PROCEEDINGS

OF THK

Biolopcal Society of Wastiington

VOLUME XIV

1901

WASHINGTON

PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY

1902

COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS

W. p. HAY,* Chairman.
T. S. PALMER DAVID WHITK

*Vice C. L. Pollard who served in this position from January, 1901 to
October, 1901.

CONTENTS. _/*Us&

Officers and committees for 1901 v

Proceedings vii-xii

Rihes coloradenm, an Undescribed Currant from the Rocky

Mountains of Colorado, by Frederick V. Coville 1-6

Fiftli List of Additions to the Flora of Washington, D. C, by

Theo. Holm 7-22

General Notes 23-25

The sub-genus Rhinosciurus of Trouessart, 23; On the name
Vespertilio hlossevillii, 24; The name of the Aard Yarlc, 24;
The name of the Ogotona, 24; The name of the Viscacha,
25; A correction of Vernonia gigantea 'pubescens, 25.
A New Spiny Rat from LaGuaira, Venezuela, by Oldfield

Thomas 27-28

Two New Bighorns and a New Antelope from Mexico and the

United States, by C. Hart Merriam ; 29-32

A New Squirrel from Borneo, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr 33-34

A New Deer from Costa Rica, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 35-37

A New Dormouse from Italy, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr 39-40

Five New Shrews from Europe, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr 41-45

Sixth List of Additions to the Flora of Washington, D. C. and

Vicinity, by Edward S. Steele 47-86

Jiincus Coluvibianus, an undescribed Rush from the Columbian

Plains, by Frederick V. Coville 87-89

The Generic Names Myrmecophaga and Tamandua, and the

Specific Names of the Opossums of the Genus DidelpMs, bv

J. A. Allen 91-93

A New Shrew from Switzerland, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr 95-96

The Alpine Varying Hare, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr 97-98

Six New Mammals from Cozumel Island, Yucatan, by C. Hart

Merriam 99-104

A New Brocket from Yucatan, by C. Hart Merriam 105-106

Descriptions of Twenty-three New Pocket Gophers of the Genus

Thomcnnys, by C. Hart Merriam 107-117

Descriptions of Four New Peccaries from Mexico, by C. Hart

Merriam. 119-124

Two New Rodents from Northwestern California, by C. Hart

Merriam 125-126

Descriptions of Three New Kangaroo Mice of the Genus Micro-

dipodops, C. Hart Merriam 127-128

A New Species of Gdlicth from Mexico, by E. W. Nelson 129-130

Descrijations of Two New Squirrels from Mexico, by E. W. Nel-
son 131-132

The Earliest Generic Name of the Northern Fur Seal, by T. S.

Palmer 133-134

A New Pocketmouse from Southern California, by Edgar A.

Mearns : \ 135-136

The American Jaguars, by Edgar A. Mearns 137-143

Description of a New (icelot from Texas and Northeastern

Mexico, by Edgar A. Mearns 145-148

Two New Cats of the Eyra Group from North America, by Ed-
gar A. Mearns 149-151

On the Mainland Forms of the Eastern Deermouse, Peromyscus

leucopus (Rafinesque), by Edgar A. Mearns 153-155

Descriptions of Three New Asiatic Shrews, by Gerrit S. Miller,

Jr 157-159

(iii)

iv Contents.

Some New and Additional llecords on the Flora of West Vir-
ginia, by Charles L. Pollard and William R. Maxon lGl-103

N«w and Little Known ('0ccida>. I. RipersieUa and Ceroputo,
by T. D. A. Cockerell 165-1G7

Descriptions of a Xew Genus and Eleven New Species and Sub-
species of Birds from Mexico, by E. AV. Nelson 169 175

General Notes ! 177-178

The bat ^enxis Fterotivtus renSimed Uervio7iotu.s, 177; An ad-
dition to the avifauna of the United States, 177: A New Cj'-
pripedium, 178: A new name for Mus obsrunis, Miller, 178.

Two New Subterranean Crustaceans from the United States, bv
W. P. Hay .' 179-180

The Proper Generic Names of the Viscacha, Chinchillas, and
their Allies, by J. A. Allen 181-182

Notes on the Names of a Few Sovith American Mammals, by

J. A. Allen 183-185

Seven New Birds from Paraguay, by Harry C. Oberholser 187-188

Diagnoses of Eight New Batrachians and Reptiles from the
Riu Kiu Archipelago, Japan, by Leonhard Stejneger 189-191

A New White-footed Mouse from California, bv Wilfred H.

Osgood ■ 193-194

TEXT FIGURE.
Page 95. Skulls of Orocidura russula and C. mimula.

OFFICERS AND COUNCIL

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY Of WflSHINGTON

For 1901.

(ELECTED DECEHBER 29, 1900.)

WM. H. ASHMEAD
C. W. STILES

OFFICERS

PremJent
F. A. LUCAS

Vice-Presidents

B. W. E VERM ANN
F. H. KNOWLTON

Meeordincj Serreiary

W. H. OSGOOD

Corresponding Secretary

T. W. STANTON

Treasurer

DAVID WHITE

I

WILLIAM H. DALL*
THEODORE GILL*
L. O. HOWARD*
A. P. WOODS
C. HART MERRIAM^
T. S. PALMER

COTTNCII/

CHARLES L. POLLARD
GEORGE M. STERNBERG*
H. J. WEBBER
M. B. WAITE
LESTER F. WARD*
CHARLES A. WHITE.*

STANDING COMMITTEBS 1901.

V. K. Chesnut

T. S. Palmer

Committee on Communicdtionx
W. H. Osgood, Chair mart

A. F. Woods

\\. W. EVEKMANN

Committee on Publications
C. L. Pollard, Chairman\

David White

*Ex-Presidents of the Society.

+Resigned Oct., 1901, succeeded by W. P. Hay.

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Vol. XIV. pp. VII XII , January 20, 1902

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

PROCEEDINGS.

The Society meets in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club
on alternate Saturdays at 8 p. ni. Brief notices of the meetings,
with abstracts of the papers, are published in Science.

January 12, 1901— 332d Meeting.

The President in the chair and 30 persons present.

W. H. Dall exhibited X ray photographs showing the inner
structure of shells.

Vernon Bailey exhibited a plume hunters' skin of a grebe.

The following communications were presented:

Frank Cameron: The Formation of Black Alkali in Plants.*

T. H. Kearney: The Eifect of Alkali Salts on the Growth of
Seedling Plants.*

O. F. Cook: The Origin of the Cocoanut. f

January 26, 1901 — 333d Meeting.

The President in the chair and 48 persons present.

The program for the evening consisted of a discussion of the
subject, 'Former Land Connections Between Asia and North
America,' with the following speakers: F. A. Lucas, Theo.
Gill, W. H. Dall, F. V. Coville, and L. Stejneger.

*U. S. Dept. Agric. Report No. 71— under the title, Some Mutual Re-
lations Between AJkali Soils and Vegetation.
fCont. U. S. Nat. Herb. VII, No. 2, pp. 257-293, 1901.

(vii)

viii Tlic Jiiolof/lcal Societij of 'Wdnlnn^ffo)).

February 9, 1901— 334th Meeting.

The President in the chair and 50 persons present.

The foUowing communication was presented:

H. C. Oberholser: A Naturalist in the Catskills (illustrated
by lantern slides).

The remainder of the evening was devoted to further discus-
sion of the subject 'Former Land Connections between Asia
and North America,' with the following speakers: Theo. Gill,
Vernon Bailey, B. W. Evermann, and Alpheus Hyatt,

February 23, 1901— 335th Meeting.

The President in the cliair and 28 persons present.

B. W. Evermann outlined some observations on the activity
of aquatic plants in winter.

Wni. H. Ashmead stated some results of work upon tlie Ily-
menoptera obtained by the Harriman Alaska Expedition.

E. L. Morris exhibited photograj)hs of botanical type speci-
mens.

The following communications were pi-esented:

F. A. Lucas: A Fossil Flightless Auk.*

W. P. Hay: The Distribution andClassitication of the North
American Craytishes.

M. B. Waite: Lifluence of Vegetation on the Sand Forma-
tions of the Michigan Lake Shore.

March 9, 1901— 336th Meeting.

The President in the chair and 31 persons present.

C. W. Stiles stated some ])reliminary results of investigations
of diseases of sheep and cattle in Texas.

The following communications were presented:

B. W. Evermann: The Feeding Habits of the Coot and Other
Water Birds.

O. F. Cook: More about the Cocoanut.

A. H. Howell: Notes on the Distribution and Nomenclature
of North American Skunks, f

*Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXIV, 133-134, figs. 1-3, 1901.
fNorth Am. Fauna No. 20, pp. 1-45, Aug. 31, 1901.

J''r<>c< idiniJK. , ix

March 23, 1901 — 337th Meeting.

Tlie President in the chair and 41 ])ers()ns present.

Tlie following- communications were presented:

8. I). .Tu(hl: l>ird Food l*rol)lems (illustrated l)y lantern
slides).

F. A. Lucas: Some Restorations of Dinosaurs (illustrated by
lantern slides).

April 6, 1901 — 338th Meeting.

The President in the chair and 40 persons present.
The following- comra^unication was presented:
Erwin F. Smith: The Bacterial Diseases of Plants* (illus-
ti"ite(l Ly lantern slides).

April 20, 1901 — 339th Meeting.

The J?resi(lent in tlie chair and 2(3 persons present.
The following communications were presented:
(). F. Cook: The Shading of Coffee. f

C. L. Pollard: Some Strange Methods of Plant Naming. J
Theo. (iill: On the Mode of Progression and Habits of Some
Dinosaurs.

May 4. 1901 — 340th Meeting.

^"ice President Ashmead in the chair and 25 persons present.

The following communications were presented:

T. H. Kearney: Loeb's Investigations into the Action of Ions
upon Animal Structures, as Supplemented by Studies with
Seedling Plants.

O. F. Cook: A Kinetic Theory of Evolution. §

^Published in part in Centralblatt. f. Bakteriologie, 2te Abth. VII Bd.,
pp. 88, 128, 190. 1901.

fBull. No. 25, Div. of Botany, U. S. Dept. Agric, 1901.
^Science, N. S., XIV, 280-285, Aug. 23, 1901.
j^Science, N. S., XIII, 9r)9-978, .Tnne. 1901.

X The Ijiidoglcal Society of WdsliiiK/fon.

October 19, 1901 — 341st Meeting.

Vice Pri'sideiit Ashmead iu the chair and :^1 persons present.
The following communications were presented:
C. W. Stiles: The Recent International Zoological Congress.
W. H. Ashmead: An Entomologist in the Sandwich Islands.
Theo. Gill: Some Difficulties of Nomenclature at the Zoolog-
ical Congress.

"t^"

November 2, 1901 — 342d Meeting.

The President in the cliair and 30 persons present:

H. J. Webber exhibited a diseased pineapple and discussed

the cause of the Cv)ndition.

The following communications were presented:
Charles Louis Pollard: Notes on a Trip to Mount Mitchell.
H. J. Webber: A Cowpea Resistant to Root Knot Worm.*
Frederick Y. Coville: Exhibition of Specimens of Alaskan

Willows.

M. A. Carleton: Characteristics and Distribution of Xero-

phytic Wheats, f

November 16, 1901 — 343d Meeting.

The President in the cliaii- and :^8 persons pi-esent.

C. P. Hartley exhibited some malformed ears of corn grown
from seed taken from ears similarly abnormal.

H. E. Van Deman exhibited a specimen of the ripe fruit of
guava grown in Florida. '

L. (). Howard announced that he had just learned through a
letter from C. L. Marlatt that the original habitat of the San
Jose scale insect had been found to be in China.

The following communications were presented:

H. G. Dyar: Notes on Mosquito Larvae.

Vernon Bailey: The Little Deer of the Chisos Mountains,
Texas, with exhiliition of spe(umens.

Barton W. Evermann: Birds in the Dry Season.

C. B. Simpson: Some Observations on Jack Rabbits.

"To be ])iiblislie(l as a Bulletin of the Bureau of Plant Indvistry, U. S.
Depl. Afi'ric.

fJUill. No. :{, Bureau PI. hul., U. S. Dept. A-rie., under llie title,
Macaroni Wheats.

November 30, 1901 — 344th Meeting.

'J'hp President in the chair and 7^} ^"^•''^'^'i^ ])resent.

William Palmer exhibited some plaster moulds of reptiles
and batrachians which had been used for the purpose of mis-
representing facts by a newspaper writer.

The following communications were presented:

K. \V. Nelson: A Naturalist in Yucatan.

II. .1. Webber: The Strand Flora of Florida.

December 14, 1901— 345th Meeting.

Tiie President in the chair and 27 persons present.

The following communications were presented:

W. H. Holmes: Finds of Fossil Remains and Indian Imple-
ments in a Spring at Afton, Indian Territory.

W. A. Orton: The Wilt Disease of the Cowpea and its
Control."

Theo. Gill and V. M. Townsend: The Largest Deep Sea Fish, f

AVilliam Palmer: A Study of Two '(Thosts\

December 28, 1901 — 346th Meeting.

(tWKNTY-SKCOXI) a XX tat, jrKKTING.)

The President in the chair and 13 members present.

The annual reports of the Recording Secretary and Treasurer
for the year 1901 were read and approved. The following offi-
cers were then elected for the ensuing year:

President F. A. Lucas.

Vice-presidents: B. W. Evermann, W. TL Ashmead, F. 11.
Knowlton, T. S. Palmer.

Recording Secretary: W. H. Osgood.

Corresponding Secretary: 1\ W. Stanton.

Treasurer: David White.

Members of the Council:" A. F. Woods, C. L. Pollard, M. K.
Waite, H. J. Webber, W. P. Hay.

*To be published as a bulletin Bureau Plant Industry, U. S. Dept.,
Agric.

fScipnce. N. S. XIV. !):',7. Dec. V.\. 190].

xii Tlie Biological Socuty of Waslthiyton.

The president then announced tlie t'oUowing- committees:
Committee on Communications: W. IT. Osgood, B. W. Ev-

ermann, A. F. Woods, V. K. Chesnut.

Committee on Publications: W. P. Hay, T. S. Palmer, David

White.

Vol. XIV. pp. 1-6 March 9, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

RIBES COLORADENSE, AN UNDESCRIBED CURRANT

FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS OF

COLORADO.

BY FREDERICK V. COVILLE.

Several months ago in examining a collection of Ribes made
by Mr. C. L. Shear in Colorado in 1896 and 1897, I found a
fruiting specimen of the Rocky Mountain plant that has hith-
erto been identified by botanists with the species of the eastern
United States, Ji. prosfrafiwi L'Her. The specimen had, how-
ever, black instead of red fruit, and on a critical examination
other differences were developed. A search in the herbarium
brought to light a few other specimens of this plant, in flower
as well as in fruit, which have furnished excellent material for
description, but the surprising fact was developed that the
fruiting specimens on the type sheet of Bibes icolfii Rothr.,
which is in the National Herbarium, were identical with our
plant. It became necessary, therefore, to make a critical ex-
amination of Dr. Rothrock's species.

liihes loolfil* was described from specimens collected in Col-
orado, those in flower from Mosquito Pass, those in fruit from

*Rothrock, Am. Nat. 8 :358. 1874.

1— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (1)

2 Coville — Hihes ColoviHh'iisc, (in Undescribed Cnrrdnf.

Twin Lakes, f and these specimens are now known to represent
two distinct species. Dr. Rothrock cited also, as synonymous,
a third plant, Watson's liihes sauginneum variegatum,\ a cita-
tion which led Dr. . Watson later to reject Dr. Rothrock's
species. § The name liihes tooljii has consequently disappeared
from most botanical works. In this confusion it becomes neces-
sary to restrict the use of the name and I therefore designate as
the type of Mibes v^olfii the flowering specimen in the National
Herbarium collected by John Wolf in June, 1873, at Mosquito
Pass, a few miles east of Leadville, Colorado, at an elevation
between 10,000 and 11,000 feet. I have found Mibes v-olfii in
herbaria under the n^wM^a pr ostr at t mi, viscossissimtim, and /uid-
soni'amfm, with none of which species is it very closely related.
Its nearest relative is Watson's liibes sangidneiim. viarieg<ittmi,
a plant centering about the northern Sierra Nevada of Califor-
nia and distinct from true sanguineiim. There is a question as
to the proper name of this plant, which at the present time can
not be satisfactorily determined. It may, therefore, continue
to be called liibes sangimieum variegatuni until its correct
name as a species can be definitely ascertained. Both variega-
Umi and vHdJii are plants with unarmed stems, almost smooth,
maple-like leaf-blades, racemose inflorescence, the bracts ovate
or obovate and with tbin hyaline margins, ovaries and fruit
bearing glanduliferous hairs, flowers greenish or reddish, and
calyx-tube not more than 3 mm. long and shorter than the lobes.
IVoJji/i differs from vnriegatiim, however, in its usually green-
ish-white calyx about 5 mm. long, its tube about 1 mm. long
and the lobes about 3 or 4 times the length of the tube; petals
broadly rhombic-obovate, about a third the length of the calyx
lobes; and anthers, when fully expanded, a little l)roader than
long, I have seen no mature fruit of the species. Jiibes s(ni-
giiineum varieg<ihim has a usually red calyx about 6 mm. long,
the tube about 2 mm. long, and the lobes about 1^ to 2 times

f The localities are attached to the proper specimens through a com-
parison of tlie data furnished by Rothrock's orioinal description, by tlie
label on the specimens, and by the references to Wolf's itinerary given
in the Report of the Secretary of War for 1873, volume 2, part 2, pages
483 and 484.

itWats. Bot. KingSurv. 100. 1871.

gWats. Bibl. Ind. 337. 1878

Coville — Rihes Coloradense, an ZTndescribed Currant. 3

the length of the tube; petals oblong-ovate, about two-thirds
the length of the calyx lobes; and anthers when expanded
usually much longer than broad.

