MUS 80.: 



6. St. GiUcs, Gard. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 223. 



9. Bouconne, Gers. O. Thomas (p). 6. -1. 1. 39. 



(^1. BobcH.) 



2 6,2 9. Biarritz, Basses-Pyr6necs, J. F. Davison (c & v). ' ^ r a\\ 

 100 ft. ' (6.6.4.1-2. 



6. PajAres, Leon, Spain. O. Thomas {v). 8. 2. 9. 86. 



{N. Gonzales.) 

 6, 9. Bejar, Salamanca. 0. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 87-88. 



(N. Gomalcz.) 

 2 6, 9. Silla, Valencia. O. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 91-93 



{N. Gonzalez.) 

 6, 9. Alcoy, Alicante. O. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 89-90. 



{N. Gonzalez.) 

 6, 9. Jena, Thliringen, Ger- Prof. K. von Bardc- 91. 4. 4. 1-2. 

 manv. lebcn (p). 



2 (5, 2 9. Iloggwil, Thurgau, Swit- 0. Thomas (p). 2. 8. 4. 39-42 



zerland. 



{E. H. ZolliJwfer.) 

 6. Bodensee, Switzerland. O. Thomas (p.) 2. 8. 4. 38. 



{E. H. ZoUilcofer.) 

 9. Corfu, Greece. (6\ ilfo/to^.) J. I. S. Whitakcr (p). 8.10.1.30. 

 2 9. Argostoli, Cephalonia. J. I. S. Whitakcr (p). 8. lU. 1. 38-39. 



(C. Mottaz.) 



Genus MUS Liiuueiis. 



1758. Mus Linnffius, Syst. Nat., i, 10th ed., p. 59 {nm.vculiis, li}' tautonymy). 

 1814. Miiscidiis llafinesque, Preccs des Decouv. et travaux Somiologiques, 



]}. 13 (Substitute for Mus). 

 1837. Leggada Gray, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist., i, p. 58G, November, 



1837 (L. hooduga Gray and Mas platythrix Bennett). 

 1844. Dn/momijs Tschudi, Fauna Peruana, p. 178 (D. parvulus Tschudi = 



]^lus vmseiilus Linnaeus. See Palmer, Index Gen. Mamm., 



p. 246, 1904). 

 1857. Mas Blasius, Siiugethiere Deutschlands, p. 309 (part). 

 1876. Nannomijs Peters, Monatsber, k. preuss. Akad. Wissensch. Berlin, 



p. 480, August, 1876 {N. sefulosus Peters). 

 1881. Acromys Trouessart, Bull. Soc. d'Etudes Sci. d'Augers, x, p. 133 



(Synonym of Drymomys wrongly attributed to Wagner. See 



Palmer, Index Gen. Mamm., p. 246). 

 189G. Paendoconomys Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, p. 531, 



December 8, 1896. Mns (Pseiidoconoiny.'i) proconodon Rhoads. 

 1900. Dryomys Philippi, An. Mus. Nac. de Chile, xiv, p. 20 (modificatiou 



of Drymomys Tschudi). 

 1910. Mils Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xxiii, p. 59, April 19, 1910. 



Ttjpe species. — Miis muscidii.s Linnpeus (by tautonymj'). 



Geot/raphical distribution. — Originally confined to the tropical 

 and temperate portions of the Old World ; now essentially 

 cosmopolitan through artiticial dispersal of tlie type species. 



Characters. — In general like Epimys, but mechanical scheme 

 of molai's modified by the elongation of ci'own of anterior tooth 

 until it forms the main portion of tooth-row ; m^ with three 

 roots, its crown decidedly longer than those of two succeeding 

 teeth combined, its first lamina much distorted by the displace- 

 ment backward of t\ into line with ^~) and f6 ; m-' small and 



