12 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



This name occurs incidentally in the text, being- applied to a supposed 

 new species, with remarks on its reputed habit of passing the winter in 

 beehives and living on the honey. 



Microcephalus (Meriones) Harlan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 1, 1839. 

 Under this name Dr. Harlau described specimens from the vicinity of 

 Philadelphia, Pa. The name, being- antedated by americanus Barton, 

 becomes a synonym. 



Montanus (Zapus) Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XI, p. 104, April 

 26, 1897. Dr. C. Hart Merriam described the form inhabiting the Cas- 

 cade Range in Oregon, under the name Zapus trinotatus montanus, but 

 the characters seem to warrant its recognition as a full species. 



Nemoralis (Meriones) Geoffrey St. Hilaire, Diet. Classiqued'Hist. Nat., 

 VII, p. 323, Fev., 1825. Under this name Geoffrey published a careful 

 description of two specimens (without locality), in the Museum d'His- 

 loire Naturelle of Paris, which were figured by F. Cuvier and served as 

 the basis of Cuvier's genus Meriones. There is nothing in the descrip- 

 tion of nemoralis that gives any clue to the specific identity of the animal. 



Niger (Gerbillus) Rafinesque, Am. Monthly Mag., IV, p. 106, December, 

 1818. A nomen nudum used by Rafiuesque in an article entitled l General 

 Account of the Discoveries made in the Zoology of the Western States.' 



Pacificus (Zapus) Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XI, p. 104, April 

 28, 1897. Under this name Dr. C. Hart Merriam described a form 

 represented in the Biological Survey collection by specimens collected 

 in upper Rogue River Valley, Oregon. 



Princeps (Zapus) Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., V, pp. 71-73, April 

 28, 1893. Dr. J. A. Allen described under this name a large species 

 from Florida, La Plata County, Colo., which proves to be a very dis- 

 tinct form inhabiting the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. 



Saltator (Zapus) Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., XII, p. 3, 

 March 4, 1899. Dr. J. A. Allen has recently described under this name 

 a well-marked form inhabiting northern British Columbia and the 

 adjacent region. 



Setchuanus (Zapus) Pousargues, Ann. Sci. Nat., 8e ser., I, No. 4, p. 220, 

 Avril, 1896. The only name based on the single Old World species of 

 Zapus. 



Soricinus (Gerbillus) Rafinesque, 'Precis des DL-COUV. somiologiqnes 

 p. 14, 1814.' I have not seen the original reference. 



Sylvaticus (Gerbillus) Rafinesque, Am. Monthly Mag., Ill, p. 354, Sep- 

 tember, 1818. A nomen nudum used by Rafiuesque in a letter addressed 

 to "Samuel L. Mitcbill, president, and the other members of the 

 Lyceum of Natural History, * * * dated at Louisville, Falls of 

 Ohio, 20 July, 1818." 



Tenellus (Zapus) Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XI, p. 103, April 26, 

 1897. Under this name Dr. C. Hart Merriam has described a form 

 from Kamloops, British Columbia. 



Trinotatus (Zapus) Hhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1849, p. 421 

 (January 15, 1895). Under this name Mr. S. N. Rhoads described, from 