The specimens of Hibes uio/Jif. that I have examined, in the
National and Columbia University herbaria, and that of Mr.
Frank Tweedy, are as follows:

Colorado:

Mosquito Pass, near Leadville, alt. 10,000 to 11,000 feet,
John Wolf, 1873.

Hinsdale County, F. A^. I'e((tf<', 1878.

Ouray County, near Silverton, on the headwaters of the
Rio Las Animas, alt. 9,000 feet, Frank Tweedy, 1895
(No. 195).

Ouray County, Mt. Abram, alt. 10,500 feet, C. L. Shear,
1897 (No. 3195).

West La Plata Mountains, Bear Creek Divide, alt. 11,500
feet. Baker, Earle, and Tracy, 1898 (No. 220).

Utah:

Wasatch Mountains, alt. 9,000 feet, Sereno Watson, 1869
(No. 377).

Wasatch Mountains, American Fork Canyon, alt. 9,500
3Iar<nii< E. Jones, 1880.

Mountains east of Gunnison, alt. 9,500 feet, Lester F.
Ward, 1875 (No. 274).

"Central Utah, &c.," C. C. Parry, 1875.

Jiihes v'olfii having thus been delimited, the plant confounded
with it by Rothrock, and by most authors referred to lilhes
prostratam L'Her., is here described.

Ribes coloradense sp. nov.

Plant, apparently procumbent: stems devoid of spines and prickles, at
first minutely pubescent and bearing some sessile glands, the thin silvery
epidermis persisting for a few years over the brown bark; petioles com-
monly 3 to (5 cm. long, usually smooth on the back, the upper sides
pubescent and glandular like the young twigs, the margins of the sheath-
ing portion provided with a few large, gland-tipped bristles; leaf-blades

4 Coville — Rihes Coloradeiise., an ZTndescrihed Currant.

commonly 4 to 7 mm. in width, cordate-reniform in general outline,
5-lobed, smooth on both surfaces, except sometimes for a very sparse
pubescence on the veins beneath and on the margins, and with scattered
minute sessile glands, the lobes ovate-triangular, bluntly acute or obtuse,
doubly crenate-dentate; flowers from buds situated below those produc-
ing the leaves, but occasionally developing a single rudimentary leaf; race-
mes loosely 6 to 12-fiowered, the pedicels commonly 4 to 8 mm. long and
like the main axis glandular-hairy and minutely pubescent; bracts nar-
rowly linear to lanceolate-subulate, thick and herbaceous, not exceeding-
half the length of the pedicel, the lowermost one occasionally develop-
ing into a miniature leaf -blade; ovary glandular-hairy; calyx lobes widely
spreading, slightly united at the base, ovate-rotund, slightly narrowed
below to a very broad base, sparingly hairy on the outside with both gland-
bearing and glandless hairs, greenish or somewhat purplish, the diameter
of the open flower about 6 to 8 mm.; petals smooth, purplish, about 1
mm. long by 1.5 to 2 mm. broad, slenderly fan-shaped with much in-
curved sides; filaments smooth, of nearly uniform width throughout,
about 1.2 mm. long, the anthers orbicular, a little less than 1 mm. in
diameter; styles smooth, separate to the base, about 1.2 mm. long: fruit
spherical, black without bloom, sparingly glandular-hairy, in our dried
and flattened but not crushed specimens 0 to 10 mm. in diameter.

Type specimen in the United States National Herbarium, collected
July 27, 1896, in a moist shady place in Marshall Pass, Colorado, at an
altitude of about 10,500 feet, by C. L. Shear (No. 11.56).

With Ribes vH>lfi the present species has no immediate rela-
tionship. Its racemes are developed from usually leafless later-
al buds on one-year-old wood and its calyx has widely s])reading
lobes and no evident tube. It has several other distinguishing
characters, perhaps the most conspicuous of which are the sub-
tilate-lanceolate thick green bracts of the inflorescence, and the
sparsity of the ovary liairs tipped with purple glands. Wolfi
has its racemes borne on short leafy branches, the calyx tube well
defined though short, and the lobes only moderately spreading,
the ovate or obovate-lanceolate, obtuse or broadly acute bracts
with thin semi-transparent margins, and the ovary densely covered
with yellowish-green stalked glands. To Rihes prostratimiy
however, and to Ribea Iff.riflorum Pursli our new species is
closely related. From the former it may be distinguished by
the rarity of leaves from the flower buds, the blunter character
of its leaf lobes, a difference difticult to describe but better un-
derstood by a comparison of figures or s])ecimens; its larger
flowers, with calyx lobes sparingly hairy and about 3 mm. long;
petals slenderly fan-shaj)ed and much broader than long; and

black instead ol" red fruit. Pvostriition has leaf-bearing flower
l)U(ls, leaves with sharply acute to acuminate, serrate-dentate
lobes, flowers with calyx lobes smooth, about 2 mm. in length,
and ol)ovate-oblong in outline, petals Avith rhombic blade on a
rather broad stalk, the whole much longer than broad, and fruit
red. From hi.i'iformn our new species may be distinguished by
the lack of bloom on the fruit, by its usually blunter leaf-lobes
and teeth, the scattered glanduliferous hairs on the calyx lobes,
and the petals nearly twice as broad as high. Ln.i'iflorum has
its fruit black with a bloom, leaf lobes usually acute, no gland-
ular hairs on the calyx lobes, and petals commonly a little
longer and a little narrower than those of colorddense., therefore
only slightly broader than long.

The s])ecimens of cnjoridlcnsf consulted are as follows: .

Colorado:

"Rocky Mountains," (rtori/r Vnxei/, ] 808.

Mosquito pass, near Leadville, alt. lU.UOO to 11,000 feet,
Jnlni Wolf, 1873.

Marshall Pass, alt. about 10,000 feet, C. L. She((i\ 181)6
(Xo. Ho(>).

"•Southwestern Colorado," [T^a Plata Mountains ?] Slide
Rock Canyon, alt. 10,500 feet, B<ihei\ EarJc, and
Tracy, 1898 (No. 289).

San Miguel County, near Telluride, on the headwaters of
San Miguel River, alt. 10,000 feet, Fr<nik Tweedy,
1894 (No. 190).

These three species, /irosf/u/fio/i, hi.i'ifjorxni, and colorddense,
are very closely related and form a group which might be called,
after the ])ractice of the zoologists, a superspecies, or after the
practice of some European botanists, a species collective. They
differ in minor but well-deflned characters, apparently do not
intergrade, and each has a characteristic range distinct from
that of the other two. Prostrdtvm centers in eastern Canada,
extending across the Great Lake g,nd St. Lawrence region into
the LTnited States, continuing southward in the Appalachian
district to North Carolina and westward in British America to
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Athabasca, and Mackenzie, and sjieci-

6 ('orllle — Rlhe.^ ( \i]<n'((<l<'iifi( , <iii liKJixcrihciJ ('nrnint.

mens have been collected at Quesnelle in British Columbia.
J^fi.n'forKm is a characteristic s])ecies of the coast region of
Alaska, reaching northward into the Yukon Valley and south-
ward along the coast to Washington and Oregon, extending in-
land to the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia and the
Cascade Mountains of Washington. Westward hixifornm oc-
curs on the Alaska peninsula, in some of the Aleutian Islands,
and in eastern Asia. Colorddense is known only from high
elevations in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and is thus
separated by several hundred miles from the known range of
either of the others. Jj<ix\fori(i}i and prostrdti/m ai)parently
meet in British Columbia. All thi-ee species appear to belong
to the Canadian zone, with a tendency to overrun into the Hud-
sonian.

Vol. XIV, pp. 7-22 April 2, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

FIFTH LIST OF ADDITIONS TO THE FLORA OF
WASHINGTON, D. C.

BY THEO. HOLM.

Five years have elapsed since the publication of my fourth
list of additions to the local flora,* and it will be seen from the
present paper that these five years of research have materially
added to the nv;mber of species hitherto known to occur in the
vicinity of Washington, in addition to which I have been able
to record an extended range of many of the rarer species, for-
merly known from only a very few localities.

Through Dr. E. L. Greene's painstaking studies of various
genera, more particularly of Antennaria, Viola, GerarcUa, etc.,
these genera now appear to contain a number of excellent
species, which formerly had been entirely overlooked or more
or less confused; some of these species have even proved to be
very common within the District of Columbia. In order to
facilitate the use of this additional list, I have, with only a very
few exceptions, followed the nomenclature and aiTangement of
the orders as in the previously published additions, these hav-
ing been arranged in conformity with the fundamental work on
the Flora, Lester F. Ward's "Guide to the Flora of Washing-
ton and Vicinity, "f

*Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. X, pp. 29-43, 1896.
fBull. 22, U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881.

2— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (7)

8 Holm — Additions to tJie Flora of WasJiington.

The discovery of species new to a local flora is always a
great encouragement to the explorer, but it is nevertheless just
as important to discover a well known but rare species in new
localities; the rediscovery of an apparently lost or extinct
species seems to us to be still more interesting and important,
and we may cite among such instances the flnding of Aralia
quinquefolii(, Oicuta hulhifera., Phylhinthxs and ( ^i/f<topteris bul-
h if era.

It is surprising to see how many rare species may be found
in old, well known localities, when these are visited regularly
every month. Frequent excursions to Great Falls, Marshall
Hall, Surattsville, etc., have brought forth a number of rare
plants, hitherto overlooked, and even the old and well explored
region around the Reform School seems to furnish an almost
incessant increase of new or rare plants. On the other hand
some of the older and most interesting localities are rapidly un-
dergoing destruction, as for instance the famous Terra Cotta
swamp, which at present is almost entirely changed to a miser-
able "corn field," and many of the species which were reported
from that region are no longer to be found there. So much the
more does it seem necessary to keep permanent track of the
representatives of our local flora before the immediate vicinity
becomes altogether transformed to building-lots and gardens.

In the present list some very interesting contributions have
been kindly furnished by Dr. E. L. Greene, Messrs. Thos. II.
Kearney, Jr., Wm. R. Maxon, G. W. Oliver, and Wm. Pal-
mer, whose names a])pear in connection with their respective
discoveries; where no collector is named, the species has been
found by the writer himself, and the plants are all deposited in
his private herbarium. The species marked with an asterisk
are new to the local flora.

I. Clematis Virginiana L.

Four Mile Run; marshes near Kenilworth.

12. Ranunculus ambigens Wats.

Muddy creek-bottom near Marshall Hall. E. L. Greene.

13. Ranunculus pusillus Poir.

In a pool among the rocks near Sandy Landing.

15. Ranunculus abort! vus L., var. micranthus Nutt.

Not uncoijimon in the woo(^s between Sa,ndy Landing and Great Fallsi

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206. Ranunculus septentrionalis Poir.

Hig-h Island. E. L. Greene; swamps near Marshall Hall.

33. Caulophyllum thalictroides Michx.
Ravine near moutli of Scott's Run, Va.

34. Jeffersonia diphylla Pers.
Ravine near month of Scott's Run, Va.

40. Papaver dubium L.

Meadow near mouth of Scott's Run, Ya.
47. Nasturtium sylvestre R. Br.

Wet places among rocks at Great Falls; on the river-shore at the
mouth of Scott's Run, Va.; High Island; ditches near Alexandria.

4ga. Nasturtium palustre 1). ('. var hispidum Fisch. & Mey.
Ditch near Marshall Hall.

61. Cardamine hirsuta L. {('. iuteinitedia Horn.")
SAvamps near Terra Cotta.

6iu. Cardamine parviflora L.

Abundant in the woods near Soldiers' Home; Sandy Landing; Great
Falls and several other places; evidently not uncommon in the District.
635. Cardamine silvatica Link.

Ditch near Soldiers" Home.
62r. Cardamine Pennsylvanica Muhl.

Common in swamps at Great P\ills: in a creek at Forest Glen.
63. Dentaria lieteropliylla Xutt.

Common in the woods from Sandy Landing to Great Falls.
*64a. Denlaria diphylla L.

Rocks at Glen Echo Junction. In flower first week of April.
*68a. Sisymbrium altissimum L.

Near Eckington, along Florida Avenue. E. L. Greene.

71. Erysimum cheiranthoides L,
River-shore near mouth of Scott's Run.

72. Camelina sativa Crantz.

Not uncommon in Brookland, along the railroad track and in vacant
lots.
78. Thiaspi arvense L.

Along the road near Great Falls" Hotel; a few specimens on a lawn in
Brookland.

86. Viola villosa Walt.

Very abundant in the woods at Forest Glen; not uncommon in sandy
or gravelly soil near Terra Cotta, Soldiers' Home and Brookland.
86rt. Viola affinis Le Conte.

Very common in shaded woods and swamps, for instancy near Ecking-
ton, the Reform School, Riggs' Mill, Marshall Hall, etc.
866. Viola papilionacea Pursh.

Common in deciduous forests.

10 Holm — Additions to the Flora of Washington.

*8'ja. Viola emarginata Le Conte.

Not rare in sandy soil, open woods or hill-sides, for instance near Eck.
ington. Terra Cotta, Riggs' Mill, Sligo, etc.

87^. Viola ovata Nutt.

Very common in sandy soil, for instance near Soldiers' Home, Hyatts-
ville, Sandy Landing, etc.
90. Viola striata Ait.

Sandy Landing.

100. Polygalaambigua Nutt.

In sandy soil near Riggs' Mill; dry fields near Marshall Hall.

looa. Polygala verticillata L.

Abundant near the Reform School; dry fields near Marshall Hall.

*ioo6. Polygala Nuttallii T. & G.

In thickets of Azalea and Andromeda near Terra Cotta; in flower
second week of June.

106. Silene nivea I). C.

Along West Branch near Hyattsville; woods near Surattsville.

*ii5a. Stellaria neglecta Whe.

In the woods near Chain Bridge, Va.
*ii8(?. Arenaria Michauxii Hook.

Rocks at Great Falls. G. H. Hicks.
134. Paronychia dichotoma Nutt.

On rocks at Great Falls, Md.
*i29ff. Hypericum densiflorum Pursh.

Swamps in woods near Surattsville.

138a. Sida Napjea Cavan.

At the south end of Long Bridge, quite common.
145. Linum striatum Walt.

Meadow near Sligo.

192. Melilotus officinalis Willd.
New York avenue near the railroad station; Navy Yard.

195a. Trifolium hybridum Savi.

Found in many places, especially in the northeastern section.
*i99a. Trifolium minus Sm. ( T. fiUforme D. C. non L.)
On grassy slopes at Marshall Hall.

216. Desmodium ciliare D. C.
Common near Hyattsville; Sligo.

217. Desmodium Marylandicum Boott.

Near Highland; along the roads near Great Falls, on the Maryland side.

220a. Lespedeza striata L.

Common near Great Falls, Md.; near Cabin John Bridge; along Bunker
Hill road near Catholic University.
221. Lespedeza Stuvei Nutt.

JjOW meadow-land near Hyattsville; near Soldiers' Home,

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225. Vicia tetrasperma Loisel.

Meadow near Terra Cotta.
230. Clitoria Mariana L.

Sligo avenue and Rappley road near Takoma.
234(S. Phaseolus diversifolius Pers.

Along Sargent road near Terra Cotta.
234. Phaseolus perennis Walt.

River-shore at Marshall Hall.

257. Rubus cuneifolius Pursh.
Fort Totten. E. L. Greene.

*264</. Potentilla reptans L.

Near Bright wood. E. L. Greene.

267. Alchemilla arvensis Scop.

Along the road between Chain bridge and High Island.

270. Poterium Canadense B. & H.

Swamp near Hyattsville.
285. Cratsegus parvifoHa Ait.

Sandy Landing.
291. Chrysosplenium Americanum Schwein.

Forest Glen; at a spring in the woods near Great Falls, Md.
304a. Callitriche Austin! Engelm.

Woods near Soldiers' Home.
306(7. Rhexia Mariana L.

Not uncommon in swamps between Hyattsville and Highland, near
the Reform School; woods at Marshall Hall.
307rt. Ammannia humilis Michx.

Old river bottom near Hyattsville: swamps near the tow-path at Great
Falls; common in wet places in the woods at Marshall Hall.
3i6rt. CEnothera pumila L.

Dry fields near Highland.
317. CEnothera sinuata L.

Abundant in a low meadow near the Reform School.
327. liydrocotyle ranunculoides L.

Swamp near Marsliall Hall.
332. Erigenia bulbosa Nutt.

River shore at Great Falls, Md.

3SSa. Cicuta bulbifera L.

