hydromys. meriones. psammomys. mus. 193 



Golden-bellied Water Rat. 



I. Adult — P. Victoria, New South Wales. Ward's Nat. Scien. 

 Establ., Rochester, N. Y. 



(I. HydTomys cliTysogaster leucogasfei- (E. Geoff ro}^. 



Hydromys leucogaster E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vi, 

 1805, p. 89, pi. 36, figs. B, c, D. 

 White-bellied Water Rat. 



I. Adult — -P. Victoria, New South AVales. Ward's Nat. Scien. 

 Establ., Rochester, N. Y. 



Subfamily II. Gerbillinse. 

 Genus 113. Merioiies. 

 Meriones Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Av., 1811, p. 82. Type 

 Dipus meridianus Gmelin. (By elimination.) 

 Rhombomys Wagn., Geleh. Anz. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Miinch., 

 XII, 1841, No. 52, p. 421. 



324. Meriones shawi (Rozet). 



Gerhillus shawi Rozet, Voy. Reg. Alger, i, 1833, p. 248. 

 Shaw's Mouse. 



I. Adult — P. ? E. Gerrard & Sons. 



Genus 114. Psaiiiiiioiuys. 



Psammomys Cretzschmar, in Riippel's Atl. zur Reise nordl. Afrika, 

 iste Abth., Zool., Heft xi, 1828, pp. 56-59, Tab. 22-23. Type 

 Psammomys ohesiis Cretzschmar. 



325. Psammomys obesus Cretzschmar. 



Psanimo'inys obestts Cretzs., Riipp. Atl., 1828, p. 58, pi. 22. Lataste, 

 Act. Soc. Linn. Bord., 1885, p. 269. Id. Expl. Tunis, 1887, 

 ' p. 28. 

 Fat Sand Rat. 



I. Adult — P. Damietta, Egypt. Ward's Nat. Scien. Establ., 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



Subfamily III. Murinae. 



Genus 115. Mus. 

 Mus Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 59. Type Mus ratHis Linnaeus. 



