322 MAMMALIA: GLIRES, — XLVIII. 
white ; dichromatic (a brown phase from New Brunswick has been 
described as ZE. fuscodorsalis Allen); fur full and soft. L. 44. 
T. 14, scarcely more than twice hind foot. Mass. to Penn, and N. 
(To Dr. Anthony Gapper, who collected in Ontario about 1830.) 
Subspec. ochraceus Miller. Slightly larger, much duller and 
paler, dorsal stripe dull rusty without black hairs. White Mts. to 
N.S. 
Subspet. rhoadsi Stone. Tail distinctly bicolor, less than twice 
length of hind foot; dorsal stripe indistinct plain chestnut. N, J. 
and Hudson highlands. (To Samuel N. Rhoads.) 
Subspec. loringi Bailey. Smallest of the genus; dorsal stripe 
dark rich chestnut. Minn., Dak. (To J. Alden Loring.) 
1050. H. carolinensis Merriam. Larger than E. gapperi ; color 
darker, rich chestnut above, everywhere with black hairs. L. 6. 
T. 1%. Alleghanies, W. Va., and S. 
546. PHENACOMYS Merriam. (pévag, cheat; pis, mouse.) 
(Molars distinctly two rooted in adult. Re-entrant angles on 
inner side of lower molars very much deeper than those of outer 
side, not approximately equal to outer angles as in Microtus and 
Evotomys.) 
1051. P. latimanus Merriam. Dull rusty brown, whitish below, 
tail bicolor. L. 4%. T.1}. Labrador, S. to Peninsula Harbor, W. 
Ontario. (Lat., with broad hands.) : 
547, REITHRODONTOMYS Giglioli. (sei6pov, channel; é8ods, 
tooth ; pis, mouse.) 
1052. R. lecontei (Audubon & Bachman). Litritz Harvest 
Mousse. Dark brown, washed with cinnamon, lateral band obso- 
lete; dingy gray or yellowish below. L. 4%. T. 24. E. 4. Smallest 
of our mice, the fur soft and silky. South Atlantic States, N. to 
N.C. (Named for Major John Le Conte.) 
Subsp. impiger Bangs in Va. and W. Va., smaller, with smaller 
ears, the color richer brown. Rather common about White Sulphur 
Springs. (Lat., active.) ; 
1053. R. dychei Allen. Western Harvest Movuss. Ful- 
vous gray above lined with black; sides with faint fulvous band; 
L. 54. T. 23. E.2. Kans., Neb., E. to St. Louis. (Named for 
Prof. L. L. Dyche.) 
548. ORYZOMYS Baird. (épvga, rice; pis, mouse.) 
1054, O. palustris (Harlan). Ricr-rre~p Movusr. Blackish 
and ashy above, becoming paler below; fur harsh, but compact ; 
soles perfectly naked; a large, rat-like species. L. 8. T. 4. N.Jd. 
to Kan. and 8. (Hat., palus, marsh.) 
