26 HOLLISTER. 



Sciuropterus nigrlpes Thomas. 



1893. Sciuropterus nigripes Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., VI, 

 12, 30, July. 



Type locality. — Puerta Princesa, Palawan. Palawan (Tho- 

 mas). 



Family MURID^. 



Genus CEL/ENOMYS Thomas. 



1898. Celxnomys Thomas, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 14, pt. VI, 390, 

 June. Type. — Xeromys {?) silaceus Thomas. 



Size of a common rat. Fur soft and velvety. General color 

 uniform slate-gray. Ears short. Upper and lower cheek teeth 

 two only on each side. Head and body, 195 millimeters; tail, 

 110; hind foot, 33. 



Celaenomys silaceus (Thomas). 



1895. Xeromys {?) silaceus THOMAS, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., VI, 



16, 161. 

 1898. Celxnomys silaceus THOMAS, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 14, pt. 

 VI, 390, June. 



Type locality. — Highlands of northern Luzon. Luzon (Tho- 

 mas). 



Genus CRUNOMYS Thomas. 



1898. Crunomys Thomas, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 14, pt. VI, 393, 

 June. Type. — Crunomys fallax Thomas. 



Fur short and close, mixed with flattened spines. General 

 color pale grayish, lined with yellowish on the back ; dorsal spines 

 white, black at tips. Ears short. Molars 3/3. Head and body, 

 105 millimeters ; tail, 79 ; hind foot, 23. 



Crunomys fallax Thomas. 



1897. Crunomys fallax THOMAS, Minutes Proc. Zool. Soc. London for 

 June 15, 1897, June 19, 1897.' 



Type locality. — Isabella, Luzon. Luzon (Thomas). 



Crunomys melanius Thomas. 



1907. Crunomys melanius THOMAS, Abstract Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 No. 39, 5. February 12. 



Type locality. — Mount Apo, Mindanao; 914 meters. Minda- 

 nao (Thomas). 



"Reference not verified; from Thomas, Trans. Zool. Soc. London (1898), 

 14, 394, June. Possibly not first described in genus Crunomys, which ap- 

 parently was first diagnosed in June, 1898. 



