CHRYSONYCTERIS—CIMOLOMYS. 189 
Chrysonycteris—Continued. 
Chrysonycteris: ypv6ós, gold; vuKrepis, bat—in allusion to the brilliant golden 
yellow fur. ‘‘In somespecimens . . . the brightness of the colour [is] prob- 
ably unequalled by that of any other species of mammal." (Dobson, Cat. 
Chiroptera, Brit. Mus., 149, 1878.) 
Chrysoris RarinesquE, 1815. Insectivora, Chrysochloride. 
Analyse de la Nature, 59, 1815. 
New name for Chrysochloris Lacépéde, 1799 (Chrysoris R. Chrysochloris Cuv.). 
Chrysospalax (subg. of Chrysochloris) Grut, 1884. — Insectivora, Chrysochlorid:e. 
Standard Nat. Hist., V, Mamm., 136-137, 1884. 
Species: Chrysochloris villosa A. Smith, from South Africa; and C. trevelyani 
Günther, from Pirie forest, British Caffraria. 
Chrysospalax: ypv6ós, gold; 6z&Aa&, mole—‘golden mole;’ from its character- 
istic color. 
Chrysothrix Kavr, 1835. Primates, Cebid:ze. 
Das Thierreich, I, 50-52, fig. in text, 1835. 
Type: Simia sciurea Linnzus, from Brazil. Name antedated by Saimiri Voigt, 
1831. 
Chrysothrix: xpv6ós, gold; 6p2é, hair—on account of the bright color of the type 
species. 
Chthonergus NorpMann, 1839. Glires, Muridze, Microtinze. 
NorpMANN, in Demidoff's Voy. Russie Mérid. et Crimée, III, livr. 1, 37-41, 1839; * 
Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, 2° sér., Zool., XII, 229, Oct., 1839. 
Chtonoérgus KEvsERLING & Buastus, Wirbelth. Europa’s, pp. vii, 12, 32, 1840. 
Type: Mus murinus Pallas ( — M. talpinus Pallas) from southeastern Russia. 
Chthonoérgus: xI@v, xX80vós, earth; Zoyc, to work—in allusion to its burrowing 
habits. 
Cibeticum Friscu, 1775. Fere, Viverridee. 
Das Natur-System vierftiss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 16, Tab. Gen., 1775. 
Type: ‘Das Zibeththier.’ 
Cimolestes Mansu, 1889. Marsupialia, Cimolestidee. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., XXXVIII, 89, pl. tv, figs. 8-19, July, 1889; 
Hav, Cat. Foss. Vert. N. Am., Bull. 179, U. S. Geol. Surv., 566, 1902 (type 
fixed). 
Species: Cimolestes incisus Marsh (type), and C. curtus Marsh, from the Cretaceous 
(Laramie) of Wyoming. 
Extinct. 
Cimolestes: KytwAia, chalk; Agór?9s, robber—i. e. a ‘Cretaceous carnivore.’ 
Cimolodon Marsu, 1889. Allotheria, Plagiaulacidee. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., X XXVIII, 84-85, pl. i1, figs. 5-8, July, 1889. 
Type: Cimolodon nitidus Marsh, from the Cretaceous ( Laramie) of Wyoming. 
Extinct. Based on an upper molar. 
Cimolodon: kiucAia, chalk; 66@v = ó80vs, tooth—in allusion to its occurrence 
in the Cretaceous. 
Cimolomys Marsu, 1889. ' Allotheria, Plagiaulacide. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., XX XVIII, 84, pl. r1, figs. 1-4, July, 1889. 
Type: Cimolomys gracilis Marsh, from the Cretaceous (Laramie) of Wyoming. 
Extinct. Based on an upper molar tooth. 
Cimolomys: kiucoÀia, chalk; “0s, mouse—i. e. a ‘Cretaceous mouse.’ 

*Date, fide Engelmann’s Bibliography, and Ann. Sci. Nat., XII, p. 229, Oct., 
1839. 