In the canal at Great Falls.
338a. Scandix pecten-veneris L.

Seabrook, Md. Walter H. Evans.
349. Aralia spinosa L.

Along the Walker road between Camp Spring P. O. and Surattsville.
351. Aralia nudicaulis L.

Woods near Surattsville.

12 Holm — Additions to the Flora of Wo sJii in/ton.

35i«. Aralia quinquefolia Decne. & Planch.

Several fruiting specimens were found in a ravine near the mouth of
Scott's Run, Va., first week of July, 1898.

*356a. Cornus circinata I'Her.

Dodge's Mill. Conant, 1883. Reported by Dr. Walter H. Evans.

385. Fedia Fagopyrum Torr. & Gr.
Low thickets at Sandy Landing.

386. Fedia radiata Michx.
Low thickets at Marshall Hall.

387. Dipsacus sylvestris Mill.
Great Falls, Md.

Sgia. Eupatorium altissimum L.

Terra Gotta swamp.
*39i6. Eupatorium linearifolium Michx.

Woods near Marshall Hall. E. L. Greene.
399. Eupatorium ageratoides L.

A form with cordate leaves and very large, open inflorescence occurs
in the woods near Seven Locks and High Island.
402. Mikania scandens L.

Along a creek near Highland; near Arlington; near Seven Locks.
414a. Solidago racemosa Greene.

On the rocks at Great Falls, Md.
426. Sericocarpus solidagineus Nees.

Fort Totten; along Bates' road.

450. Diplopappus umbellatus Torr. A: Gr.

Terra Golta swamp; near Riggs' Mill.
457«. Pluchea camphorata D. C.

Still to be found at Marshall Hall, in open places in the woods.
458. Filago Qermanica L.

Pastures near Marshall Hall.
459^/. Antennaria neglecta Greene.

N'ery common in moist meadow lands, and has been collected in num-
erous places between Marshall Hall and Great Falls.
*459' '• Antennaria alsinoides Greene.

Rather rare. Sand hills near Terra Cotta. E. L. Greene. Bunker
Hill; Forest Glen; Great Falls, Md.; Marshall Hall. Gnly the pistillate
plant is known of this species.
459f/. Antennaria decipiens Greene.

Common in pine woods and Andropogon fields. Collected in many
places between Washington and Great Falls.
459^'. Antennaria fallax Greene.
459/. Antennaria arnoglossa Greene.

These two species grow mostly together in dry woodlands, and pistil-
late plants have been found in many places between Washington and

Holm — Addltio)is to the Flora of Washington. 13

Great Falls. The staminate plants appear to be rare, those of A.fallax
being recorded only from Brookland, Terra Cotta and Forest Glen, while
the male plant of A. arnvglosaa has been found on Bunker Hill and at
Sandy Landing.
461. Qnaphalium uliginosum L.

Old river bottom near Hyattsville; wet places in the woods at Marshall
Hall.
473. Eciipta procumbens Michx.

Common along the canal at Great Falls; swamp near Marshall Hall;
on the Potomac shore near Aqueduct bridge, Virginia side; Brookland.
475. Rudbeckia triloba L.

On the river shore at Seven locks; woods near Great Falls, Md.; Chevy
Chase.
479. Helianthus angustifolius L.

Swamp between Nork and Fort Myer.

492. Coreopsis tripteris L.

Rocks at Great Falls, Md.; woods at Seven locks.

*462rt. Coreopsis bidentoides Nutt.
In the canal near Sandy Landing.

494a. Bidens connata Muhl.

Old river bottom near Hyattsville; not uncommon in swamps around
Eckington and Brookland with the var. comosa Gr.

*4946. Bidens vulgata Greene.

Near Terra Cotta. E. L. Greene. Several places in Brookland and
near Eckington.
*4966. Bidens lugens Greene.

River bottom near Marshall Hall; abundant in swamps near Anacostia.
E. L. Greene.
497a. Galinsoga parviflora Cavan.

Eckington near R street.
502c. Artemisia vulgaris L.

A single specimen was found in a dj'v field near Hyattsville.
503. Arnica nudicaulis Ell.

Woods between Eckington and Michigan avenue. E. L. Greene.

Forest Glen.

*526rt. Taraxacum corniculatum Kit. (7'. eryt/n-ospernnoN Andrz.).

In sandy or gravelly soil, not uncommon in woods near Soldiers' Home;
it occurs also in lawns, Brookland and Catholic University.

*536ff. Sonchus arvensis L.

Lawns at Catholic University.

*536i. Leontodon antumnalis L.

With the preceding.
551. Qaultheria procumbens L.

Wooded hill-sides at Sligo avenue and Rapplej' road near Takoma.

14 Holm — Additions to the Flora of Washington.

558. Rhododendron viscosum Torr., var. glaucum Gr.

559. Rhododendron vicosum Torr. var. nitidum Gr.
Abundant in the woods near Forestville and Surattsville.

565. Pyrola chlorantha Sw.

Pine woods near mouth of Scott's Run, Va. ; ravines at Sligo avenue.
570. Dodecatheon Meadia L.

Glen Echo junction.
572. Steironema lanceolatum Gr.

Uitch near Marsliall Hall.

576. Lysimachia stricta Ait.

Meadow near Hyattsville.

577. Lysimachia nummularia L.

Along Harewood avenue near Soldiers' Home.
577^. Centunculus minimus L.

Old river bottom near Hyattsville, in fruit last week of June.

578. Anagallis arvensis L.

Pastures near Marshall Hall; lawns at Catholic University.
5851?'. Apocynum medium Greene.

River shore at Marshall Hall. E. L. Greene.
589. Asclepias rubra L.

Deanwood swamp. Thos. H. Kearney, Jr.

596. Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.
Near Fort Totten. E. L. Greene.
*6oib. Polypremum procumbens L.

A sin,':rle specimen was found on the road-side in the woods near Mar-
shall Hall. E. L. Greene. In fruit second week of August.
606. Bartonia tenella Muhl.

Deanwood swamp. Thos. H. Kearney, Jr.
614^/. Hydrophyllum Canadense L.

Ravine near mouth of Scotfs run, Va.; damp, shaded places among
rocks near Sandy Landing.
615. Ellisia Nyctelea L.

Abundant along the tow-path near Great Falls.

634. Iponiaea lacunosa L.

Arlington estate; on rocks at Great Falls, Md.

636. Convolvulus sepium L. var. Americanus Sims.
JjOW grounds on Bunker-hill road.

637. Convolvulus arvensis L.

Vacant lots on First street near N. Y. avenue; Navy Yard.
646. Lycium vulgare Dun.

Along the road near Henson's Creek.
653. Linaria Elatine Mill.

Grassy slopes at Marshall Hall; along Brentwood road near Brookland.

Holm — Additions to the Plora of M^ashinffton. l5

654. Scrophularia nodosa L.

Along the tow-path near Great Falls; ditch near Hyattsville; Marshall
Hall.
663. Ilysanthes gratioloides Benth.

Not common; old river bottom near Hyattsville; swamp near Hen-
son's Creek.
*663rt. Ilysanthes attenuata (Muhl.) Small.

Common along creeks.
667. Veronica scutellata L.

Muddy creek bottom near Marshall Hall.
669a. Veronica agrestis L.

Lawns of the Catholic University.
*699b. Veronica Chamsedrys L.

Near Soldiers' Home.
672. Buchnera Americana L.

Club-house woods near Great Falls, Md.

*677'^ Gerardia decemloba Greene.

Low grounds in Brookland near Bunker Hill; swamp near the Reform
School; in bloom second week of September.
*677&. Qerardia Holmiana Greene.

Wooded banks along Michigan avenue, opposite Soldiers' Home
grounds: Brookland; Terra Cotta; in bloom second week of October.
*68o. Melampyrum latifolium Muhl.

In sandy soil in woods near Riggs' Mill.
680. Melampyrum Americanum Michx.

Ravines near Sligo avenue and Rappley road near Takoma.
*686i). Utricularia subulata L.

Swamps in the woods near Surattsville. G. W. Oliver. In flower first
week of September.
712. Pycnanthemum lanceolatum Pursh.

Terra Cotta. ,

*723rt. Monarda clinopodia L.

Ravine near mouth of Scott's Run, Va. In flower first week of July.
732^(. Scutellaria parvula Michx.

Woods at northeast corner of Soldier's Home grounds; near Marshall
Hall.
738^. Lamium purpureum L.

Capitol grounds. E. L. Greene.
745. Plantago Patagonica Jacq. var. aristata Gray.

Common near Hyattsville and many other places in the District.
*748<r. Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd.

Near the Navy Yard, with flowers second week of July.
749. Amaranthus albus L.

Along the railroad track near University Station; gardens in Brook-
land.

16 Holm — Additions to the Flora of Wnshi/n/ton.

768. Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx.

Old creek-botlom near Marshall Hall.
*778rt. Polygonum cristatum Engelm.

Rocks near Great Falls, Md.; thickets near Hyattsville: common near
Seven Locks. With tlower and fruit third week of September.

788. Aristolochia Serpentaria L.

Abundant in ravines near Marshall Hall: ravines at Sligo avenue and
Rappley road near Takoma.
796a. Euphorbia hirsuta AVieg.

Rocks at Great Falls, Md.; woods near Marshall Hall.

800. Euphorbia commutata Eng.

Common in rocky woods from Sandy Landing to Great Falls.

801. Phyllanthus Carolinensis Walt.

Old river bottom near Hyattsville; not uncommon in the woods at
Great Falls, Md. ; woods near Marshall Hall.

812. Urtica dioica L.

Not common. Along the tow-path near Great Falls.

830. Corylus Americana AValt.
Abundant near Sligo; South Brooklaud near the railroad track.

849. Quercus heterophylla Michx.
Several trees, but all sterile, were found in the woods at Marshall Hall.

901. Habenaria tridentata Hook.

Woods near Great Falls, Md.; very abundant in swamps near Suratts-
ville.

903. Habenaria ciliaris R. Br.

Swamp near Bladensburg turnpike, south of the Reform School. G.
W. Oliver.

904. Habenaria lacera R. Br.

Swamp near the Reform School: several places in Brookland; Terra
Cotta swamp; swamps near Marshall Hall.

909. Spiranthes gracilis Big.
Woods along Scott "s Run, Va.

910. Spiranthes simplex Gr.

Woods near Great Falls, Md.; Terra Cotta; Brookland.

912. Pogonia verticillata Nutt.

Swamp near Bladensburg. Thos. H. Kearney, Jr. Abundant on the
sand hills around Fort Totten; damp woods near the Reform School;
swami)s near Surrattsville.

913. Calopogon pulchellus R. Br.

Deanwood swamp. Thos. H. Kearney, Jr. Swamp near Surattsville.

915. Microstylis ophioglossoides Nutt.

Woods near Marshall Hall: woods near (ireat Falls, Md.

I

IIoJui — Additions to the Flora of WasMngton. 17

925. Aletris farinosa L.

Fort Totten. E. L. Greene. Very common in the open woods south
of the Reform School.

939. Allium tricoccum Ait.

Rocks at Great Falls, Md.
947. Majanthemum Canadanss Dasf.

Near the Reform School. G. W. Oliver. Abundant in the woods at
Surattsville.

957- Veratrum viride Ait.
Woods near Surattsville.

962. Muscari botryoides Mill.

Rocks at Sandy Landing.
970. Juncus bufonius L.

Apparently not rare and found in several places; near Kenilworth:
Bladensburg; Highland; Riggs' Mill; Takoma; Brookland; Marshall
Hall.

982. Commelina hirtella Vahl.

River shore at Marshall Hall; Four Mile Run.
982a. Commelina Virginica L.

Rocks at Great Falls, Md.

985. Xyris flexuosa Muhl.

Swamp south of the Reform School; the Lydecker basin.

986. Eriocaulon decangulare L.

Swamps near Surattsville.
9861;'. Cyperus flavescens I^.

Evidently common and found in many places, for instance; Terra
Cotta swamp; along creeks on Bunker Hill road; at a spring on Arling-
ton estate; abundant in swamp between Nork and Fort Myer; near
Alexandria.

987. Cyperus diandrus Torr.

The specimens recorded in Professor Ward's List do not belong to this
species, but to ('. rii'iilurix Kunth.

*987rt. Cyperus rivufaris Kth. var. eluta Clarke.
With the type and equally common.

990, Cyperus erythrorhizos Muhl.

At a spring on Arlington estate; swamp near Marshall Hall.

991. Cyperus calcaratus Xees.
Swamps near the canal at Great Falls.

999«. Kyllinga pumila Michx.

Several places near Marshall Hall, in the woods.
1000. Fuirena squarrosa Michx.

Abundant in the Lydecker basin.

ioo3«. Eleocharis olivacea Torr.
The Lydecker basin.

l8 Molm — Additions to the Flora of Wrrshhtf/to/t.

ioo4«. Eleocharis intermedia Schult.

Wet places along Rapplej' road near Takoma: exceedingly common in
swamps near Marshall Hall.
1007. Scirpus planifolius JIuhl.

Common on the sand hills around Fort Totten; Forest Glen.

loio. Scirpus debilis Pursh.
Along Bunker Hill road.

*ioi8«. Fimbristylis laxa Yahl.

Abundant in low meadow-land near Hyatt sville. In flower second
week of August.
1019. Fimbristylis capillaris Gr.

On dry rocks at Great Falls, Md.
loiprt. Ryncfiospora fusca R. & S.

Swamp between Nork and Fort Myer.
*i020«. Rynchospora gracilenta Gr.

Swamps near Suratts\ille.
*i02o6. Rynchospora cymosa Ell.

Swamps south ol' the Reform School.
i02ie^ Rynchospora cephalantha Gr.

Along Queen's Chapel road; Lydecker basin; Arlington estate; Terra
Cotta swamp.

1 02 16. Rynchospora macrostachya Torr.

Swamp in the woods at Marshall Hall.
1024. Scleria pauciflora Muhl.

Swamp south of the Reform School.

1024a. Scleria reticularis Michx.

Deanwood swamp. Thos. H. Kearney, Jr. Swamp between Nork
and Fort Myer; near Surattsville.

1026. Carex Willdenovii Schk.

Common in the woods at Marshall Hall; Sandy Landing; Great Falls,
Md.

1027. Carex Steudelii Kth.
Sandy Landing; Great Falls, Md.

1035^^ Carex Muhlenbergii Schk. var. enervis Boott.
In dry, sandy soil near Terra Cotta; dry fields at Marshall Hall.

*i038(^ Carex stellulata L. var. cephalantha Bail.

Terra Cotta swamp.

1051. Carex Shortiana Dew.

Near the river shore at Marshall Hall.

1054. Carex granularis Muhl.

Not common. Along the canal at Great Falls.

1055. Carex glaucodea Port.

Near Hyattsville; Fort Totten; very common in the woods at Marshall
Hall.

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1058a. Carex g;risea AVahlbg. var. angustifolia Boott.
The Zoological Park.

1064. Carex Careyana Torr.
Hinh Island.

1065. Carex laxiculmis 8chw. {('. retnicurra Dew.)
Woods near Groat Falls, Md.

1068. Carex laxiflora Lam. var. styloflexa lioott.
Terra Cotta swamp.

*I072('. Carex laxiflora Lam. var. varians lUiil.

Bunker Hill: the Smithsonian Park: the Virfiinia shore near Aqueduct
bridge.

1075. Carex umbellata Schk.

Exceedingly common on the sand hills around Terra Cotta and Fort
Totten; Sandy Landing.

1077. Carex nigro=marginata Schw.

Grassy banks along Rappley road near Sligo; Bunker Hill; on rocks
at Great Falls near the canal.
1 08 1. Carex prasina Vahl.

Forest Glen.
*i092rt. Carex typhinoides Schwein.

Low thickets near Hyattsville.
1 1 01. Vilfa aspera Beau v.

Rocks at Great Falls. Md.
iioirt. Vilfa vaginaeflora Yasey.

Common in the city% in lawns, vacant lots, etc.; along roads near
Hyattsville, Highlands, Great Falls, etc.
1104a. Agrostis elata Trin.

Evidently common in woods, and has been found in many localities
besides those already recorded: near Chevy Chase; Cabin John; Great
Falls, Md., etc.
1 1 1 2. Muhlenbergia capillaris Kth.

Very abundant forming large patches on the rocks at Great Falls, Md,
October, 1899.
1 1 19. Aristida purpurascens Poir.

On dry rocks at Great Falls, Md.; near Hyattsville.
*ii24rt. Tricuspis seslerioides Torr. var. pallida Holm, n. var.

A form with pale green spikelets; with the type near Marshall Hall,
1125a. Eatonia obtusata Gr.

Low grounds near the Reform School.
1126a. Eatonia Dudleyi Vasey.

In woods at Scott's run, Va. ; Sandy Landing.

1129. niyceria laxa Scribner.
Still abundant in the Terra Cotta, swamp (Aug., 1900).

20 Holm — Additions to the Flora of 'Washinyton.

1130. Qlyceria fluitans R. Br.

Ditch near Hyattsville.

*ii30//. Qlyceria obtusa Trin.

Damp places in the woods near Surattsville.

1 139. Eragrostis reptans Nees.

Along the tow-path at Great Falls; wet places along the roads in the
woods at Marshall Hall.

