246 ORYZOMYS. 
Genl. Char. Similar to O. rhabdops. Ears large. Skull long and 
narrow; nasals very long; no superorbital bead; teeth small. 
Color. Above mixed fulvous and black; beneath buffy; tail above 
blackish, paler on basal half beneath; ears blackish. 
Measurements. Total length, 245; tail vertebre, 134; hind foot, 
29. 
235. goldmani (Oryzomys), Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., Itt, 
Igor, p. 288. 
GOLDMAN’S Rice Rat. 
Type locality. Coatzacoalcos, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Size small; ears large; taillong. Skull narrow; super- 
ciliary bead slight; nasals broad; bulla and molars large. 
Color. Above mixed fulvous and black; beneath buff; tail above 
dusky, beneath paler. 
Measurements. Total length, 233; tail vertebrz, 124; hind foot, 
30. 
236. jalapze (Oryzomys), Allen & Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 
Hist., 1897, p. 206. 
JavLapa Rice Rat. 
Type locality. Jalapa, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Vera Cruz and northwestern parts of State 
of Puebla, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Similar to O. mexicanus, but buff beneath. 
Color. Above dark brown tinged with yellowish and lined with 
black; indistinct dorsal band; chin and throat grayish white; under 
parts varying from pale buff or whitish buff to deep buff; tail above 
dark brown, below paler; hands and feet pale grayish brown. 
Measurements. Total length, 278; tail vertebre, 140; hind foot, 
30; ear, 18. Skull: total length, 32; basal length, 227; zygomatic 
width, 16; width of braincase, 12.4; interorbital constriction, 5; 
length of nasals, 13.4; palatal length, 13; length of upper molar 
series, 4.5. (ex Type.) 
a.—apateliws (Oryzomys), Elhot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., 111, 1904, 
p. 200. 
DECEITFUL Rice Rat. 
Type locality. San Carlos, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 
Gen. Char. Similar to O. jalape in color on upper parts, grayish 
buff beneath; tail shorter, hind foot longer. Skull with longer and 
narrower braincase, zygomatic width less, nasals longer; anterior 
palatine foramina longer, mastoid width less; mandible more slender, 
narrower between angle and condyle. 
