254 BULLETIN 79, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



t*Heteromys nelsoni Merriam. 



1902. Heteromys (Xijlomys) nelsoni Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. 



Wasliington, vol. 15, p. 43. March 5, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — Pinabete, Chiapas, Mexico. Altitude, 8,200 



feet. 

 Range. — Humid, heavily forested Pacific slopes of Sierra Madre 



in southern Chiapas, Mexico, and doubtless adjacent portions 



of Guatemala. 



Genus LIOMYS Merriam.^ 



1902, Liomys Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 15, 

 p. 44. March 5, 1902. Type, Heteromys alleni Coues. 



*Liomys pictus pictus (Thomas^. 



1893. Heteromys inctus Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 



vol. 12, p. 233. September, 1893. 

 1897. Heteromys hisfidus Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 9, p. 56. ^March 15, 1897. (Compostela, Tepic, Mexico.) 

 1911. Liomys pictus Goldman, North Amer. Fauna, No. 34, p. 33. 



September 7, 1911. 

 Type Locality. — Mineral San Sebastian, Jalisco, Mexico. 



Altitude, 4,300 feet. 

 Range. — Coastal plains and basal mountain slopes in western 



Jalisco and Cohma and probably western IVIichoacan. Arid 



tropical zone. 



*Liomys pictus escuinapse (Allen). 



1906. Heteromys f ictus escuinapse Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 22, p. 211. July 25, 1906. 

 1911. Liomys pictus escuinapse Goldman, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 34, p. 35. September 3, 1911. 

 Type Locality. — Escuinapa, Sinaloa, Mexico. 

 Range. — Coastal plains and Pacific slopes of Sierra Madre from 



southern Sinaloa southward, passing into typical pictus in 



southern Tepic and northwestern Jalisco. Arid tropical and 



lower Sonoran zones. 



t*Liomys pictus sonoranus (Merriam). 



1902. Liomys sonorana Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 15, p. 47. March 5, 1902. 



1911. Liomys pictus sonorana Goldman, North Amer. Fauna, 

 No. 34, p. 36. September 7, 1911. 



Type Locality. — Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. 



Range. — Arid coastal plains and basal slopes of Sierra Madre 

 from southern Sonora to southern Sinola. Mainly overlap- 

 ping portions of lower Sonoran and arid tropical zones. 



J Kevised by Goldman, North Amer. Fauna, No. 34, pp. 32-63, September 7, 1911. 