1 140. Eragrostis minor Host. (/i". poa'oidcs Beauv.)

Along the railroad track near University Station; along the tow-path
at Seven locks.

1 142. Eragrostis Frankii Mey.

Along the tow-path near tJreat Falls; in the woods near Marshall
Hall; vacant lots in Brookland.

1 143. Eragrostis Pursliii Schrad.

Roadsides in Brookland; near Highland; Hyattsville; very common
near Great Falls; near Cabin John Bridge.

1 146, Festuca Myurus Tj.

Woods sonlh of the Reform School; along the railroad track at La-
mond station.

1156. Bromus sterilis \i.

Brookland; New York avenue near P^ckington.

1158. Uniola gracilis Michx.

Arlington estate; Takoma.

I i66<i. Danthonia sericea Xutt.

Many specimens were collected along the electric railroad track near
Highland.
1 169. Aira caryophyWea L.

Common along the road between Chain Bridge and Scott's Run, Va.;
in drj' fields near Surattsville: near the Reform School.

1 178. Panicum agrostoides Spreng.

Swamp near Marshall Hall.

■*ii8oi. Panicum Philadelphicum liernh. {P. capillare 1j. v&r. flexile
Gatt.)
Along Rappley road near Glen Sligo. In flower first week of October.
ii83rt. Panicum commutatum Schult.

Soldiers" Home grounds; Forest Glen; High Island; Sandy Landing;
Takoma.

1 185. Panicum microcarpon Muhl. >

Evidently common in open woods, and has been collected in several
places between Washington and Great Falls on the Maryland side.
1187. Panicum laxiflorum I^am. {P. pauciflorum Ell. in Prof. Ward's
list.)

The commonest species of Panicum in the woods at Great Falls, Md.

Holm — Additions to the Flora of Washinyton. 21

1187^7. Panicum sphferocarpon Ell.

Woods near Kiggs' Mill; Terra CoUa swamp; Chevy Chase; dry fields
near Hyattsville and the Reform School.
ii88r/. Panicum ramulosum Michx. *

Terra Cotta swamp.

1188^/. Panicum nitidum Lam.

Old river bottom near Hyattsville; Terra Colta swamp.

ii88f. Panicum lanuginosum Ell.

AVoods at Forest Glen; Fort Totten.
*ii89«. Panicum linearifolium Scribn.

Plummer'.s Island. Thos. H. Kearney, Jr.
1 192. Panicum Crus galli L. var. hispidum Gr.

In the canal at Great Falls.
1 1 96. Cenchrus tribuloides L.

Near Seven locks: along roads at Marshall Hall.
1203. Andropogon macrourus Michx.

Sphagnnm swamps near Sural tsville.
1220. Woodwardia Virginica Sm.

Common near Surattsville. AYm. R. Maxon.
*i222rf. Asplenium pinnatifidum Nuit.

Two miles below Scott's Run on Virginia shore of Potomac. AVin.
Palmer and AA'm. R. Maxon.

*i2226. Asplenium ebenoides R. R. Scott.

Plummer's Island. AVm. Palmer. A single specimen.
1223. Asplenium angustifolium Michx.

Ravines between Marshall Hall antl the Piscataway; western end of
Massachusetts avenue bridge and Rock Creek. AA'^m. Palmer. Abund-
ant along brooks in woodlands of the Potomac bluffs near Langley, A'a.
AVm. R. Maxon.
1226. Camptosorus rhizophyllus Link.

Plummer's Island. D. LeRoy Topping. Several situations on rocky
cliffs of the A'irginia shore of the Potomac opposite Langley. AA^m. R.
Maxon.
1230. AspidJum cristatum Swtz.

In the Lygodium swamp about two miles to the northwest of River-
dale, Md. AVm. Palmer and AA^m. R. Maxon. AA^oods near Great Falls,
Md.; near the spring-house, Takoma.

1236. Cystopteris fragiiis Bernh.

Common in ravines north of Marshall Hall; Potomac Landing, Alex-
andria County, Va. AVm. Palmer. Near Sandy Landing.
*i236ff. Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.

On the A'irginia shore of Potomac nearly opposite Langley, A"a. AA'^m.
Palmer and AVm. R. Maxon. Recorded in Flora Columbiana, Field and
Forest. A"ol. I, 1875, but with no locality.

22 Holm — Additions to the Flora of Washington.

*\ii-ja. Onoclea Struthiopteris (L.) Hoffm.

Frequent alonsj the alluvial portions of the Potomac on the Virginia
side one to two miles above Cabin Johns. Several collectors.
1242. Osmunda Claytoniana L.

Between West Chevj' Chase and Glen Echo Junction. Wm. R.
Maxon.
1245. Botrychium ternatum Swiz. var. dissecfum Milde.

Woods near (ireat P^alls. Md.

1247. Ophioglossum vulgatum L.

Grassy roadside bank, Upper Marlboro, Md. Wm. R. Maxon. Woods
at Marshall Hall: at the foot of Fort Totten.

1248. Lycopodium lucidulum Michx.

In dry woods near Cleveland Park. Wm. R. Maxon and C. L. Pol
lard. Ravines near Marshall Hall.

1249. Lycopodium dendroideum Michx.
Woods near Surattsville.

1253. Selaginella apus Spring.

Has been ft)und in many places between Marshall Hall and Great
Falls, Md., and is evidently not uncommon.

Vol. XIV, pp. 23-25 April 2, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

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GENERAL NOTES. V^ I^as^

The subgenus Rhinosciurus of Trouessart.*

In the 'Catalogus Mammalium' (p. 410) Trouessart unites the Sciurvs
laticavdatiis of Miiller and Schlegel and the *S'. davidianvs of A. Milne-
Edwards to form the subgenus RMno8ciurus\ placed at the end of the
genus Xerus. Material in the United States National Museum shows
that the two species are not congeneric, and that neither is closely re-
lated to Xerus. The genus Rhinosciurus (type R. tujiaioides Blyth:j:) is
strikingly characterized by its greatly elongated, cylindric, Tupaia-\i\ie
skull and small, slender incisors. The lower incisors are set more nearly
in line with the mandibular ramus than in other squirrels, and the upper
incisors are so small that in a skull 50 mm. in basal length they scarcely
equal those in a skull of Sciurdpterus volans only 27 mm. long. The
'Xe/i-us' davidianvs on the other hand has a skull practically identical
with that of the Chinese Eutamias senescens, though much larger. In-
deed the agreement with Eutamias in both cranial and dental characters
appears to be complete. Externally, however, the animal reseinbles
Sciurus in its well-haired, bushy tail and in the absence of stripes on the
body. It also diverges from Eutamias in the direction of Sciurus in the
reduction of the capacity of the cheek pouches. As the animal can
therefore be properly referred to none of the recognized groups it may
be made the type of a new genus Sciurotamias. — Gerrit 8. Miller, Jr.

^Published here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution.

f First used by Gray in 1843 (List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 195) for a genus
with /'. tvpaiiiides ivom Singapore as the type. Both generic and specific
names are nomina nuda and must date from their earliest definition.
The former was properly published by Gray in 1867 (Am. and Mag. Nat.
Hist., 3d ser. XX, p. 286), the latter by Blyth in 1855 (Jour. Asiat. Soc.
Bengal. XXIV, p. 477) as Sc\ivrvs'\ tupainides. type locality Malacca.

|The relationship of this animal to the Bornean Rhinosrivrus laticau-
datvs given by Thomas (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1897, p. 933) as type
of the subgenus is not fully understood.

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24 Gerieivil yofes.

On the name Vespertilio blossevillii.

In a recent note on the systematic name of the Cuban Red Bat, Dr. J.
A. Allen falls into a very natural error in assumino- that the "abstract"
in Ferussac's Bulletin, entitled "Mammiferes nouveaux ou peu connus
d^crits et figures dans I'Atlas zoologique du Voyage autour du monde de la
corvette la Coquille, " etc., was published after the appearance of the
Zoology of the 'Coquille'. As a matter of fact, the Zoology of the voyage
of the 'Coquille' appeared inlivraisons, beginning with October, 1826; and
tome I, pt. I, while dated "1826", was really published between 1826 and
1828, the preface actually bearing the date January, 1828. No descrip-
tive matter appeared before 1827, but plates were issued with the sepa-
rate parts, and the names on them will stand, except in those cases
where an earlier description occurs in Ferussac's Bulletin. In the case
of Veapertilio blossevillii, the name dates from Ferussac's Bulletin, VIII
(not XIII, as misprinted in the note above mentioned), May, 1826, p. 1)5,
while the earliest reference to Vespertilio boitdrienxis is plate II, fig. 1,
Zool. "Coquille," which appeared in livr. 3 of that work, published in
April, 1827. It will be plain, from the above, that Lasiurus blossevillii.
and not L. bonnriensis is the correct name of the Uruguayan species. —
C/ias. W. Rir/unoiid.

The name of the Aard-Vark.

In advocating the name Oryeteropus afra (Pall.) for the Aard-Vark
(Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIII, p. 166) Mr. Rehn has omitted to notice (1)
that afra is the feminine of a declinable adjective, and that the mas-
culine, in agreement with Oryeteropus, should be afer, and (2) that the
combination Oryeteropus afer has already been occasionally used in Zool-
ogy, e. g. P. Roy. Soc. XLVII, p. 246 (1800), and P. Z. S., 1897, p. !)3!).
In neglect of the first point, 0. afra has also been used by Flower and
Lydekker (Mamm. p. 211, md\).^Oldfield Thouias.

The name of the Ogotona.

Mr. Rehn has changed into v, Pallas' first « in Lepvx d/nixrirus. As
the name comes from the country of the Dauurien (as Pallas calls them)
the letter is clearly not a v printed as a w, as is often the case in old
works. In addition, the generic name having a feminine termination,
the adjectival specific name should also be feminine. The proper name
should therefore be, not Mr. Rehn's '■'Oehotona d<(ciirieux" but Oehoto-
iKi daiifiriea. — Oldfield TJioouix.

(Tfuerti] Notes. 25

The name of the Viscacha.

In sugoosting the name Viscaccieu (Brandis, 1786, ex Molina) for "the
Viscacha" Mr. Rehn has confused two perfectly different animals.
-Molina's "Viscaccia" is the Chilian Lagidium, while ttte Viscacha of
modern writers is the Argentine Lagostonnis (usmg for the moment the
best known names for each). Furthermore, there is no need to drag in
the translator Brandis, as in the 1782 edition of his Saggio, (p. 307) Mol-
ina himself properly describes and names "La Viscaccia, Lepus Vis-
cacia'" by which term he clearly means the Lagidium of Chili.

Liigidium riacaria Mol. \s pro/xtblg the proper name for the latter ani-
mal, but the question is so intricate, partly owing to the confused use of
the two names Viscacha and Chinchilla for members of the three genera
Lagostomvfi, Lngidium and Chinchilla, and partly in the doubt as to
what animal the name Cidlomys Goff. will be applied to by eliminators
and others, that I do not like to risk making confusion worse confovmded
by definitely asserting its validity.

The pertinence of the generic name "Viscacia" to the Argentine Vis-
cacha has been shown by Mr. Palmer (Science, N. S., VI, p. 21, 1897),
though owing to the doubt* as to the date of its publication in Schinz's
Xaturgeschichte, the following reference may be taken as the first:
Viseaccid, Schinz, Cuvier's Thierreich IV. p. 429 (182.5). The difference
in the spelling should be noted.

Curiously enovigh as a foretaste of the eternal Chili-Argentine confu-
sion, Schinz heads the reference "Viscaccia Molina," but his enumera-
tion of the digits, 4-3, and his measurements (taken from Azara) of V.
americana''' are clearly diagnostic of the Argentine animal. — Oldfield
Th<nii((s.

A correction of Vernonia gigantea pubescens.

Through a misapprehension of the case the subspecies pubescens was
referred (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 13: 179, October, 1900) to Ver no niagigantea
of the Atlantic seaboard, which dees not occur in the Alleghenies or west-
ward. The species so common throughout the latter range is V. maxima
Small (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 27: 280, May, 1900). Hence the name of
the sub-species collected near Baileysville, West Virginia, is Vernonia
maxivia pubescens. — E. L. Morris, Dept. Biol., Washington High Schools.

*Probably not published before 1825 or 1820 (Palmer).

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A NEW SPINY RAT FROM LA GUAIRA,
VENEZUELA.

BY OLUFIELl) THOMAS.

A spiny rat collected at La Guaira, Venezuela, by Messrs.
Wirt Robinson and M. W. Lyon, Jr. and submitted to me for
determination proves to differ from the previously described
species. It may be known as:

Proechimys guairae, sp. n.

Allied to P. trinitatiif, but less richly rufous in color.

Size rather less than in P. trinitatis . Spines evenly mixed with the
dorsal hair, and of about the same prominence on the back; an average
spine measures 23 mm. in length by aboiU, two-thirds of a millimeter in
breadth. General color above much paler than in the allied species,
more similar to that of the Ecuadorean P. decumanus Thos. ; pale rufous
heavily lined on the back with the black tips to the spines, laterally
clearer but still rufous, the hairs indistinctly annulated with brown.
Face greyer than back. Fine hairs of ear black, some longer black
hairs at its base anteriorly. Under surface white, pure on the chest and
belly, bufTy on the throat and along a narrow indistinctly defined line
edging the color of the flanks. Upper svirface of hands and feet white,
indistinctly browner along the outer edge of the metapodials. Tail well
haired, black above and white below.

Skull very like that of the smaller mainland form of P. trinitatis [P.
itricld Allen), but more heavily built and without the peculiar slender-
ness of muzzle that characterizes that animal. Supraorbital ridges heav-

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28 Thomas — A N'ejr tSpi)ii/ Tt<it from T^enezuela.

ily developed, but abruptly ceasing at the fron to-parietal suture, the
parietal itself being quite smooth. Pterygoid processes broadly spatulate.
Palatal foramina large, the posterior ends continued backward as two
gutters on to the front of the palate. Bullfe small, their antero-posterior
length measured laterally into the angle formed by the paroccipital pro-
cess, only 9.4 mm.

Dimensions of the type measured in the flesh:

Head and body, 240: tail, 190: hind foot, s. u. 45, c. u. 48.

Skull, greatest length, 56; basilar length, 39.2; zygomatic breadth, 27;
nasals, length, 20.4; breadth of muzzle at fronto-premaxillary suture,
10; inteorbital breadth, 13.1; breadth on ridges above squamosals, 19.3;
interparietal, 8.5 x 13.7; diastema, 12: palate from henselion, 19: palatel
foramina, 7.5 x 3.7; length of upper tooth series, 8.7.

Hah. La Guaira, Venezuela.

Type. Male. U. S. N. M., No. 102,731. Original number 81. Col-
lected 8th July, 1900 by Messrs. Lyon and Robinson. A paratype in
British Museum, No. 1.1.5.3, presented by the United States National
Museum.

This species is evidently closely allied to P. trinitntu and its conti-
nental representatives of P. uridii and P. minco'. It differs from all
three by its much paler color, and from the first and second by its nearly
white feet.

From P. centralis and allies it is also separated by the absence of pa-
rietal ridges, in which respect it approaches the Peruvian P. simonsi.

The paratype is rather more brown and less rufous than the type, sug-
gesting a specimen in a rather more youthful state of pelage.

Vol. XIV, pp. 29-32 April 5, 1901

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TWO NEW BIGHORNS AND A NEW ANTELOPE FROM
MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES.

BY C. HART MERRIAM.

In the course of field work in Mexico in 1899, Mr. E. W.
Nelson, a field naturalist of the U. S. Biological Survey, and
his able assistant Mr. E. A. Goldman, secured a series of eight
Mountain Sheep or Bighorns in the barren desert mountains
about Lake Santa Maria, Chihuahua. Comparison of these
specimens with their nearest allies, Ovis nelsoni and 0. cana-
densis*, shows that they differ specifically from either. The
new sjjecies may be known as follows:

*The type locality of the northern Bighorn, Ovin canadensis Shaw, is
the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada. The Biological Survey has
secured topotype material from this region (collected by J. Alden
Loring) which has been used in the comparisons on which the present
paper is based.

Respecting the priority of the name canadensis Shaw (1803), over cervina
])esmarest (1804), it may be stated that both Bolton (Cat. Sci. Periodi-
cals, p. 624, 1885) and Sherborn (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 6th Ser. XV,
pp. 375-376, 1895) after independent investigation agree that Shaw's name
canadensis Avas published in 1803, while no one ever claimed that Desma-
rest's name cervina appeared before 1804. In the winter of 1890, when
preparing my report on the Mammals of Idaho, and unaware of Bolton's
determination of the date, I looked into the matter with some thorough-
ness and adopted the name canadensis as of unquestionable priority (N.
Am. Fauna, No. .5, p. 81, 1891).

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30 Merriarn — Tvo Nev^ Highm-nK (i)ul a New Aiifehqje.

Ovis mexicanus sp. nov.

Type from Lake Santa Maria, Chihuahua. No. 1)9,342 (^ ad. U. S.
National Museum, Biological Survey Collection. Collected Sept. 16,
1899 by E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman. Orig. No. 13,974.

