360 BULLETIN 17S, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Family ECHIMYIDAE: Spiny Rats 



Genus APHAETREUS Miller 



*Aphaetreus montanus Miller. 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 74 (3) : 4, Oct. 16, 1922. 

 10733 (Paleontology number) . Mandible with full set of cheek teeth. 

 In large cave near the Atalaye plantation, St. Michel, Haiti, 

 Greater Antilles. March 1921. Collected by J. S. Brown and 

 W. S. Burbank. 



Genus BOROMYS Miller 



*Boromys offella Miller. 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 66 (12) : 8, Dec. 7, 1916. 

 217138. Anterior half of skull (lacking the nasal bones, interorbital 

 region and posterior termination of palate). In village site at 

 Maisi, Baracoa, Cuba, Greater Antilles. Collected by M. R. Har- 

 rington. Cataloged November 9, 1916. 



Genus BROTOMYS Miller 



*Brotomys (?) contractus Miller. 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 81 (9) : 13, Mar. 30, 1929. 

 253100. Anterior portion of skull (lacking zygomata, nasals, and 

 teeth). In small cave near St. Michel, Haiti, Greater Antilles. 

 March 1925. Collected by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 



*Brotomys voratus Miller. 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 66 (12) : 7, Dec. 7, 1916. 

 217177. Anterior half of skull (lacking the nasal bones and second 

 and third molars). In kitchen midden at San Pedro de Macoris, 

 Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles. Collected by Theodoor 

 de Booy. Cataloged October 23, 1916. 



Genus CAPROMYS Desmarest 



*Capromys brachyurus thoracatus True. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 11 : 469, Sept. 3, 1889. 

 =Capromys thoracatus True. See Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 14 : 

 321, Nov. 12, 1901. 



2^^. Skin and skull. Adult male. Little Swan Island, Caribbean 

 22691 



Sea, off coast of Honduras. March 6, 1887. Collected by C. H. 

 Townsend. 



Skin well preserved, but not well made up; skull Grade A. 



Type not designated by number, but of the two original specimens True 

 personally selected the above as the type and placed a red label on it. 



