174 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



1897. [Coe/idu] pallidus Trouessart, Catal. mamm., pt. iii, 



p. 62-2. 

 Type locality. — " Said to be ... < the West Indies." 



Family DASYPROCTIDAE, 



Genus DASYPROCTA Illiger. 



1811. Z'^^^sy/wocta Illiger, Prodr. syst. mamm. et avium, p. 93. 

 Included two species — aguti and acuchy. 



* Dasyprocta cristata (Desmarest) . 



1816. Cavia cristata Desmarest, Nouv. diet, d'hist. nat., i, 



p. 213. 

 1820. Dasyprocta cristata Desmarest, Mamm,, p. 358. 

 1885. Dasyprocta cristata, True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii 



(1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 Type locality. — " Surinam" ; this is erroneous according to 



Alston, who states that the animal is West Indian. 



* Dasyprocta isthmica Alston. 



1876. Dasyprocta isthmica Alstoi^, Proc. zool. soc. London, 



p. 347. 

 1885. Dasyprocta isthmica True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii 



(1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 Type locality. — Colon, Colombia. 



* Dasyprocta mexicana Saussure. 



1860. Dasyprocta mexicana Saussure, Revue et magasin de 



zoologie, 2d ser., xii, p. 53. 

 1885. Dasyprocta mexicana True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii 



(1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 Type locality. — "Hot zone of Mexico"; probably in the 



State of Vera Cruz. 



* Dasyprocta punctata Gray. 



1842. Dasyprocta punctata Gray, Ann. and mag. nat. hist., 

 X, p. 264. 



