. 



I'ruc. r.i..l. Soc. Wash., XIV, p. 27, April 2, 1901. 



102731. Skin and skull. Adult male. La Guaira, Venezuela. July 

 S, 1900. Collected by Major Wirt Robinson, U. S. A. and Dr. M. 

 W. L,von, jr. Original number SI. Catalogued September 19, 

 1900. 



Fairly well-made skin in fair condition; skull perfect. 



Genus CTENOMYS. 



Ctenomys robustus Allen. 



P.ull. Amer. .Mus. Nat. Hist., XIX, p. 185, May 9, 1908. Preoccupied by O^/(0- 

 tnijs rohiiMit.^ Philippi (An. Mus. Nac. Chile, Zool. entr. l.S, p. 11, 1896.) 

 = Ctenomys osgoodi Allen. Princeton llxjifd. Patagonia, III, Mannn., p. 191, 

 1905. 



