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Type not designated by number. Coues is the only authority for con- 

 sidering it the type. On page 51 of Monographs of North American 

 Rodentia he refers to it as the type, and again on page 62. In addition, the 

 specimen is entered in the Museum catalog as "Hesperomys campestris" and 

 as coming from LeConte April 13, 1861. One of the old labels on the speci- 

 men has written on the back "Type of the species as described Pr. A. N. S., 

 VI, 1853, 413." 



*Peromyscus canus Mearns. 



Preliminary Diagnoses of New Mammals from the Mexican Border of the 

 United States, p. 3, Mar. 25, 1S96. (Reprint: Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 18: 445, May 23, 1896.) 

 =Peromi/scus leucopus texanus Woodhouse. See Osgood, North Amer. Fauna 



28 : 127, Apr. 17, 1909. 



1^. Skin and skull. Adult female. Fort Clark, Kinney County, 

 37096 



Tex. January 13, 1893. Collected by E. A. Mearns. Original 



number 2208. 



Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



*Hesperomys cognatus LeConte. Cotypes. 



Proc. Acad. Nat Sci. Philadelphia 7: 442, reported favorably for publication 

 Dec. 25, 1855. 

 =Peromyscus gossypinus (LeConte). See Osgood, North Amer. Fauna 28: 136, 

 Apr. 17, 1909. 



4708 and 4709. Poorly made skins but well preserved ; skulls inside. 

 Collected by J. E. LeConte. The locality given in the original 

 description is Georgia and South Carolina. Cataloged April 13, 

 1861. 



The specimens are considered cotypes on the authority of Coues, Mono- 

 graphs of North American Rodentia, p. 51, 1877. 



f Peromyscus comptus Merriam. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 12: 120, Apr. 30, 1898. 

 =Peromyscns megalnps auritus Merriam. See Osgood, North Amer. Fauna 

 28 : 214, Apr. 17, 1909. 



70191. Skin and skull. Adult male. Mountains near Chilpancingo, 

 Guerrero, Mexico. December 24, 1894. Collected by E. W. Nel- 

 son and E. A. Goldman. Original number 7266. 

 Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade B. 



t Peromyscus cozumelae Merriam. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 14 : 103, July 19, 1901. 

 =Peromifscus leucopus cozumelae Merriam. See Osgood, North Amer. Fauna 

 28: 135, Apr. 17,1909. 



108449. Skin and skull. Adult male. Cozumel Island, off coast of 

 Quintana Roo, Mexico. April 11, 1901. Collected by E. W. Nel- 

 son and E, A. Goldman. Original number 14686. 

 Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



