184 I'KKoMVSOUS. 



Hesperomys megalotis Meniani. Biolooical Siirvcv collection. 



North Amer. Fauna, No. 8, pp. (33-04, pi. o, tigs. 1-4, pi. 4; September 4, IS'.H). 

 = Peromyscus truei (Shnfeklt). 



UUh ^ki" Jiinl -^kull. Adult male. Black Tank, LittK> Colorado 

 Desert. Arizona, September 21, 1889. Collected by Dr. C. Hart 

 Merriam and V. Hailey. Original number 502. 

 Wi'll-niade skin in <iOO(l conditiDn; skull perfect. 



Peromyscus mekisturus Merriam. Biolooical Survey collection. 



True. Hiol. Sor. Wash., Nil, i)p. 124-12ri, April 80, 1898. 



64108. Skin and skull. Adult female. Chalchiconudtu Pucbla. 



Mexico. March 10, 1894. Collected by E. W. Nelson and K. A. 



(u)ldman. Original number 59.") 1. 



Well-made skin in pood condition; skull perfect, except for broken left lower 

 incisor. 



Peromyscus melanocarpus Osgood. Biological Survey collection. 

 I'nu;. Biol. 8of. Wash., XVII, pp. 73-74, :March 21, l!t04. 

 H8610. Skin and skull. Young adult female. Mount ZempoalleiJec, 

 Oaxaca, Mexico. July 8, 1894. Collected by E. W. Nelson and 

 E. A. Goldman. Original number 6879. 



Well-madepkin ingood condition; skull perfect, except forbr()ken riirht/ytroma. 



Hesperomys (Vesperimus) melanophrys Cones. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1874, p. 181, December 15, 1874. 

 = Peromyscus melanophrys (Coues). See Allen, Bull. Amer. .Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 IN, p. ol, .Mareh 15, 1897. 



Hiss- Skin and skull. Adult. Santa Efigenia, near Tapana. Oax- 

 aca, Mexico. July 11, 1871. Collected by Prof. F. Suiuichrast. 

 Original imtuber 2. Skin catalogued February 24, 1872; skull, 

 Jaiuiary 4, 1873. 



The skin is in good condition and fairly well made up, except that tail has never 

 been skinned out. The following parts are lacking on the skull: All four occip- 

 ital bones, both malars, and both angular ))roeesses of the mandible. 



The original label bears the following legible measurements: "Lg. tot. 245 

 mill. — tip of snout to tail (below) 11 centim. — tail 185 mill. — from tip of nose to 

 eye 15 mill. — ditto to ear 25. — ear, exteriorly 20 mill., interiorly 22 mill." 



Peromyscus merriami .Mcarns. 



Preliminary Diagnoses of New Manmials from the Mexican Border of the United 

 States, J.. 2, May 25, 189G. (Reprinted in Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus., XIN, Nt). 1103, 

 p. 138, December 21, 1896.) 



r)'.»2H4. Skin ;uid skull. Adult female. Sonoyta, oji the Sonoyta 

 River, Sonora, Mexico. January 21, 1894. Collected by Dr. E. A. 

 Mearns, U. S. A., and F. X. Molziier. Original mimber 2815. 

 International lioundary Commission. Catalogued February 23, 

 1894. 



Well-iiiatlr skin in ^.'ood conditinn ; >kull perfect. 



