158 DASVMY-^ - AKVrcANTHIS DKNDROMYS (JEKHILI.IS. 



Genus DASYMYS. 



Dasymys rufulus Miller. 



Proc-. Wash. Acad. Sc-i., II, p. 639, fig. 40, Di-ceinber 2S, 1900. 



83844. Skin and skull. Adult male. Mount Cotiee, Liberia, We.st 

 Africa. March 30, 1897. Collected by R. P. Cnrrio. Original 

 number 19. Catalogued September 30, 1897. 



Well-niade t<kin in ^'ood condition; skull with a slight lircak in rijrlit zytronia; 

 otherwise j)erfect. 



Genus ARVICANTHIS. 



Arvicanthis planifrons Miller. 



Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., II, p. 641, fig. 41«, l)ecenil)er L'.s, 1900. 



83814. Skin and skull. Adult male. Mount Cortoe, Lil)eria, West 

 Africa. April ;>t), 1897. Collected })y R. P. Curric. Original 

 number 46. Catalogued September 23, 1897. 



Well-made skin in good condition except a small naked ari'u on l>elly; skidl 

 perfect. The specimen was first preserved in alcohol, but sliortly after coniiny: 

 to the Museum it was made into a skin. 



Genus DENDROMYS. 



Dendromys nigrifrons True. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XV, No. 91;i, p. 462, fig. 2, ()ctol)er 2(>, 1S92. 



J||||. Alcoholic, with skull removed. Adult female. Mount 

 Kilimanjaro (5,000 feet), German P^ast Africa. November, 1889. 

 Collected b}^ Dr. W. L. Abbott. Original number 10. Catalogued 

 September 26, 1891. 



AlcohoHc in fair condition. A few small bare spots, and the under side exten- 

 sively cut open to remove skull, but it has"been recently sewed up; skull perfet't. 



No type designated by number. A skull is figured and marked "typical 

 specimen." .An examination of the 5 specimens collected In' Dr. Abbott shows 

 that the figured skull is No. .S5263, conseipiently the specimen to which it belongs 

 may tie regarded as the type. 



Genus GERBILLUS. 



Gerbillus arenicolor Miller. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XllI, p. 163, October 31, 1900. 



62153. Skin and skidl. Adult male. In jungle on Yarkand River, 

 east of Maralbashi, Eastern Turkestan. February 9, 1894. Col- 

 lected by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Catalogued May 16, 1895. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull witli left zygoma missing, otherwise 

 perfect. 



Type designated by numlier, which is given as 6214:5, an error for (>2iri3. 



