262 BULLETIN 128, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



*Heterogeomys hispidus (LeCoiite). 



1852. G[eom.ys] hispidus LeConte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, vol. 6, p. 158. 



1885. Geomys hispidus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (1884), 

 p. 599. 1885. 



1895. Heterogeomys hispidus Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, 

 No. 8, p. 181. January 31, 1895. 



Type Locality.— Near Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Range. — The " Tierra Templada, " or middle belt along the basal 

 slope of the table-land, in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 

 between the altitudes of 4,000 and 4,500 feet. 



Heterogeomys lanius Elliot. 



1905. Heterogeomys lanius Elliot, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 18, p. 235. December 9, 1905. 

 Type Locality. — Xuchil, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



t*Heterogeomys torridus Merriam. 



1895. Heterogeomys torridus Merriam, North Amer. Fauna 

 No. 8, p. 183. January 31, 1895. 



Type Locality. — Chichicaxtle, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Range. — -Lowlands of Vera Cruz, from Chichicaxtle and Motzo- 

 rongo to Catemaco, and thence into Guatemala; penetrating 

 the interior to Reyes, Oaxaca, and Guatemala City, Guatemala. 



Genus MACROGEOMYS Merriam.^- 



1895. Macrogeomys Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 8, p. 185. 

 January 31, 1895. Type, Geomys heterodus Peters. 



*Macrogeomys heterodus (Peters). 



1865. Geomys heterodus Peters, Monatsber. k. preuss. Akad. 



Wissensch. Berlin, 1864, p. 177. 1865. 

 1895. Macrogeomys heterodus Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 8, p. 186. January 31, 1895. 

 Type Locality. — Costa Rica; exact locality unknown. 

 Range. — The Irazu range and perhaps other parts of Costa Rica. 



t* Macrogeomys dolichocephalus Merriam. 



1895. Macrogeomys dolichocephalus Merriam, North Amer. 



Fauna, No. 8, p. 189. January 31, 1895. 

 Type Locality.— San Jose, Costa Rica. 



♦Macrogeomys cavator Bangs. 



1902. Macrogeomys cavator Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 



39, p. 42. April, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama. Altitude, 4,800 

 feet. 



1 Revised by Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 8, pp. 185-195, Jan. 31, 1895. 



