MOSCHOPHOROMYS. 26) 
FIG. 41. MOSCHOPHOROMYS DESMARESTI. 
Ex. Ann. Scien, Nat,, Zoo6l,, X1X, pl. 1. Nat, size, 
case above squamosals, 21; breadth of interparietal, 11.5; length of 
lower molar series, 9. 
244. lucie (Oryzomys), Forsyth Major, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th 
are MO “fol nie ols lolol 
eT. Lucia Rice Rat. 
Type locality. Island of St. Lucia, West Indies. 
Genl. Char. Smaller than M. desmaresti; anterior margin of 
infraorbital foramen more convex anteriorly; belly brown. 
Color. Brown, which hue also includes the belly. 
Measurements. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 48.8; length of nasals, 
19.4; length of incisive foramina, 8; mastoid breadth, 16; length of 
molar series, 7.5; from foramen magnum to front of incisors, 41; from 
posterior edge of foramen magnum to tip of nasals, 48.8; length of 
nasals, 19.4; Hensel, 12.8; length of incisive foramina, 8; greatest 
