94 HYSTRICID^E. DASYPROCTID/E. 



Genus SPHINGURUS. 



338. Sphingurus prehensilis (Linn.). Brazilian Tree-Porcu- 



pine. 



Hab. South America. 



a. Presented by R. W. Keates, Esq., F.Z.S., Aug. 9, 1862. 



b. Purchased, May 18, 1866. 



c. Received, Aug. 22, 1866. 



d. Presented by 0. "Wakefield, Esq., June 16, 1868. 



e. Purchased, Oct. 16, 1873. 



339. Sphingurus insidiosus (Licht.) . Guianan Tree-Porcupine. 

 Hab. Surinam. 



a. Received, July 13, 1866. 



340. Sphingurus mexicanus (Shaw). Mexican Tree-Porcu- 



pine. 



Hab. Honduras. 



a. Presented by Capt. J. C. Hobbs, Aug. 12, 1870. 



341. Sphingurus villosus (F. Cuv.). Hairy Porcupine. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



a. Purchased, May 5, 1875. See P. Z. S. 1875, p. 469. 



Family DASYPROCTIDJE. 



Genus C(ELOGENYS. 



342. Ccelogenys paca (Linn.). Spotted Cavy. 

 Hab. South America. 



a. Presented by P. N. Bernard, Esq., Oct. 1, 1862. 



b. Presented by Dr.'Huggins, C.M.Z.S., Sept. 28, 1863. From 



Trinidad. 



c. Presented by the Comte and Comtesse d'Eu, Feb. 13, 1865. 

 d,e. Presented by R. T. Hadow, Esq., Oct. 19, 1865. 



/. Presented by William Burnley Hume, Esq., JS r ov. 9, 1865. 

 g. Deposited, Jan. 23, 1866. 



\. Presented by J. M. Barton, Esq., July 13, 1866. 

 i. Purchased, July 13, 1866. 



.;. Presented by Miss M. Shaw-Lefevre, Aug. 21, 1867. From 

 Trinidad. 



