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*Mus andrewsi J. A. Allen. 



Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 30: 336, Dec. 21, 1911. 

 —Rattus andrewsi (Allen). 



175899. Skin and skull. Adult male. Buton Island, Celebes. 

 December 13, 1909. Collected by Roy C. Andrews. Original 

 number 25. 

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



*Mus asper Miller. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 13 : 145, Apr. 21, 1900. 

 =Rattiis whiteheadi asper (Miller). See Chasen, Bull. Raffles Mus. 15:181, 

 Apr. 1940. 



86767. Skin and skull. Adult female. Khow sai Dow, altitude 

 1,000 feet, Trong, Peninsular Siam. February 2, 1899. Col- 

 lected by W. L. Abbott. 



Well-made skin in good condition, feet and tail stained by corrosive 

 sublimate; skull Grade A. 



*Mus atratus Miller. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 24 : 767, May 28, 1902. Name preoccupied by Mus 

 atratus Philippi (Anal. Mus. Nac. Chile, Zool. entr., 14: .57, 1900), and re- 

 named Mtis atridorsum Miller (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 16: 50, Mar. 

 19, 1903). 

 =Rattus atridorsum (Miller). 



111868. Skin and skull. Adult female. Barren Island, Andaman 

 Islands, Malay Archipelago. January 7, 1901. Collected by W. 

 L. Abbott. Original number 818. 

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



Mus atridorsum Miller. 

 See Mus atratus Miller. 



*Mus balae Miller. 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 45: 33, Nov. 6, 1903. 

 =Rattus sabaniis balae (Miller). See Chasen, Bull. Raffles Mus. 15:167, Apr. 



1940. 

 121781. Skin and skull. Adult female. Tana Bala, Batu Islands, 



off west coast of Sumatra. February 12, 1903. Collected by 



W. L. Abbott. Original number 2274. 

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



*Rattus balmasus Lyon. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 52 : 447, Dec. 30, 1916. 

 =Rattus miilleri bahnasus Lyon. See Chasen, Bull. Raffles Mus. 15:161, Apr. 

 1940. 