Characters. — Size large; color dark, much darker than ndmni but less
dark than ranadensis; horns large; massive, dark, not strongly out-
curved; hoofs and molars larger than in 0. canadensis; ears long and
large, nearly double the size of those of canadensis, measuring from
occiput, in dry skin, 110-110 mm.; tail long and slender, measuring
about 130 mm. Color pattern similar to that of caiiademis.

Color. — Body color above and below drab brown, darkest on throat,
legs, and tail; no trace of dorsal stripe; muzzle decidedly paler than rest
of face; rump patch broader and more squarely truncate anteriorly than
in canadensis; dark color on hind leg covering much more of inner side
of thigh than in canadensis; but much less of lower leg, the white
spreading broadly over the posterior and inner aspects, and on the inner
side ending abruptly just above the calcaneal joint; whitish of chin
broader and less sliarply defined.

Cranial characters. — Skull as a whole large and massive. Compared
with canadensis, orbits less prominent; frontals flatter (less 'dished' in
forehead); basioccipital narrow, its sides nearly parallel, its muscular
facets small and median sulcus broad; occiput (viewed from behind)
much narrower; depth of face (above molars) less; permaxillfe longer,
more slender, and reaching much farther back; jugal relatively small
and less expanded anteriorly; lachrymal long, reaching well out toward
premaxilla; paroccipital narrower and more slender; lips of posterior
nares (behind hamulars) thin and somewhat everted [in canadensis
thickened and much sicollen]; angle of mandible obsolete; coronoid
process lower and less expanded. Molar teeth larger. Horn cores
longer, with longer curve and less flaring base.

Horns. — Large and heavy, but longer and less massive than those of
canade?isis; upper (flat) side narrower; base less flaring; orbital corner
shortly rounded oft" (not produced).

Measurements. — Type specimen, (^ ad.: Total length 1530; tail verte-
brae 130; hind foot 425; height at shoulder 900. An ad. 9 fi'om type
locality: total length 1490; tail vertebrne 130; hind foot 405; height at
shoulder 880.

In examining a number of skulls of the Bighorn in the col-
lection of the U. S. National Museum it is found that tliose
from the Plains region of the western Dakotas and eastern
Montana differ in important characters from those from the
Rocky Mountains in Montana and Alberta. These differences
appear to be constant and necessitate the recognition of the
Plains animal as a subspecies of Onis canadensis. The chief
differences are the great size of the molar teeth and the massive-

Merridm — Two New Bighorns and a New Antelope. 31

ness and depth of the lower jaw. No skins have been ex-
amined. The new form may be known as follows:

Ovis canadensis auduboni subsp. nov.

Type from 'Upper Missouri'. No. ^Wtt S' yg--ad. U. S. National
Museum, lielieved to have been collected in the Badlands of South
Dakota in 18.5.5 by Dr. F. V. Hayden, on the Warren Expedition.*

Characters. — Size large; skull and horns broad and massive; molar
teeth much larger than in any known American sheep, the upper tooth-
row in adult males measuring 96 mm. or more, and the 3 upper molars
63-65 mm. Underjaw (in type specimen) massive, heavy posteriorly,
deeply bellied (depth under last molar 52 mm.); angle broadly rounded.
In canadensis the jaw is light throughout and the angle, while small, is
marked. Horns narrower and as a rule longer than in canadensis.

The animal is named in honor of Audubon, who in 1843 obtained from
the Badlands specimens which he supposed the same as the Rocky
Mountain species. f

In the desert region of northwestern Chihuahua, not far from
Lake Santa Maria where the new Ovis tnexicanus was obtained,
Mr. Nelson and Mr. Goldman secured a series of eleven Prong-
horn Antelopes. Comparison of these specimens with speci-
mens from the northern Plains develops differences which seem
to necessitate the separation of the southern from the northern
animal. It may be known as follows:

Antilocapra americana mexicana subsp. nov.

7'i/pe from Sierra en Media, Chihuahua, Mexico. No. 98,742 (^ yg.
ad. U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey Coll. Collected October
4, 1899, by E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman. Orig. No. 13,989.

Characters. — Similar to A. americana but paler (in fresh fall pelage
drab brown with a tinge of ecru, becoming cinnamon when the tips of
the hairs wear off); mane absent or reduced to a narrow line of dark

*The U. S. National Museum register contains entries of several
Mountain Sheep collected by Dr. F. V. Hayden on Lieut. G. K. Warren's
Expedition to the Upper Missouri in 1855. In Lieut. Warren's report on
his 'Explorations in the Dacota Counti*y in the year 1855' (published in
18.56), Dr. Hayden states that the bighorn was abundant in the region
known as the badlands, and the narrative shows that the particular bad-
lands meant are those between the Cheyenne and White Rivers in South
Dakota.

tQuadrupeds of North America, Vol. II, pp. 163-172. 1851.

32 Merriam — Two New Bighorns mid a N'ev! Antelope.

hairs on the nape; a median dorsal dark streali usually present on neck,
sometimes reaching posteriorly to shoulders; head markings more sharply
defined; occiput distinctly white or whitish, clearly defined posteriorly,
and divided by a median dark stripe.

Cranial characters. — Skull similar to that of americana but orbits less
abnaptly protruding antero-inferiorly; premaxillse more slender, especial-
ly posteriorly; bullse thinner; lips of posterior nares longer (facial part
of skull set farther forward).

Measurements. — Total length 1420; tail vertebrfe 145; hind foot 410;
height at shoulders 830.

Vol. XIV, pp. 33-34 April 5. 1901

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A np:w squirrel fjiom borneo.*

BY GERRIT S. MILLER, Jk.

Tlie United States National Museum contains two specimens
oF the Bornean squirrel commonly referred to jSciurus tenuis,
one taken l)y Mr. A. Everett, the other by Mr. Charles Hose.
Externally they closely agree with true Sciuriis tenuis, an .
animal which was originally described from material collected
at Singapore. The skulls, however, are readily distinguishable
from those of the Singapore squirrel, and show that the Bor-
nean form, though closely related, is worthy of recognition by
name. It may be called:

Sciurus parvus sp. nov.

Tyiw. — Achilt male (skin and skull) No. 84,509 United States National
Museum. Collected at Nulu, Sarawak, Borneo (altitude 1000 feet) in
October, 1894, by Charles Hose.

Characters. — Externally similar to Scivrns tenuis Horsfield, though
underparts perhaps less tinged with buff; skull slightly larger than that
of /8. tennis, the braincase disproportionally large and deep.

Color. — The color so closely resembles that of Sciurus tenuis that no
detailed description is required. In the Bornean specimens the belly is
less washed with buff than in the topotypes, but the difference may be
seasonal, as the former were taken in summer and autumn, the latter in
spring.

Skull and teeth. — Viewed from sbove the skull of Sciurus parvus differs
from that of S. tenuis in its more inflated, globose braincase. The dif-
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34 sillier — A iVeyr Sqidrrel from liorueo.

ference is particularly noticeable posteriorly. The greatest breadth of
braincase in each of two Bornean specimens is 19 mm., while in three
topotypes of S. tenxiU it is only 17. G mm. The interorbital breadth on
the contrary is nearly the same in the two species, while there appears
to be no difference whatever in the breadth of rostrum. Viewed from
the side the peculiarities in the skull of the Bornean animal are even
more apparent. The depth of braincase from middle of parietal to
lower edge of audital bulla is fully 2 mm. greater than in Scvurus tenuis
while the depth of rostrum is barely equal to that of the mainland
animal. In Scmrus 2)arvus the ratio of least rostral depth to the cranial
depth just defined is about 41; in S. tcnvis it is about 49. The ventral
aspect of the skull shows no peculiarities.

Teeth as in Sciunis tenuis.

Measurements. — External measurements of type (a well made .skin):
total length, 285: head and body, 165; tail vertebrte, 125; pencil, 45;
hind foot, 37.6 (35); ear from meatus, 13.8; ear from crown, 10.

Cranial measurements of type: greatest length, 39; basal length, 31.6;
palatal length, 16.6; length of nasals, 11.4; greatest breadth of nasals,
5.4; interorbital breadth, 13.4; zygomatic breadth, 23.6; greatest breadth
of braincase, 19.4; cranial depth from middle of interparietal to lower
rim of audital bulla, 17; least depth of rostrum, 7; mandible. 21.6;
maxillary toothrow (alveoli), 7; mandibular toothrow (alveoli), 7.2.

S'perimens examined. — Two, the type and one from Spitang.

Remarks. — A series of Bornean specimens may show that Sciurus par-
vus differs from S. tenuis externally as well as in cranial characters.
The Spitang skin is distinctly the more gray of the two, but as it was
taken in July and the type specimen in October the difference is proba-
bly seasonal. In color it is approached by a specimen of 8. tenuis taken
at Singapore in May. Except in external appearance the Bornean
animal in no waj' closely resembles the small Sciurus procerus of Bun-
guran Island, North Natunas.

*Published here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution.

I

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A NEW DEER FROM COSTA RICA.* ^*

BY GERRIT S. MILLER, Jr. ' ^ ^

In the original description of his Cariactis clavatvs,\ the
Odocoileus truei of Merriam, from the Segovia River J, eastern
Hondui-as, Dr. F. W. True recorded seven Costa Rican deer
in the National Museum collection, which though of unusually
large size, he regarded as not separable from the Honduras ani-
mal. The differences between the deer of the two regions are
so constant, however, that it now seems preferable to recognize
the Costa Rican form as distinct. It may be known as:

Odocoileus costaricensis sp. nov.

Type. — Young adult male (skin and skull) No. y^fff United States
National Museum. § Collected in Talamanca, on the eastern side of Costa
Rica, between the coast and the foot of the Cordilleras, by .Tose C. Zele-
don, durinjj the latter part of 1872 or early in 1873.

Characters. — Considerably larger than Odocoileus truei Merriam, and
general color lighter and more grizzled, particularly on sides of body.
Skull and teeth vmiformly larger and more robust than in the Honduras
animal. Antlers heavier and more rugose.

*Published here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution.

fProc. U. S. Nat, Mus., XI, pp. 417-424. 1888.

|Mr. Chas. H. Townsend who collected the original specimens informs
me that they were taken in the open pine lands about .50 miles above
the mouth of the river.

^Permanent dentition in place, but teeth practically unworn.

7— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (35)

36 3IiUer — A Nnr Dar from ('<>st<i llha.

(Jolor. — Dorsal surface a uniform, fine, but distinct grizzle of drab,
black and buff, the individual hairs colored as follows: from base to
slightly beyond middle drab, then after a rather abrupt transition, black
to tip, the black area interrupted by a sliarply defined band of light bviff
about 2 mm. in widlh. The buff is the predominating element of the
grizzle except on crown, forehead, nape and middle of anterior portion
of back, where black is in excess, without, however, forming any defined
dark markings. Sides like back but the buff area on each hair is in-
creased at the expense of the black. The resulting color is somewhat
paler and coarser grizzle. Underparts mostly wood-brown, lighter on
the neck, darker on the belly. Region between hind legs, and an ill-de-
fined median line running forward to chest, dull white. The white re-
appears faintly on inner side of both front and hind legs, but is irregular
and ill-defined, and scarcely extends downward to hock. Elsewhere the
legs are wood-brown, faintly darker on outer side. Tail entirely white
beneath, cinnamon above, dusky at tip. Ears grayish externally, whit-
ish internally. Cheeks light wood-brown. Muzzle dusky. A faintly
defined pallid area on throat between jaws. Hoofs black, edged with
horn color.

A second specimen is in very bleached, abraded coat. General color
light buff, but speckling of back and sides still evident notwithstanding
the imperfect condition of the hairs. Front legs much paler than in
the type, but color of hind legs not sensibly altered.

Skull. — Skull distinctly larger than that of Odoroiln/x tnwi but not
otherwise tangibly different. In size and form it closely agrees with
that of the externally quite dissimilar Odocoilenit t.homasi Merriam from
Chiapas. The basal length in the type of the latter is 230 mm., in a
second spv'^cimen 220. In 0. costaricensis the basal length ranges from
235 to 250, and in 0. truei from 200 to 220.*

Teeth. — The maxillary teeth are broader than in Odneoileux truei,
though the toothrow is not increased in length. The increase in width
is especially noticeable in the middle permanent premolar. Mandibu-
lar molars practically identical with those of the smaller animal, but
premolars, particularly the first, much larger.

Antlers. — The antlers though similar in general form to those of the
other members of the group are more robust and more coarsely rugose
than in any of the allied species. A rudimentary prong is occasionally
developed on inner face near middle. Heyond this region the surface of
the anther is smooth.

Measurements. — External measurements of type (from well made skin):
total length, 1400; tail vertebme, 120; hind foot, 875: greatest diameter
of hoof, 50; ear from crown, 110.

Cranial measurements of type: greatest length, 250 (2(54) ;f basal

*The skull of Odocoileus neUnni Merriam, also from Chiapas, is proba-
bly of about the same size as that of <). ti-iiei. In the type (an immature
male) the basal length of skull is 197.

fMeasurementsin parenthesis are those of I he largest Costa Rican skull.

Milhr — A J^ev Deer from Costa Rica. 37

leiigl-h, 2;'>7 (a.jO): basilar length, 230 (285); median palatal length, 155
(1(15); palatal width between anterior molars, 38 (46); least interorbital
width, 57 (04); greatest width between lower rims of orbits, 101 (112);
zygomatic breadth, 94. (i (108): mastoid breadth, 74 (86); occipital depth,
58 (57): mandible, 190 (195): upper toothrow (alveoli), 68 ((i8);| lower
toothrow (alveoli), 79 (82); length of the three lower premolars together
(alveoli), 31 (33).

Specimens examined. —Two skins and four extra skulls, all from Costa
Rica.

Remarks. — In addition to its larger size this species differs from Odo-
eoileiis truei in the distinctly speckled back and sides. In the smaller
animal the light subterminal bands on the back are broader and less
strongly contrasted with the dark tips, while on the sides this element
of the marking is so extended as to cover practically all of the visible
part of the hair. As a result the sides are uniformly colored, without
trace of grizzle. This condition is repeated in Odocoileus ihomasi, the
only species equalling 0. costaricensis in size.

ifType of 0. trnei: upper toothrow (alveoli), 66; lower toothrow
(alveoli), 73: length of the three lower premolars together (alveoli), 28.
In the type of 0. tJuniut-n the corresponding measurements are 70, 80 and

Vol. XIV, pp. 39-40 April 25, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

A NEW DORMOUSE FROM ITALY^

BY GERRIT S. MILLER, Jr.

Among the mammals collected in Italy during the summer of
1900 by Mr. Dane Coolidge are five specimens of an Eliomys
related to E. (jvcrcinvs but differing from it in the color pattern
of the tail and in the general coloration of the body. It is not
closely allied to the Sicilian Eliomys pallidas Barrett-Hamilton,
so far as can be determined from the description of the latter.

Eliomys cincticauda sp. nov.

Typc.—A(\\\\\ male (skin and skull) No. 103,030 United States National
Museum. Collected at Sorrento, near Naples, Italy, May 31, 1900 by
Dane Coolidsj'e. Original number 1118.

Chardfters. — Size and oeneral appearance as in EUomy/t qvercinvs, but
dorsal surface light wood-broAvn, and tail completely encircled by the
black subterminal area. Line of demarkation on .sides sharply defined
and as conspicuous as in E. quercinuH. Skull and teeth not peculiar.

Color. — Entire upperparts wood-brown (slightly paler than Ridgway's
pi. Ill, fig. 19) brightest on h^ad and on middle of back, inconspicuous-
ly sprinkled with blackish hairs, and lightened across shoulders and on
sides by a suffusion of pale ecru-drab. The individual hairs are mostly
slate-gray (Ridgway pi. II, fig. 5) through a little more than basal half,
then pale ecru-drab for a varying distance, followed by wood-brown at
tip. Among the hairs of this kind are scattered longer ones that appear
to be blackish throughovit. The varying width of the ecru-drab and

*Published here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution.

8— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV. 1901. (39)

40 Miller — A JVeia Dormouse from Ifahj.

wood-brown areas cause the slight dift'erences in color of the back and
sides. Color of sides continued down outer side of hind leg to heel and
outer side of front leg nearlj' to wrist. Underparts whitish cream-color,
the line of demarkation everywhere sharply defined and the contrasts
conspicuous. Black face markings exactly as in Eliomys quercinus.
Tail sharply bicolor from base to a little beyond middle, cream.y white
below, wood-brown mixed with white above. Slightly beyond middle
there is a rather sudden change both above and below to black. This
color continues uninterrupted for a distance of about 20 mm. on lower
side and on upper side to base of terminal, nearly clear white pencil.
The entire white area at tip of tail is abjut 10 mm. in length above and
30'mm. below. While the black of the vipper surface extends further
back than that below, the reverse is true of that of the under side of the
tail. This shows a distinct tendency to run forward along the median
line and divide the white area into two lateral stripes. Feet dull white.
Ears thinly sprinkled with minute whitish hairs.

Skull and teeth. — I can find no tangible characters to distinguish the
skull and teeth from those of EUomyx qrierdnun.

