454 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Neomys Kavr, 1829. Insectivora, Soricide. 
Entw.-Gesch. & Natürl. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, I, 117, 1829; Tuomas, Zoologist, 
4th ser., II, 100, 102, Mar. 15, 1898. 
Type: Sorex daubentonii Erxleben, from Europe. 
Neomys: véw@, to swim; /<0s, mouse—in allusion to the animal’s aquatic habits. 
Neomys Bravarp, 1848-52. Glires, Theridomyid:e. 
[Ann. Sci. Litt. et Indust. de l' Auvergne, VII, 439, Sept., 1843—nomen nudum.] 
BnavaRp, in Gervais! Zool. et Paléont. Francaises, II, expl. pl. 47, 1848-52 (syn. 
of Theridomys); 2° éd., 31-32, pl. xiv figs. 1-3, 1859. 
Type: Neomys lembronicus Bravard MS. (= Theridomys lembronicus Gervais, 
1848-52), from the Miocene of St. Germain de Lembron, Dépt. Puy-de-Dóme, 
France. 
Name preoccupied by Neomys Kaup, 1829, a genus of Soricid:e. 
Extinct. Based on the facial part of a cranium. 
Neomys: véos, new; j4/)c, mouse. 
Neomys Gray, 1873. Glires, Murid:ze, Cricetinze. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th ser., XII, 416—417, fig. 1, Nov., 1873. 
Type: Neomys panamensis Gray, from Panama. 
Name preoccupied by Neomys Kaup, 1829, a genus of Soricid:; and by Neomys 
Bravard, 1848-52, a genus of Theridomyide. 
Neomys: véos, new; uc, mouse. 
Neoorca (subgenus of Pseudorca), Gray, 1871. Cete, Delphinidee. 
Suppl. Cat. Seals & Whales Brit. Mus., 80, 1871. 
Type: Pseudorca meridionalis (= Orca meridionalis Flower), from Tasmania. 
Neoorca: véos, new; + Orca. 
Neophoca Gray, 1866. Ferve, Pinnipedia, Otariidze. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., XVIII, 231-232, Sept., 1866; Suppl. Cat. Seals & 
Whales Brit. Mus., 12, 28-29, 1871. 
Type: Arctocephalus lobatus Gray, from Australia. 
Neophoca: véos, new; -4- Phoca. 
Neophoceena Parmer, 1899. Cete, Delphinidee. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIII, 23, Jan. 31, 1899; W. L. Sctarer, Mamm. S. Africa, 
II, 202-203, 1901. 
New name for Neomeris Gray, 1846, which is preoccupied by Neomeris Lamou- 
roux, 1816, a genus of Polyps. 
Neophoexena: véos, new; +-Phocena. 
Neoplagiaulax LremMoinr, 1882. Allotheria, Plagiaulacidee. 
[ Recherches Ois. Foss. Reims, II, 76, 1881—N. eocenus, N. marshii, nomina nuda. | 
Comptes Rendus, Paris, XCV, No. 21, pp. 1009-1011, July-Dec., 1882; Bull. Soc. 
Géol. de France, 3° sér., XI, 252, 1883; Ibid., XIII, 213, 1885. 
Type: Neoplagiaulax eocenus Lemoine, from the Eocene near Reims, France. 
Extinct. Based on teeth and portions of lower jaws. 
Neoplagiaulax: véos, new; + Plagiaulax. 
Neoprocavia AMEaniNo, 1889. Glires, Caviidee. 
Cont. Conocimiento Mamíf Fósil. Repüb. Argentina, in Act. Acad. Nac. Cien., 
Córdoba, VI, 235-236, 908, pls. xir fig. 31, xx figs. 23-24, Lxxx fig. 13, 1889. 
New name for Procavia Ameghino, 1885, which is preoccupied by Procavia Storr, 
1780, a genus of H yracoidea. 
Extinct. 
Neoprocavia: véos, new; +-Procavia. |. ** Cambio el nombre del homónimo Pro- 
cavia en Neoprocavia para el género de creación más reciente." (AMEGHINO. ) 
