250 BULLETIN 79, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



t*Orthogeomys latifrons Merriam. 



1895. Orthogeomys latifrons Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 8, p. 178. January 31, 1895. 

 Type Locality. — Guatemala; exact locality unknown. 



Genus HETEROGEOMYS Merriam.^ 



1895. Heterogeomys Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 8, p. 179. 

 January 31, 1895. Type, Geomys liispidus LeConte. 



*Heterogeomys hispidus (LeConte). 



1852. Geomys hispidus LeConte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, vol. 6, p. 158. 



1885. Geomys MspidusTujj-E, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (1884), 

 p. 599. 1885. 



1895. Heterogeomys hispidus Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, 

 No. 8, p. 181. January 31, 1895. 



Type Locality. — Near Jalapa, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Range. — The "Tierra Templada," or middle belt along the basal 

 slope of the table-land, in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 

 between the altitudes of 4,000 and 4,500 feet. 



Heterogeomys lanius Elhot. 



1905. Heterogeomys lanius Elliot, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wasliington, 



vol. 18, p. 235. December 9, 1905. 

 Type Locality. — Xuchil, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



t*Heterogeomys torridus Merriam. 



1895. Heterogeomys torridus Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, 

 No. 8, p. 183. January 31, 1895. 



Type Locality. — Chichicaxtle, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Range. — ^Lowlands of Vera Cruz, from Chichicaxtle and Motzo- 

 rongo to Catemaco, and thence into Guatemala; penetrating 

 the interior to Reyes, Oaxaca, and Guatemala City, Guatemala. 



Genus MACROGEOMYS Merriam.^ 



1895. Macrogeomys Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 8, 

 p. 185. January 31, 1895. Type, Geomys heterodus Peters. 



*Macrogeomys heterodus (Peters). 



1865. Geomys heterodus Peters, Monatsber. k. preuss. Akad. 



Wissensch. Berlin, 1864, p. 177. 1865. 

 1895. Macrogeomys heterodus Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 8, p. 186. January 31, 1895. 

 Type Locality. — Costa Rica; exact locality unknown. 

 Range. — ^The Irazu range and perhaps other parts of Costa Rica. 



1 Revised by Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 8, pp. 179-185, January 31, 1895. 



2 Revised by Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 8, pp. 185-195, January 31, 1895. 