Measurement!^. — External measurements of type: total length, 249;
head and body, 136: tail vertebrae, 108; hind foot, 29 (2S). A second
specimen (rf ) from the type locality: total length, 254: head and body, 147;
tail vertebr;e, 107; hind foot, 30 (29). The hind foot in each of two
other topotypes measures 30 (29). One of these specimens is a female. -

Cranial measurements of type: greatest length, 34; basal length, 29;
basilar length, 2(5.4; greatest length of nasals, 12.4; greatest width of
both nasals together, 4.4; median palatal length, 12.8; greatest breadth
of palate between toothrows, 4; diastema, 8; zygomatic breadth, 19;
least interorbital breadth, 4.6; breadth of braincase above roots of zygo-
mata, 14.8; mastoid breadth, 16.6; least depth of rostrum behind inci-
sors, 6; distance from middle of parietal to loAver edge of audital bulla,
13.2; mandible, 17; maxillary toothrow (alveoli), 5.4; mandibular tooth-
row (alveoli), 5.2. Another skull (male) is somewhat larger: greatest,
length, 36; basal length, 31; maxillary toothrow, 5.8.

Hpecimens examined. — Five, all from the type locality.

Remarks. — Aside from the dilTerent color pattern of the tail this
animal differs from Eliomys quercinus in the strong wood-brown of the
upper parts and the very distinct cream color of the ventral surface. In
E. quercinus the underparts are clear white slightly tinged with blue,
while the white of the tail is all pure. In the Italian animal the only
marking that approaches pure white is the terminal area of the tail.
From Eliomys pallidus this species differs in the brown (not "light pow-
dery-looking gray") underparts, distinct black head markings, sharp
line of demarkation along sides, and as the description contains no refer-
ence to the color pattern of tail, probably in this character as well.

Vol. XIV, pp. 41-4-5 April 25, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

FIVE NEW SHREWS FROM EUROPE.*

BY CxERRIT S. MILLER, Jii.

Among the extoiisive scrios of Europcp.n shrews collected for
the United States National Museum during the past three years
there are five forms that have not been hitherto described. Two
of these were taken in Sicily by Mr. Dane Coolidge, two in the
foothills of the Pyrenees by Mr. Robert T. Young, and one in
Switzerland by Mr. J. Alden Loring.

Crocidura sicula sp. nov.

Type.—KAxxM male (skin and skull) No. 103,301 United States National
Museum. Collected at Palermo, Sicily, June 20, 1900, by Dane Coolidge.
Original No. 1332.

Charactei's. — Smaller than Cronchirn rvssvla from central Europe (total
lenjith about 105 instead of 120; hind foot, 13 instead of 15); color, both
above and below, lifjhter than in the continental animal.

Color. — Dorsal surface drab (a trifle paler than Ridg-way's pi. Ill, fig.
18) faintly clouded wilh broccoli-brown, many of the hairs showing sil-
very tips in certain lights. Underparts pale smoke-gray approaching
white. Along sides the transition from drab to gray is much more
abrupt than in C. rvtmrila in corresponding coat. Tail dull drab, faintly
paler below. Feet an indefinite gray intermediate between color of tail
and belly. The fur is everywhere gray (Ridgeway pi. II, fig. 7) at base.

Skull and teeth. — The skull and teeth are uniformly and noticeably

*Published here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution.

9— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (41)

42 Miller — Five New Shrercs from Europe.

smaller than in fh'ocidura russula, but otherwise they show no peculiari-
ties.

Measurements. — External measurements of type: total length. 100:
head and body. 68: tail, 32; hind foot, 13 (12). Measurements of an
adult female from the type locality: total length. 110; head and body,
75; tail, 3o; hind foot, 13 (12).

Cranial measurements of type: greatest length (exclusive of incisors),
17.6 (19);* greatest postorbital breadth, 8.8 (9.6); greatest antorbital
breadth, 6.2 (6.8 : mandible, 9 (10); entire maxillary toothrow, 8.-1 (9):
entire mandibular toothrow, 8 (8.6).

Specimens examined. — Two, both from the type locality.

Remarks. — Croeidura sieula differs from C. rnssvla in the characters
that would be expected from the known peculiarities of other members
of the Sicilian favma.

Croeidura caudata sp. nov.

Type.— \o\mix adult female (in alcohol) No. 103,302 United States
National Museum. Collected at Palermo Sicily, June 21, 1900, by Dane
Coolidge. Original number, 1365.

Characters. — Somewhat larger than Croeidura sieula (total length about
115, hind foot about 15) and ditl'ering from this as well as from other
European species in the size and great length of the tail, which when
laid forward over back reaches to middle of ear.

T^^n'^.^The tail forms about 42 per cent of the total length and at mid-
dle is 3 mm. in diameter. Near base it is distinctly four-sided, but be-
yond middle becomes sub-cylindric. The tip is flattened laterally for
about 13 mm. evidently as the result of an accident. Scales arranged
in indistinct rings, of which there are about 7 to the millimeter at mid-
dle. The rings are partlj- obscured by fine short hairs; and the longer
bristles with which the tail is sprinkled are more abundant than in.
Croeidura russula and C. .ncula.

Colo?-. — Color after six months immersion in alcohol essentially as in
Croeidura sieula but fur both above and below with a dull slaty cast, and
transition from drab of back to gray of underparts less abrupt.

Skull and teeth. — The skull is so injured that the details of its form
cannot be seen, but apparently the rostrum is relatively shorter and the
interorbital region broader than in either Croeidura russula or ('. xievla.
Teeth as in the related species except that the first upper unicuspid is
larger and the second and third are so crowded that the third is tightly
wedged into the concavity on the inner side of the large premolar. It
is thus partly hidden by the small anterior cusp of the larue tooth,
while in the related species it is so far removed from the latter that a
distinct break in the toothrow is usually seen when skull is viewed from
the outer side. How far these characters may be constant cannot be

*Measurements in parenthesis are those of an adult male Croridtira
russnla from Waremme. Belgium.

Miller — F"nHi Nev Shrevs from Kiiroj^e. 43

determined from a sinjile specimen; but I find no close approach to them
among a considerable number of specimens of CrocAdura russula from
continental Europe.

Measurements. — External measurements of type: total len.oth, 115;
head and body, 63; tail, 52; hind foot, 15 (14).

Specimen examined. — One, the type.

Remarks. — Although represented by a single individual only this
species appears to be remarkably well characterized.

Sorex araneus alticola subsp. nov.

Type.—AilwM female (skin and skull) No. 85,930 United States Nation-
al Museum. Collected near Meiringen, Switzerland (altitude 2100 m.),
October 17, 1808, by J. Alden Loring. Original number 5781.

Charncters. — Larger than true Sorex araneus and with relatively longer
tail. Teeth more heavily pigmented than in the typical form.

Color. — Summer pelage (type specimen): fur short harsh and dull.
Entire dorsal surface rather pale sepia. Sides broccoli-brown faintly
tinged with drab. Underparts light gray strongly washed with Isabella
color. Though there is no sharp line of demarkation between the color
of back and sides, and only slightly more between that of latter and
underparts, the transition is suthciently abrupt to render the animal as
a whole distinctly tricolored. Tail sharply bicolor, seal-browa above
and at tip, broccoli-brown below. Feet glistening broccoli-brown.
Winter pelage: fur long soft and lustrous. Elements of color essentially
the same as in summer, but sepia of dorsal surface darkened xmtil it
approaches black, and gray of under parts scarcely tinged with Isabella
.color. Sides as in summer. The tricolored pattern is thus more
noticeable than in the other pelage, particularly in the .sharp contrast
between back and sides.

Skvll and teeth. — Though the skull and teeth agree with those of typi-
cal Sorex aranevs in size and form, the teeth are readily distinguishable
by their more extensive and darker pigmentation. The differences are
most readily seen upon comparison of the small cusps on the lingual
side of the upper molars and large premolar, tliat is, the protocone of
the posterior molar and the hypocone of each of the other teeth. Sev-
enty-five topotypes of Sorex araneus araneus and twenty-two specimens
of S. aranevs alticola from the neighborhood of the type locality give
the following results:

*S'. araneus. S. alticola.

Large premolar with pigment on hypocone 0^ 'ia.A'fc

First molar with pigment on hypocone 22.0^ 90.9^

Second molar with pigment on hypocone 21.2^ 90.9^

Third molar with pigment on hypocone 45.3^ 100^

None of the small cusps pigmented 54.6^ 0^

All of the small cusps pigmented 0^ 45.4^

44 Miller — Five Neio Shrev^s from Europe.

Meatnirements. — External measurements of type specimen: total len.iilh,
131; head and body, 76: tail vertebras, 55; hind foot, IG (14). Average
and extremes of ten specimens from the type locality: total length, 12ri
(118-181); tail vertebrte, 52.5 (47-57): hind foot, 14.S (14-l(i): hind foot
without claws, 13.3 (13-14).

Specimens examined. — Seventy-live, from the following localities in
Switzerland: Andermatt, 48; Briinig, 9; Meiringen, 18.

Remarks. — On comparing the series of Swiss shrews with a somewhat
greater number of true Sore.i' arancus from Upsala, Sweden, taken by
the same collector, the differences between the two races are so apparent
as to call for no special comparisons beyond those already given.

Twenty shrews from eastern Norway collected by Miss Thora Stejne-
ger, mostly in the vicinity of Bergen, represent a large animal quite dis-
tinct from the Sorex araneus araneus of southeastern Sweden, and mxich
resembling *S. araneus alticola. Ten specimens give the following aver-
ages: total length, 127 (116)*; tail vertebrae, 49 (39); hind foot, 16.2 (14):
hind foot without claws, — (12.7). It will be seen that the Norwegian
shrew exceeds both true araneus and alticola in length of hind foot, but
that the tail, while longer than in the Swedish animal, is not quite
equal to that of the Swiss form. Unfortunately the Norwegian speci-
mens are all in the summer coat, and all are so old that the teeth are too
much worn to show the pigmentation. The status of the animal there-
fore cannot be satisfactorily determined.

Snrev araneus euronotus subsp. nov.

I'ype. — Adult male (skin and skull) No. 101,321 United States National
Museum. Collected at Montrejeau, Hautes Pyrenees, P'rance (in foot-
hills of Pyrenees), July S, 1899, by Robert T. Young. Original number,

Characters. — Size slightly less than that of true Sorer araneus; color
(in Slimmer pelage), more brown, particularly on underparts.

Color. — The colors are essentially as in the summer pelage of Sore.r
araneus araneus and jS. araneus alticola except that the browns are darker
and the belly is heavily washed with wood-brown. The tricolored pat-
tern though visible is less distinct than in the other races.

SJcvll and teeth. — Skull as in Sorex araneus araneus, but slightly though
constantly smaller, and with less inflated braincase. Teeth as in the
typical form but smaller and somewhat more heavily pigmented.

Measurements. — External measurements of type: total length, 122;
head and body, 78; tail vertebrw, 44; hind foot, 13.5 (12.5). Average
and extremes of nine specimens from the type locality: total length, 114
(107-117); tail vertebn«, 42(37-44); hind foot, 13.8 (13.5-15): hind foot
without claw.s, 12.8 (12.5-14).

Specimens examined. — Nine, all from the type locality.

*Measurements in parenthesis are those of a corresponding number of
Sorex araneus from T^psala, taken at random from the large number at
hand.

Miller — Five JVew /S/ivetrs from Europe. 45

Neomys fodiens minor subsp. nov.

Type.—\<{\\\\ malo (skin and skul!) No. 101,311 United States National
Museum. Collected at Montrejeau, Hautes Pyrenees, France (in foot-
hills of Pyrenees) July S. 1899, by Robert T. Youns'. Original number,
()41.

ChnrnrtcrH. — Smaller than OronsojniH fodiens from Sweden, Germany,
Switzerland, and Belgium, (tail .50-60 instead of 65-75, hind foot with
claws, 17-19 instead of 19-22), but incisor teeth noticeably larger. Color
not distinctive.

ISkvlland teeth. — While the skull is of about the same size as in true
CrasopuH fodienn the braincase is somewhat narrower, and the rostrum
consequently appears more massive. Teeth similar to those of typical
C. fodiens in form, but anterior incisors and first and second unicuspids
distinctly larger.

Measurements. — External measurements of type: total length, 136;
head and body, 82; tail vertebra, 50; hind foot, 17 (16). Two other
adult males from the type locality measure respectively: total length,
137 and 151; head and body, 82 and 85; tail vertebras, 53 and 60; hind
foot, 18.5 (17.5) and 19 (18).

Specimens examined. — Three, all from the type locality.

Vol. XIV, pp. 47-86 JUNE 19, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

SIXTH LIST (3F ADDITIONS TO THE FLORA OF
WASHINGTON, D. C. AND VICINITY.

BY EDWARD S. STEELE.

With DescriptiojNts of New Species and Varieties by

Edward L. Greene, Alvah A. Eaton, and

THE Author.

The following list is based upon a course of collecting prose-
cuted outside of my routine work for five years beginning with
1896. The general purpose has been merely to record names of
new and less familiar plants, with stations; but advantage has
been taken of the opportunity to publish a few descriptions of
new local material and to record some observations.

Professor Greene has kindly furnished for publication here a
name and character for a new violet which I was so fortunate
as to discover. Mr. Alvah A. Eaton describes two new forms
of Isoetes, which are not, however, my own discoveries. I
propose a segregate from the Ijycopus virginicus of authors, a
well-marked species long since noticed, but apparently never
properly named. In an extended note on Yernonia (jlavca I
hope to have set that species in a somewhat clearer light. Other
notes are scattered through the list. '

I am indebted to several gentlemen for the revision of my
determinations, particularly to Mr. L. H. Dewey, who studied
all my earlier collections of grasses. The dichotomous Pani-

}0— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (47)

48 Steele — Addifion.-^ to tJic Flom of Wdshliujloii.

CUIUS I liavc of late left wliolly to tlic skill and kindness of Mr.
E. D. Men-ill, who is working with Professor Serihner in that,
trying field. Professor C. F. Wheeler has been referee for
about all of the Carices that presented difficulties, and I am also
the beneficiary of Mr. Geo. B. Sudworth, Mr. Frederick V.
Coville, Mr. J. N. Rose, Mr. Charles L. Pollard, and others.

The arrangement of the list follows the sequence of Engler
and Prantl, but the numbers prefixed are those of Professor
Ward's Guide to the Flora of Washington and Vicinity (Bull.
U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 22, 1881) and the subsequently published
additions. In order to preserve the original numeration, and
at the same time ])lace the additions in their proper connections,
the use of appended letters has been resorted to.

The prefixed asterisk denotes a species not liitherto recorded
in i)rint as Ijelonging to our fiora. In the case of a number of
these species my collection has ])i-ol)ab]y been anticipated by
that of other collectors whose results have not been jiublished,
but it is not practicable wholly to avoid this injustice. On the
other hand, some first collected by me have in the same manner
been entered in an earlier list.

*i2i7^/. Pteris aquilina pseudocaudata Cluic. {P. fKpiiUttd (-(nuhila
of American authors, not of Linnaeus).
Kenilworth. aljundant near the railroad, Spptomber 20, 1900. Also
near Hyaltsville.

i233«. Dryopteris spinulosa (Retz) Kunl/.e.

In a ditch near Captain Jones' place beyond Chevy Cliase Lake.
1234. Dryopteris spinulosa intermedia (IMuhl.) Und.

Not seen near the cily. Found at Suitland, near Kensiniiton, and near
Creat Falls on the Viruinia side.

1237*/. Onoclea struthiopteris (L.) Hotlm.

A few sterile fronds. Plummer"s Island, May 31, ISUI.
1240. Lygodium palmatum (ISernh.) 8w.

In a drained swamp, eastern pari of Suitland, Sept. S, ]S()!».
*i2i3a. Equisetum robustum A. I>r.

On both sides of IJeaver Dam Branch, near the road. Rarely found in
I'ruil.

*i253r'. Isoetes saccharata Engelm.

In tide mud among coarse o-ravel along the Ijay at the mouth of Foin-
Mile Run, August 0, 1898. The range as given in Brilton and Brown's
Flora is "Wicomico and Nanticoke rivers, eastern Maryland". The
following varieties, though not of my own collecting, may be appro-
priately published in Ibis place.

Steele — Additions to the Flora of Washington. 49

*i253(/. Fsoetes saccharata Palmeri A. A. Eaton, var. nov.

Aspect of riparia. Leaves much stouter tliau in the tj-pe, 1 to l\ dm.
long, recurved; macrospores 500 to 5.50 Jf, with markings taller and more
confluent, strongly suggesting riparia.

This variety might easily pass for riparia, which has, indeed, hap-
pened several times; but the very narrow, almost obsolescent velum, the
less tuberculate microspores, the smaller, more closely sculptured macro-
spores, and the dirty brownish color when dry, sufficiently distinguish
it. The spores appear intermediate between riparia and the varieties of
echinospora in sculpture, some of the markings being irregular walls,
others broad, often forked spinules as in Braunii.

First collected by Mr. T. C. Palmer, of Media, Pa., at Lloyd's Creek,
Sassafras River, Maryland, August 12, 189.5, and by him ably charac-
terized*. Specimens collected by Mr. Frederick V. Coville at the foot
of the "Washington estate, Mount Vernon, Va., do not fully agree, but
apparently connect the variety with the typical form of the species.

