MILLER AND REHN : NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS. 109 



Regarded by Merriam (Proc. at-ad. nat. sci. Phila., 1894, p. 246, 

 Septeml)er '24, 1894) as identical with JSf. fuscipes. 



Neotoma tenuicauda Merriam. 



1892, Neotoma tenuicauda Merriam, Proc. hiol. soc. Wash- 

 ington, VII, p. 169. September 29, 1892. 



Type locality. — North slope of the Sierra Nevada of Colima, 

 State of Colima, Mexico. Altitude, 12,000 feet. 



Neotoma torquata Ward. 



1891. Ntotoutii torquata Ward, Anier. nat., xxv, p. 160. 



February, 1891. 

 Type locality. — An abandoned tunnel, between Tetela del 



Volcan and Zacualpan, State of Morelos, JNIexico. 



Neotoma venusta True. 



1894. Neotoma veiuixta True, Diagnoses of some unde- 

 scribed wood rats (genus Neotoma) in the national mnseum, 

 p. 2. June 27, 1894. (Reprint: Proc. U. S. nat. mus., 

 XVII, p. 854. November 15, 1894.) 

 Ty^pe LOCALITY. — Carrizo Creek, San Diego County, Califor- 

 nia. 

 Regarded by Merriam (Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1894, p. 247, 

 September 24, 1894) as identical with N intermedia. 



Genus NELSONIA Merriam. 



1897. Nelsonia Merriam, Proc. biol. soc. Washington, xi, p. 

 277. December 17, 1897. Type. — NeUonia neotomodon Merriam. 



Nelsonia neotomodon Merriam. 



1897. Ndsonia neotomodon Merriaai, Proc. biol. soc. Wash- 

 ington, XI, p. 278. December 17, 1S97. 

 Type locality. — ^Mountains near Plateado, State of Zacate- 

 cas, Mexico. Altitude, 8200 feet. 



