CATALOG OF TYPE SPECIMENS OF MAMMALS 363 



239887. Skin and skeleton. Young adult male. Guarabo, 10 miles 

 east of Jovero, Samana Province, Dominican Republic, Greater 

 Antilles. November 23, 1923. Collected by W. L. Abbott. 

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



*Plagiodontia spelaeum Miller. 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 81 (9) : 18, Mar. 30, 1929. 

 253160. Right mandible of j^oung adult (incisor and posterior por- 

 tion of mandible missing). In crooked cave near the Atalaye 

 plantation, St. Michel, Haiti, Greater Antilles. March 1925. 

 Collected by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 



Genus PROECHIMYS J. A. Allen 



*Proechimys guairae Thomas. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 14 : 27, Apr. 2, 1901. 

 102731. Skin and skull. Adult male. La Guaira, Venezuela. July 

 8, 1900. Collected by Wirt Robinson and M. W. Lyon, Jr. Ong- 

 inal number 81. 

 Fairly well-made skin in fair condition ; skull Grade A. 



*Proechimys rubellus Hollister. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 27 : 57, Mar. 20, 1914. 

 =Proechimijs semispinosus rubellus Hollister. See Goldman, Smithsonian Misc. 

 Coll. 69 (5) : 120, Apr. 24, 1920. 



l^^ . Skin and skull. Adult [male]. Angostura Valley, Costa 



Rica. Collected by Jose C. Zeledon. Cataloged June 23, 1878. 



Poorly made skin. Tail with vertebrae removed but without wire for sup- 

 port ; has been broken off at base and then sewed to skin ; its tip missing. 

 Skull Grade C. 



*Proechimys steerei Goldman. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 24 : 238, Nov. 28, 1911. 

 105535. Adult male. Rio Purus, a southern tributary of the Ama- 

 zon, in northwestern Brazil. 1901. Collected by J. B. Steere. 

 Well-made skin in good condition, tail not skinned out ; skull Grade A. 



Genus QUEMISIA Miller 

 *Quemisia gravis Miller. 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 81 (9) : 23, Mar. 30, 1929. 

 253175. Mandible of immature individual (m^ with crown not yet in 

 place). In crooked cave near the Atalaye Plantation, St. Michel, 

 Haiti, Greater Antilles. March 1925. Collected by Gerrit S. 

 Miller, Jr. 