Types in the herbarium of A. A. Eaton, the National Herbarium, and
those of the Missouri Botanical Garden, the University of Minnesota,
and the Linnaean Fern Chapter. — A. A. Eaton.

1253&. Isoetes saccharata reticulata A. A. Eaton, var. nov.

Smaller: leaves 10 to 20, slender, erect, vivid green, 1.5 to 2 dm. long,
with abundant stomata; macrospores -400 to 432 J/, marked with low,
parallel, anastomosing walls above and more or less regularly reticulate
below.

The aspect of this plant also suggests riparia rather than saccharata.
The spores sometimes resemble those of small TucJcermani or even E71-
gelmanni, but the walls are much lower, often mere threads. Occasion-
ally a spore is found which bears parallel walls below as well as above.

Hunting Creek by the wagon bridge near its mouth, one mile below
Alexandria, Va., July 22, 1888, Ueo. Vasey and Frederick V. Coville;
same station, September 22, 1900, Wm. R. Maxon, No. 365. Also tide
beach, Anacostia river, Washington, D. C, September 1, 1900, E. S.
Steele. Perhaps referred to by Palmer (1. c. p. 222). Type specimens
are deposited in the herbaria mentioned in the description of the pre-
ceding variety. f — A. A. Eato7i.

886. Potamogeton Nuttallii Cham. & Schlecht. (P. Glaytonii of
Ward's Catalogue.)
Common in the tributaries of the Eastern Branch.

*885a. Potamogeton amplifolius Tuckerm.

Mouth of Four Mile Run and Hunting Creek, also in Anacostia river,
but flowers and fruit not seen.

*893o. Echinodorus radicans (Nutt.) Engelm.

Along a depression in the flats below Chain Bridge, perhaps a dozen

*Bot. Gaz. 4: 221. 189(5. ~^

fThe Vasey and Coville specimen cited above is that determined by
Theo. Holm in the third list of additions as /. riparia Engelm. It is
hence given the same number, and the asterisk is omitted.— E. S. S.

50 Steele — ^iddifliniK t<> the yiorn of lV(/.'</ii/ii/f(»i.

specimens, some well developed, August ]. 1!)0(). In llritlon and Brown's
Flora the northern limit of this species on the Allantic coast is given as
North Carolina.

*893. Lophotocarpus calycinus (Engelm.) J. 0. Smith.

Eastern Branch below Navy Yard, growing in tide mud: also below
Alexandria, September 4, IS!)!). Apparently scarce within our limits.
*8g4a. Sagittaria Engelmanniana ,1. G. Smith.

First collectetl, in sterile condition only, in a swampy pasture near
Ardwick, Md., September (i, 189!). Two or three fruiting specimens were
found on the water's edge at Great Falls, October 3, 18!)!). This extends
the known range of the species, and proves that it is .sometimes dioe-
cious. Determination confirmed by Mr. J. (i. Smith.

894^*. Sagittaria pubescens Muhl.

Very common in swamps, springy places, and ditches. l)ul in my ex-
perience not fovnid in or close to open water. Il reaches Ihe edge of the
river marsh, but I have not observed it far inside.

I have been somewhat inclined to regard this plant as siiecihcally dis-:
tinct from S. latlfoUa, and as Mr. J. G. Smith is willing to be quoted in
support of this view, I feel warranted in restoring it. The leaves greatly
resemble in form those of typical latifoUn. They vary in length from
4 inches to a foot, including the lobes, and are rounded or obtusely an-
gled at the apex, ditfering somewhat in the length of the lobes, which,
however, are usually moderately shorter than the blade: but they do not
run into the well known eccentricities of the latifoUu forms. A very
characteristic feature is found in the involucral bracts, which are at
least as broad as long, of a yellowish white and translucent hue, and
densely hirsute-pubescent.
*Sg4c. Sagittaria longirostra (ISlicheli) J. G. Smith.

In moderate ([uaiilily in the marsh around the mouth of Oxen Run,
opposite Alexandria. August 18. ]!)()(),
*i203a. Andropogon Elliottii ( liapm.

Bright wood i*ark Swamp, September 20, 18!)(): Connecticut A\enue
Bridge, October 7. 18!)().

*i204a. Andropogon Halepensis (L.) Ihot.

Rather common ai'ound (himping grounds. Tlie cultivated sorghum
and broom corn also appear occasionally in tiiese situations.

*ii9ia. Panicum Walteri Pursh.

Shore west of bathing beach, September 2, 18!)7.
1178. Panicum agrostoides Trin. {P. (tf/rostuJifafi/ic of iiritton and
Ih'own.)

River swamp. Brick Haven, October 10, iSIMi; also South Washington
and below Alexandria.
*ii78a. Panicum longifolium Torr.

Kenilworth Swamp, August 28. 18!)7. Also swamp above Hj^attsville.
1187a. Panicum sphaerocarpon Ell.

Flats liear mouth of Oxen Run, July 1, IS!)!). Also Arlington.

HteeU — Additions to the Flora of Woshlynjton. 51

u88/. Panicum polyanthes Scluiltes. [P. uncrorKrpo/i of Ward's
Cataloo'ue.)
T)istrict Line, August 4, ISOG, Also Four :\Iile Run.

1187. Panicum Ravenelii Scribn. A: Merrill. {J\ jKd/r/florinn of Vi'avCl's

Catalogue.)
Slope above Canal road, May 24. 189S, June 12, 1900.

"1 188*. Panicum Scribnerianum Xash.
Kenihvorlh. .hine 0, 181)!>.

1 188. Panicum dichotomum L.

Of the dirtiotoDiinn group I have, as determined b^v Mr. E. D. Merrill,
besides cUrliutomum itself: Atluntionn Nash, hnrhiihitttin Michx., Cliifci
Nash, Columbianum Scribner, cominutntum of authors, not of Schultes,
■iwpUr((tuin Scribner (doubtful species), lanitgiuoxinu Ell., la.vijlorum Lam.,
lucidum Ashe, aiicip/it/llum Trin. The Inridmn takes the place of np/uig-
7iicolu))/ Nash as to this locality.
1192a. Panicum miliaceum L.

Waste ground, several places.
*ii80'-. Panicum capillare Gattingeri Nash.

Plunimer's Island, August 24, 18!)7. Also Creat Falls and Bethesda.

1 180//. Panicum flexile ((iattinger) Scribn.

Near (den Echo, September 11, 1896: Linnaean Hill Road, September
27, 1899.

*ii8o(/. Panicum minimum Scribn. I't Merrill. (/'. miniix of I>ritt. &
Ih'own.)

South Arlington near Four Mile Run, August 27. 1899: also Hennings.

"iigsu. Chaetochloa imberbis perennis (Hall) Scribn. it Merrill.

Kenihvorlh. first half of August, 1898, and in many places since;
most abundant near Beaver Dam Branch; also at Jackson City, and
near Bright wood swamp. It appears to be most at home in swamps and
moist groiuid, but I have seen it in dry soil at West Eckington and even
on a dry southern slope near the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge.
1 193. Chaetochloa veiticillata (L.) Scribn.

Occurs occasionally in waste ground, but appears never to multiply
much.
11720. Phalaris arundinacea L.

AVel Held. Jackson City, west of road, June 14, 1890 and June 0, 18!)9.

1 1 17. Aristida gracilis Ell.

Arlington, near the ri\ er. and also on the Rockville road. The form
known as variety drjitdipcrdfit Cray was found al Bennings. September
18, 1897.
1 108. Muhlenbergia Mexicana Trin.

A form with long culms and slender panicles, corresponding presuma-
bly to the xaviety flliformis, was collected along the Glen Echo railroad.
The type has been found in several places.

52 Steele — Additions to the Flora of Washinyton.

1110. Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Wilkl.) B. S. P.

Arlington near Four Mile Run, August 27, 1899; Hyattsville, Septem-
ber 26, 1900, the latter specimens over 4^ feet long.

*iiii((. Muhlenbergia palustris Scribn.

The peculiarities of this grass were noticed in my collection of 1896,
but it was distributed as M. diffusa for lack of a better determination.
The next year attention was again called to the differential characters,
which resulted in its description as a new^ species. Outwardly it is dis-
tinguished by its habit, which is even more slender than that of M. dif-
fusa, and by its pinlc purple instead of dark purple hue. INIore closely
examined, the development of the lower glume will be noticed as the
distinctive feature. The type locality is Brightwood Park swamp, which
forms the head of Piney Branch. It still exists here, but is suffering
much from the spirit of improvement. The only other station known
is the wet meadow south of Beaver Dam Branch, west of the Anacostia
road.
woia. Sporobolus vaginaeflorus (Torr.) Wood.

This species is now understood by the agrostologists of the Department
of Agriculture as including *S. neglectus Nash. A tuft with culms 2-i
feet long was found on the Rockville road.

*li03a. Agrostis intermedia Scribn.

Arlington, August 11, 1896; Chautauqua, August 17, 1896; also on the
river near Cabin John, and on the wooded tlats at Hyattsville.

iii4«. Calamagrostis Canadensis (Michx.) Beauv.

Bladensburg, in swamp west of the railroad, found overripe in 1898,
and in good condition June 17, 1899. Also seen in a swamp north of
Beaver Dam Branch, west of Anacostia road.
1169a. Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) Beauv.

Now abundant near Kalorama, beyond Eckington, etc. I would call
attention to the fact that our plant has not only the long awn on the
lower flowering scale, but also an awn in a slit at the summit of the
upper flowering scale. The cleft sometimes descends one-third the
length of the scale, but is generally more shallow. The awn, which is
upwardly barbellate, generally o\erlops the scale, but is sometimes
about equal to it or even shorter.

*ii23a. Spartina cynosuroides (L.) Willd.

One small patch at Jackson City, east of the railroad. Seen in larger
quantity on the ri\er flats at Harper's Ferry.

■*ii23a. Leptocliloa fascicularis (Lam.) A. Gray.

Sewer, lower part of Duke street, Alexandria, September 4, 1899.
1 140. Eragrostis Eragrostis (L.) Karst.

Parking southwest of Treasury Building, September 28, 1899; also in
1900.
*ii43a. Eragrostis pilosa(L.) Beauv.

Jackson City, August \\, 1896; also near Eastern Branch and Upper
Paint Branch.

i^tj^cle — ^[ddlfloii!^ fo t/ic T'hu'd of M^Ks/itiKjfoii. 53

*ii37a Poa flava L.

Near railroad north of North Brookland, July 22, 1896: not since seen.

1 129. Panicularia Canadensis (Michx.) Kunlze. {Glt/reHu, of Ward's

Calalo.n'ue.)
Terra Cotta Swamp, collected in overripe condition in 181)0 or 1897; in
sood condition June 23, 1899. Seen also in a swamp south of Four Mile
Ptun.

II28'^ Panicularia pallida (Torr.) Kuntze.
IJladensburu-, a shoit distance beyond the spring, Juno 17. 1899.

1130. Panicularia fluitans (L.) Kuntze.

Feeder Dam, May 28, 1897. Seen also at Bladeiisburg, not Car from
the spring.

*ii5ic. Bromus purgans incanus Shoai-.

Plummer's Island, August 24, 1897: also Four Mile Run and near
canal below Cabin John. Tliis grass blooms two months later than 7?.
ciliafiLs. Only a few of the upper leaves remain green at Howering time,
commonly overtopping the surrounding vegetation.
"I151/?. Bromus unioloides (Willd.) H. B. K.

Dumping grounds, May 28, 1898 and June 12, 1899.
*ii5ii. Bromus inermis Leyss.

Dumping grounds, June 14, 1899: .luiicS, 1901.
"1151*?. Bromus maximus Desf.

Dumping grounil, June .), 1901.

*ii56rt. Hordeum puslllum Xutt.

South Washington. 189(i: Canal road. May 24, 1898.
*ii56^^. Hordeum murinum L.

Dumping grounds, May 28, 1898.

989. Cyperus microdontus Torr.

lUadeusburg, September 7, 1890. Anacostia road above Keuilworth,
October 1, 1899, September 20, 1900. Seen also on the railroatl a mile
above Anacostia. Cirows always in wet sand, and somelimes fruits at
the height of an inch or two. This is doubtless the ('. Xnthtllii of
Ward's Flora, as I hat species can scarcely occur here.
990^/. Cyperus inflexus Muhl.

Margin of water. Jackson City, Angus! 1. 1899: Chain i>ridge, \ir-
ginia side, August K', 19(10. lias the fragrance when dried of slippery
elm.
■"99irt. Cyperus fuscus viridescens Ilolfm.

Sewer at the foot of Duke street, Alexandria, September I. 1S!)9.
*gg\J>. Cyperus rotundus L.

A small patch on the waste ground wesi of the old lish pond, October
13, 1899.
993- Cyperus strigosus L.

Besides the typo the varieties rompostfiix and rabutiflor seem to be dis-
tinguishable here, tin' former, however, not vorv common.

54 Steele — Additions to tJie Flora of Washington.

*997rt. Cyperus cylindricus (Ell.) Britlon.

Near Kenihvorth Swamp, September 18, 1897: Bennings, on the flats,
July 15, 1899.

ioo3ffl. Eleocharis oHvacea Torr.
One mile north of Berwyn. May 6, 1900.

*ioo6«. Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.

Brightwood Swamp, July 24, 1897; Howard Hill Re.servoir, very
abundant, July 2, 1898.
*ioo3i. Eleocharis capitata (L.) R. Br.

Howard Hill Reservoir, August 26, 1896; July 22, 1898.

1002. Eleocharis obtusa Schultes.

A clump ol' this species (following Mr. Fernald's revision) with culms
over a foot-and-a-half tall was found in water at Four Mile Run.
*ioo2i. Eleocharis obtusa jejuna Fernald.

Near Kenihvorth.
ioo2ffl. Eleocharis Engelmanni Steud.

Damp path near Silver Hill, August 18, 1897: flats near Pennsylvania
Avenue Bridge, June 29, 1897; also in the Howard Hill Reservoir.
*ioo3«. Eleocharis palustris R. Br. (Not of Ward's catalogue.)

Swampy margin of river, opposite Alexandria, July 1, 1899. Not seen
elsewhere.

1003. Eleocharis glaucescens (Willd.) Schult.

River swamp. Aqueduct Bridge, etc. Common. This is dovibtless
the E. palustris of Ward's catalogue.

1019. Stenophyllus capillaris (L.) Britton.

Specimens from low ground at Bennings had innumerable culms, many
of them fifteen inches long.

1010. Scirpus debilis Pursh.

Bladensburg, near Terra Cotta; Chautauqua, across the canal; Sovith
Arlington.

1012. Scirpus sylvaticus L.

Lakeland at outlet of Lake, July 11, 19t)0.

iooo«. Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Britton.

Chain Bridge, Virginia side, August 19, 1900, a few specimens. Not
seen elsewhere.

i02iZ>. Rynchospora corniculata macrostachya (Lam.) A. Gray.
Eastern P>ranrh swamp, on both sides.

1020. Rynchospora alba (L.) Vahl.

Brightwood swamp, in small quantity; Painl Branch swamps,
abundant.
1020a. Rynchospora gracilenta A. Gray.

Swamp one mile north of Berwyn, July 28, 1900.
\oiob. Rynchospora cymosa Ell.

Kenilworth swamp, June 20, 1898, a small amount. Swamp west of
Anacostia road north of Beaver Dam Branch, August 5, 1898; Lakeland

Stede — Additions to the Flora of Washington. 55

near creek, July 8, 1900.

I022. Scleria triglomerata Michx.

Terra Cotta swamp, June 29, 189G. Seen since in Kenilworth swamp,
on Fairfax road south of Four J\Iile Run, and at Lakeland.
*io24Z*. Scleria reticularis pubescens Britlon.

Paint Branch swamps and north of Kenilworth. t)ther material from
the Brightwood swamp (August 16 and September 22, 1897) with thicker
culms and broader lea\ e;; may be S. Torreyann "Walp. Thus far I find
it very difficult to separate these species.

1024. Scleria pauciflora Muhl.

Addison Heights, C'lievy Chase, Glen Echo Heights, Anacostia road
north of Kenilworth. Takoma Park, and Lakeland.

1090. Carex lupulina Muhl.

I have a form from the woods bordering the river marsh at l^ennings
determined by Professor Wheeler as "the variety near var. peduiiculata
Dewey". The peduncle of the sterile head is over 3 inches long.
1094. Carex bullata Schk.

Formerly in the Brightwood Park swamp: common in the swamps
around Hyatts\ille.

*io88(^ Carex lurida exundans Bailey.

Very common. A form from the Potomac flats has some of the
staminate heads fertile at the summit.
1087. Carex hystricina Muhl.

Canal at District line, May 28, 1897. Not common.
1085. Carex comosa Boott.

I failed to distinguish this from C. pseudo-cyperus until last season,
but specimens from the Potomac flats seem decisive.
i092rt. Carex typhinoides Schwein.

Lakeland, between the electric and steam railroad tracks, August 4,
1900.
1084. Carex riparia Curtis.

Seen by me only in the river marsh east of the Alexander Island race
covirse.
105 1. Carex Shortiana Dewey.

