MIRID.E. ECHIMYS. 187 



CAPROMYS. 



Teeth :— Incisors |4 5 Molars £ ;=20. 



The Short-tailed Capromys. Capromys pilorides. 



Waterhou.se, Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 287. pi. 12. figs. 1-5 (skull, &c), 

 pi. 1 a (skeleton). 



Capromys fournicri, iJe.sm., Me"m. de la Soc. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, i. p. 43. 

 — Ramon de la Sar/ra, Hist. Pbys. de Pile de Cuba, Mamm. p. 11, 

 Atlas, pi. (5 (skeleton), pi. 7 (skull, &c). — Blainv., Osteog. G. Ca- 

 promys, pi. (skeleton and skull). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 17 



Lumbar G 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 24 



■ ' a, ■, , \ From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



d. Skull : young (upper jaw only). 



Tho Prehensile-tailed Capromys. Capromys prehensilis. 



Ramon de la Sagra, Hist. Phvs. de Pile de Cuba, Mamm. p. 12, Atl. 

 pi. 5, and pi. 8. figs. 2, 3 (skull), 1840. 



*a. Skull, and bones of the body. ] From the Zoological Society's 

 •b. Skull. J Collection. 



*C Skull, and bones of the body. 



The Short-tailed Utia. Capromys brachyurus. 



Cervical vertebra? 7 



Dorsal 16 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 14 



a. Skull. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



*b. Skull, and bones of the body. From the Zoological Society's 



Collection, 

 r. Skull and limbs. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



PLAGI0D0NTIA. 

 Plagiodontia aediurn. 



F. Cm:, Ann. des Sci. Nat. vi., new series, p. 347. pi. 17. — Waterhouse, 

 Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 296. pi. 10. tig. 8 (skull, copied from 

 F. Cuvier's figure). — Blainv., Osteug. G. Capromys, pi. (skull). 



ECHIMYS. 

 Teeth:— Incisors j \ j Molars ~j;x=20. 



