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Geomys texensis Merriam. (N. Amer. Fauna, No. 8, 1895, p. 137.) Type local- 

 ity — Mason, Mason Co., Texas. A small white-bellied species with nasals 

 shorter and broader than brevipes. 



Geomys arenarius Merriam. (N. Amer. Fauna, No. 8, 1895, p. 139.) Type local- 

 ity — El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas. Upper parts pale drab; somewhat resem- 

 bling lutescens, but smaller and tail longer and more hairy. 



Geomys personatus True. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XI, 1888 (1889), p. 159.) Type 

 locality — Padre Island, Cameron Co., Texas. Large and pale; several cranial 

 differences, noticeably the zygomatic arches. 



Geomys p. fallax Merriam. (N. Amer. Fauna, No. 8, 1895, p. 144.) Type locality 

 — South side of Nueces Bay, Cameron Co., Texas. Much smaller than per- 

 sonatus, color darker, tail shorter. 



Geomys tuza (Ord). (Guthrie's Geography, 2nd Amer. ed., II, 1815, p. 292.) Type 

 locality — Pine barrens near Augusta, Richmond Co., Georgia. Color of upper 

 parts cinnamon brown ; tail longer and more naked and upper premolar relatively 

 much longer than in western forms. 



Geomys t. mohilensis Merriam. (N. Amer. Fauna, No. 8, 1895, p. 119.) Type 

 locality — Mobile Bay, Baldwin Co., Alabama. Smaller and darker than 

 tuza; audital buUas much smaller than in floridanus. 



Geomys floridanus (AuD. & Bach.). (Quadrupeds of N. Amer., Ill, 1854, p. 242.) 

 Type locality — St. Augustine, St. John Co., Florida. Darker than tuza, 

 and fore feet longer. 



Geomys f. austrinus Bangs. (Proc. Bost. vSoc. Nat. Hist., XXVIII, 1898, p. 177.) 

 Type locality — Belleair, Hillsboro Co., Florida. Similar to floridanus, but 

 paler and more tawny; with more white on under parts. 



Geomys colonus Bangs. (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XXVIII, 1898, p. 178.) 

 Type locality — St. Mary's, Camden Co., Georgia. Darker than floridanus, 

 together with slight cranial differences. 



Geomys cumberlandius Bangs. (Proc. Bost. vSoc. Nat. Hist., XXVIII, 1898, p. 180.) 

 Type locality — "Stafford Place," Cumberland Island, Camden Co., Georgia. 

 Size large; color russet, with a darker dorsal stripe together with cranial differ- 

 ences. 



