LAGOMYS—LAGOSTOMUS. 361 
Lagomys G. Cuvzer, 1800. Glires, Ochotonidee. 
[Tableau Élém. Hist. Nat. Anim., 132, 1798—description under ‘les Lagomys’ ]; 
Tabl. I, Class. Mamm., in Lecons Anat. Comp., I, 1800 [names only—‘ Pica, 
Lagomys’ ]. 
** Lagomus MacEnery, Cavern Researches, pl. E, fig. 11, 1859" (fide Woop- 
WARD & SHERBORN, Cat. Brit. Foss, 357). 
Based on ‘le pika ( Lepus alpinus Pallas), from the mountains of Siberia. 
Lagomys: Aay@s, hare; 0s, mouse—‘ mouse hare,’ from the absence of tail 
and general resemblance of the animal to a small rabbit. 
Lagonebrax GLoGeER, 1841. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Tragulidee. 
Hand- u. Hilfsbuch Naturgesch., I, pp. xxxiii, 137, 1841; THomas, Ann. & Mag. 
Nat. Hist., 6th ser., 191, Feb. 1, 1895. 
Species: Moschus javanicus Gmelin, from Java; and M. meminna Erxleben, from 
Ceylon. 
Lagonebrax: Aay es, hare; véfpa£, a young deer, fawn—from the diminutive 
size, the species being among the smallest of existing Ungulates. 
Lagopsis RAFINESQUE, 1815. Glires, Leporid:e. 
Analyse de la Nature, Addendum, 219, 1815. 
Emendation of Lagopsys used on p. 58. 
Lagopsis: Aways, hare; ois, appearance. 
Lagopsis (subgenus of Lagomys) ScuLosser, 1884. Glires, Ochotonide. 
Die Nager Europ. Tertiirs, in Palszeontographica, XXXI (sep. p. 13), pl. vin, 
figs. 40, 46, 49, 1884; Fonsvru Mason, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 2d ser., 
Zool., VII, pt. 9, pp. 460-463, pls. 36-39, Nov., 1899 (raised to generic rank). 
Species: Lagomys oeningensis Meyer, from the Miocene of Oeningen and L. verus 
Hensel, from Althausen, Germany. 
Lagopsis was used by Rafinesque in 1815, but without any description. 
Extinct. 
Lagopsys RarixEsqUE, 1815. Glires, Leporidze. 
Analyse de la Nature, 58, 1815. 
Nomen nudum. ‘ Lagopsys R. Lepus sp.’; name emended to Lagopsis, ibid., p. 219. 
Lagorchestes Govrp, 1841. Marsupialia, Macropodid:e. 
Mon. Macropodide, pt. 1, text to pl. xir, 1841; THomas, Cat. Marsup. & Mono- 
trem. Brit. Mus., 79-86, 1888. 
Lagocheles Owen, in Todd's Cyclop. Anat. & Physiol., II, 330, 1847. 
Type: Lagorchestes leporoides Gould, from New South Wales. 
Lagorchestes: Lay &s, hare; ópynór?)s, dancer—in allusion to its fleetness, whence 
the common name, ‘hare kangaroo.’ 
Lagos* Brookes, 1828. Glires, Leporid:e. 
“Cat. Anat. & Zool. Museum of Joshua Brookes, London, 54, 1828"' (previous 
to July 14). 
Type: Lagos arcticus (— Lepus arcticus Ross), from northern Battin Land. 
Lagos: Nays, hare. 
-gostomus Bnookrs, 1828. Glires, Chinchillidz. 
Zool. Journ, IV, No. 13, pp. 133-134, Apr.-July, 1828; Ibid., No. 16, p. 501, 
Jan.-May, 1829; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, XVI, pt. r, 95-104, tab. 9, 1829; 
Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1835, 59. 
Lagostomys Cours, Century Dict., p. 3331, 1889 (cited as an error). 


* This genus is open to question, as the name was published in a sale catalogue. 
