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f Microtus pinetorum nemoralis Bailey. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 12 : 89, Apr. 30, 1898. 

 =Pitymys nemoralis (Bailey). See Miller, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 79: 229, 



Dec. 31, 1912. 

 87246. Skin and skull. Adult female. Stilwell, Boston Mountains, 



Adair County, Okla. April 7, 1897. Collected by J. A. Loring. 



Original number 3905. 



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



Arvicola (Pitymys) pinetorum quasiater Coues. See page 573. 



*Arvicola scalopsoides Audubon and Bachman. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1 : 97, submitted for publication Oct. 

 5, 1841. 

 =Pitymys pinetorum scalopsoides (Audubon and Bachman). See Miller, U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. Bull. 79 : 229, Dec. 31, 1912. 



10264. Skin, skull inside. Long Island, N. Y. Collected by 

 J. E. LeConte. Cataloged October 15, 1872. Evidently the speci- 

 men was acquired by the National Museum long after the original 

 description was issued. 



Skin in rather poor condition. It has somewhat the appearance of having 

 been made up out of alcohol. The left forefoot and right hindfoot are 

 missing. On the left side there is a considerable patch without hair. 



Type not designated by number. "Type of scalopsoides" is written in 

 the remarks column of the catalog in the handwriting of the original 

 entry. In the table on page 224 of Monographs of North American Rodentia 

 Coues calls this specimen, 10264, "Type of 'scalopsoides' Le C." The 

 specimen also bears a label reading "Monograph of American Muridae, 

 Elliott Coues, U. S. A., No. 10264. Type of A. 'scalopsoides' apud Le Conte 

 {=pitietorum) Long Island." 



Genus REITHRODON Waterhouse 

 *Reithrodon hatcheri J. A. Allen. 



Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 19 : 191, May 9, 1903. 

 =Reithrodon cuniculoides hatcheri J. A. Allen. See Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. 

 Svenska Vet-Akad. Handl. (ser. 3) 11 (3) : 78, 1932. 

 84210. Skin and skull. Adult male. Pacific slope of the Cordil- 

 leras, head of the Rio Chico de Santa Cruz, Santa Cmz Territory,, 

 Argentina. March 11, 1897. Collected by O. A. Peterson. Orig- 

 inal number 600. 



Well-made skin in good condition, but lacks left fore and right hindlegs. 

 [It was Mr. Peterson's custom to save a good many skeletons of the ani- 

 mals he had skinned or to make up the skins of the animals he had saved 

 for skeletons.] The skeleton of this individual was probably saved, but 

 there is no record of its having been in the Museum. Skull Grade A. 