A few specimens in the Feeder Dam region, 1890. Abundant on the
Potomac flats west of the Fish ponds, 1900.
*i05irt. Carex lanuginosa Michx.

Feeder Dam, May 21, 1898; river swamp, Alexander's Island, May 12,
1900.
*i048rt. Carex stricta angustata (Boott) Bailey.

Margin of bay, foot of seventeenth street. May 18, 1898; also north of
Berwyn. This is not to be confounded with the C. angustata of Ward's
catalogue, which is doubtless the typical C. strkta.

*io5i^>. Carex fusca All.

Bog one mile north of Berwyn, May 0 and Jul}- 28, 1900.

oC) Sf (■<;!<' — Ad(h'ti(>/is to tjie Flora of VTashington.

*io6if/. Carex costellata Britton.

Ravine, District line. May 15, IS!)!): Cleveland Park region and Massa-
chusetts avenue extended.

1062. Carex triceps Mithx.

Besides the type, which is common, I have a form with the awns of
the scales much longer than the perigynia. probably G. liirsiita cuspidata
Dewey: the difference is very considerable. Eastern Branch region,
.lune, 1896; District line. May 28, 18!)7.

"io6'2i(. Carex Caroliniana Schwein.

Feeder Dam. May 28, 1897; Conduit road near Cropley, May 30, 18!»9.

1039. Carex gracillima Schwein.

(TJencarlyn, in overripe condition, .Tune (i. 1898: Rock Creek above
Military road. May 9. 1899: also on Cabin John Rnii.

1058(7. Carex amphibola Steud.
More common in my experience than ('. (/r/xca Walil.

1056. Carex pallescens L.

AVoods beyond St. Elizabeth's: scarce.

1067. Carex laxiflora Lam.

In my judgment the forms still covered by this name include from
two to hve good species. It is quite impossible to regard hlanda and
patuUfolia as varieties of the same species. The soft deep green or
yellowish-green foliage of the former is wholly distinct from the firm
glaucous or grayish-green blades of the latter, the basal portion of which
sur\'ives the winter as in C. plutyphylla, a habit shown in a far less
degree by blanda. C. patuUfolia further differs in its more numerous and
densely tufted culms, its linear spikes, and its habitat, keeping as it does
to the upland while hlanda descends to moist flats. If this separation
were made, the varietj- dicuricata would go with patulifdia, pro\-ided it
is not itself distinct. It differs from the latter in its larger and more
stipitate fruit, its narrower leaves, the smaller number of culms, and
the spreading habit, the culms standing at angles of about 45 degrees,
while those of patutifolia are erect. The range of dicarirata requires
further observation. It is fond of wooded hillsides, the sides of ravines,
etc. I have collected or observed it near Eastern Branch, east of
Soldiers' Home, in Rock Creek Park, in the Cleveland Park region,
and beyond Glen Sligo. I have the typical la.r/piira, so determined by
Professor Wheeler, (although the fertile spikes are dense and not at all
like the figure in liritton and Brown) from near Chevy Chase and from
the District line toward Cabin John.

1064. Carex Careyana Torr.
Scarce, but found on High Island and in the woods at Seven Locks.

1078. Carex Pennsylvanica Lam.

Specimens from the south slope of the ridge at Four Mile Run were
said by Professor Wheeler to be the first true Petuixylvanica he had seen
from Wasliiiicrton.

Steele — Additions to the Flora of Washington. 57

1077. Carex nigromarginata Schwein.

Ravine. Linnaean Hill road.
1030a. Carex conjuncta Hoott.

Potomac Hals, spriii;;- of li)00 and llMil.

*I030<\ Carex gravida Baile)-.

Monument ground in grass, May 23, 1898: also May, 1901, doubtless
introduced. Professor Wheeler observes: "While your plant is not quite
so robust as this spcjL^s from Illinois and Iowa, I cannot put it any-
where else."

*i030(/'. Carex xanthocarpa Hiclvnell.

Near Fourteenth street extended, May 28, 1900; South Arliugton. May
30, 1900; beyond Eckington, June 10, 1900. Seldom very yellow in
color. Grows both in wet and in comparatively dry ground, but more
vigorously in the former. Its discovery here extends the known ranj.'e.
Professor Wheeler thinks our plant may be var. (inurcte/i.s Hicknell.
*i040i. Carex setacea Dewey.

Slope above Canal road, .Tune 1.5, 1900; so determined by Professor
Wheeler. An extension of the known range.

1037a. Carex retroflexa Muhl.

Seven Locks, May 9, 1898, very young. Also, Little Falls on the Vir-
ginia side, in the woods above Georgetown, and on Linnaean Hill road.
1034. Carex Leavenworthii Dewey. {C. cephalopJiora angustifolia of
Ward's Flora).

Specimens thus named by Professor Wheeler w^ere collected near Kalo-
rama Heights, May 2(5, 1899. He notes that the perigynia surely indi-
cate this species, although the specimens are taller than usual and have
not the bracts which are commonly, though not always present. The
bracts are present in specimens retained by me. Since communicating
with Professor Wheeler I have re-collected this plant (Mount Vernon,
May 30, 1901; original locality, June 8), and have also collected the
species, of normal size, in the grass near the Monument, where it is well
established, having doubtless been introduced in grass seed, I can find
no material difference between the forms except in the length of the
culms, which in our possibly native plant is often 2, sometimes even 3,
feet, but in the Monument ground plant does not exceed 16 inches.
The narrow leaves and smaller heads set the species apart from our very
abundant ceflialopliora.

1035&. Carex Atlantica Hailey.

Common in boggy places. This is probably the C. xidluhda of Ward's
Flora.

*i035r. Carex interior Bailey.

Wet ground, Glen Echo Heights, May IG, 1897; Feeder Dam, May 21,
1898; Mount Vernon, May 30, 1901.

*I035(?. Carex interior capillacea Bailey.

Bog east of Anacostia road south of Beaver Dam Branch, June 3,
1900. An extension of the known range.

^8 Steele — Additions to the Fh)i'(i of M\(shi)igtori.

*i035r. Carex canescens L.

Swamp, TTyattsville oast of creek, Maj- 17, 1898.
1028. Carex bromoides Schk.

Known to me only from the wet woods opposite the race course on
Alexander's Island, which is probably exactly Dr. \'asey's station. May
12. 1900.

*i040c. Carex tribuloides moniliformis (Tiui<erm.) liritton.

Potomac Flats west of railroad, June :!, 1900.
10450. Carex festucacea Willd.

One clump, Massachusetts avenue extended. May 26, 1899; also a
clump near railroad north of Kenilworth .Tune, 3, 1900; in the latter
specimen the culms are taller and somewhat nodding. Determined by
Professor Wheeler.

1045^. Carex alata Torr.

Swampy Hat at Jackson City, east of road. June 18, 1S9G and June 14.
1897: Mount Vernon, 1901.

I045'' Carex albolutescens Schwein.

Kenilworth swamp, June 20, 1898, overripe: also above Ilyattsville, in
swamp west of creek.

875. Peltandra Virginica (L.) Kunth.

In specimens from the Potomac flats and fmm above Aqueduct Bridge
the seeds, as first noticed by Mrs. Steele, are nearly black when ripe,
not green, as stated in the descriptions.

*879a. Lemna perpusilla Torr.

Abundant in still water near canal at Wiile\viil(M'. October ?>, 1899, ami
at Chautaucpui.

"8yg/j. Lemna minor L.

What I take to be this species occurs in the did fish ]H(iid together with
Spirodela.

986. Eriocaulon decangulare With.

Formerly very abundant at IJrightwood swamp. Found also at Tako-
ma Park and in one or more of the Paint liranch swamps.
986a. Eriocaulon septangulare With.

Abundant on the tide beach at Four Mile Run, Jidy :U, 189G.
976. Juncus Torreyi Coville. {J. ikkIosux \-ar. iii(!/<trtj)/u(Ii/,'< of Ward's
CatalogiR'.)

Jackson City and Howard Hill reservoir.
*978a. Juncus Canadensis brevicaudatus Engelm.

Boggy ground at Bennings, September 7, 1899. Determined by .Air.
Coville.

960. Tofieldia racemosa (Walt.) B. S. P.

One of the Paint Branch swamps, September, 1899, 1900.
958. Stenanthium robustum S. Wats.

Abundant in the Hyattsville swamp west of the creek: collected in
fruit August 2.-), 1900.

Steele — Additions to the Floro of Woshington. 59

956. Melanthium Virginicum L.

Formerly in Tvrra Cot la Swamp; now abundant in the swamps south
of Arlington; also north of Berwyn.

956. Veratrum viride Ait.

Magnolia Run, and in a swampy pasture on the Columbia Pike, south
part of Arlington.
947. Unifolium Canadense (I)esf.) Greene.

Seen abundantly along the banks of a stream in Suitlaml in 18t)'.) and
1900.

944. Polygonatum commutatum (R. A: S.) Dietr. {P. (jujaiifviim of
Ward's Catalogue.)

Even small plants growing on uplands seem to belong to this species
rather than to P. bifon/m.

934. Smilax glauca Walt.

In a note vuider this species IJritton and Rrown refer to ''a form with
numerous small prickles on the lower part of the stem, and more elon-
gated, sometimes halberd-shaped leaves"', named N. xpinuloKd by J. E.
Smith. I was hereby reminded of a plant I had found at Bennings, and
by further observations I learned that the young stems of S. glauca fre-
quently have the leaves luirrowed, commonly to a lanceolate and long-
acuminate form, and that, with or willioul the peculiar leaves, such
stems are apt to be prickly.
*924«. Narcissus biflorus Curtis.

Near Kalorama Heights, May 14, ISO!). This is a genuine escape, as
a good many plants were found scattered about a grassy field.

928. Iris cristata Ait.

Seven Locks and Little Falls on the Virginia side.
*928n. Iris Pseudacorus \,.

Has spread froin the old tish pond into a tributary ditch.

931a. Sisyrinchium Atlanticum liicknell.

Takoma Park, May 27, liMX); Kenilworth swamp, June 3, 1900.
931. Sisyrinchium angustifolium Mill.

A remarkable display of this plant was seen on a hill on the Conduit
road in 1900. Some of the clumps, which were very numerous, must
have contained '200 or more culms. The spathes were deep purple.

901. Habenaria clavellata (Michx.) Spreng.

A good many .specimens were foimd in a moist place part way up the
ascent at Arlington August 11, 189(i. Since found in small (piantity
near the Reform School, at Magnolia Run, and in the woods adjoining
the river marsh, Bennings.

902. Habenaria flava (L.) A. Gray.

Woods on ri\er marsh, J^ennings; a good supply.

903. Habenaria ciliaris (L.) R. Br.

Before its disco\ery in Kenilworth swamp 1 was told by a resident of
Takoma Park that this plant grew near the railroad station there, in the
spot where I later found it.

60 Sfcflf — ^[ilditioiis to the I'lord of lV(ts/ii/i(/(o)t.

904. Habenaria lacera (Michx.) K. Br.

One or two specimens on high ground, Cabin John. A larger amoinit
in Kenilworth swamp and in the swamji north of Beaver Dam branch.
Also a specimen at Magnolia Run.

*go4a. Habenaria peramoena A. (iray.

A single specimen at Feeder Dam.
910. Qyrostachys simplex (A. Gray) Kuntze.

Connecticut Avenue Bridge, August 2G, 1897; Ardwick, September 0,
1897.

915. Achroanthes unifolia (Michx.) Baf.

Glen Echo Heights (Mrs. Steele), September ]'.',. 1S!H). in fruit.
917. Leptorchis Loeselii (Tj.) MacM.

Fruiting .specimens were found in the Howard Hill reservoir, .luly 2,
1898, and on the Leesbiirg pike toward Great Falls, September 18, 1899.

867. Populus grandidentata Michx.
Terra Cotta and Lakeland.

868. Populus deltoides Marsh.

Xone of the specimens I have met with are clearly native. A male
and female, perhaps forty feet high, stand on the flats at the iron bridge
over Kock Creek near Massachusetts avenue extended, and other ex-
amples occur on the Potomac flats.

866. Salix purpurea B.

One tree was found on the I'otomac flats east of railroad, April 20,
1900.

^33' Quercus macrocarpa Michx.

The only tree 1 ha\e seen stands in the woods on the bluff above the
canal, at the District line.

838. Quercus prinoides AVilld.

Specimens about two feet high, in flower, Bladensburg, May 17, 1898;
also banks of Rock Creek above Military road and on the adjacent ridge,
the last much larger.

806. Celtis occidentalis L.

The only specimen known to me stands by the road half a mile above
Cabin John.

806a. Celtis pumila Pursh.

The restoration of this species by Mr. E. J. Hill (Bull. Torr. Club, 27:
49G) is welcome. Common in the vip-river region; seen also at Marshall
Hall and on the Giesboro Road. Mainly on the flats but sometimes on
the bluffs.

*8iio. Morus alba tatarica Sieb. it Zuce.

A tree thus determined by Mr. Sudworth stands in the waste ground
below the old observatory, and the same variety occurs along the Canal
road. It fruits freely.

807. Humulus lupulus \j.

Field near Tenleytown .Junction: roadside south end of Chain Bridge;

Steele — ^[<l(l!ll<>ii!< to flif Flora of ^V<(s/li/l;/ff>/l. (il

(-'aplaiii .l(Jiies" phicc near C'lievy Ciiasc l.alvL'. Also on a brook abo\'e Uie
Dalecarlia reservoir remote from dwellings.

*8o7(/. Humulus Japonicus Siel).

Waste gronnil, September 30, 1899, pistillate flowers.

816. Parietaria Pennsylvanica Muhl.

High Island and slope above Canal road.
*787a. Asarum reflexum ambiguum Bieknell.

Moist woods, different places near District line on Cabin John R. R.,
May 28, 1901.

781. Rumex verticillatus L.

Flats above .\(puHluct liridge, Virginia sitle, Jane 2, 189().
""■780. Rumex Patientia L.

I)uiii]» gronnd, June .l, 1901.
778. Polygonum scandens L.

^Vhile some of our specimens have the caly.v wings somewhat in-
dented, the great mass of our material certainly belongs to this species.
I note in some specimens fruits that are almost wingless mixed with the
others. 1 have one colled ion which may prove to be 1'. rrixfn/mi/.

752a. Chenopodium album viride (L.) ^loi^.f

Not uncommon in waste grounds.
753. Chenopodium Boscianum Mo(|.

"Woods, IJrick Haven, \'a., Sei)ieiul)er '.I. \H\\',: lirst noticed here l)y
Mr. L. H. Ocwey.

755. Chenopodium murale !>.

Fouiul several times in waste places around the city, also at First lock.
Rather common at Harper's Ferry.
*758a. Chenopodium rubrum L.

Potomac flats, October 9, 1S97: abundant.
758. Chenopodium anthelminticum L.

I have found only a single specimen belonging to this species. Mr.
Dewey also found one on the experiment grovmds of the Department of
Agriculture. The absence of bracts from most of the racemes, as well
as the greater length of the latter, are essential characters.
*749o. Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats.

Waste gi'ounds, river front near Fourteenth street, September 20, 1897.
749. Amaranthus graecizans L. (.1. albus of Ward's Flora.)

Waste places in and around the city. Seen abundantly in a garden in
Suitland.

*75ia. Acnida tamariscina (Xull.) Wood.

I collected in 1897 or 1898 oiu' or two specimens of this species on the
Potomac flats dumping ground.

^[ Chenopodium botryK L. was collected at Harper's Ferry in September,
1900, but I have not yet found i( within our limits.

62 Steele — Additions to tlie Florx of Washiitgton.

*i25a. Portulaca grandiflora TTook.
Waste oround, SepU-mber 11), lUOO.

io6. Silene alba Mnhl. (S. nivea of Ward's Catalogue).

Feeder Dam, Plummer's Island, Rock Creek flats near Captain Jones'
place.

*i09a. Silene antirrhina divaricata Robinson.

Kensington, July 4, 1899; overripe at this date. Probably same, High
Island and First lock. Perhaps a good species.

120. Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray.
Congress Heights, May 16, 1898.

121. Tissa rubra (L.) Britton.

Crevices in sidewalk, head of Fourth street; road west of Georgetown.

i24rt. Scleranthus annuus L.

Street north of old observatory. May 4, 1808.

*38rt. Cabomba Caroliniana A. Gray, var.

Leaves of this plant were collected by Mr. Dewey and myself in
Beaver Dam Branch near its entrance to Eastern Branch in September,
1897, but its identity was not then made out. I collected the plant in
flower September 1, 191)0, in the river a little below the Navy Yard
Bridge. As Cabomba is known to have been planted in the Eastern
liranch for use in aquaria, it has doubtless spread from that .source, and
it may now be considered as established. There is a specimen in the
National Herbarium from one of the fish ponds, collected by Dr. Vasey,
which is said to be introduced from the Patapsco River.

Our plant has the decided peculiarity that all of the floating leaves
except the two lowermost, and .sometimes these also, are lobed at the
base, giving the leaf a sagittate form. In the ordinary descriptions
these leaves are said to be entire, but Gray in the Illustrated Genera
says "or emarginate". The cleft in our plant perhajis never reaches
down to the petiole, but it is usually far deeper than would be indicated
by the term emarginate. The specimen from the Patapsco River seems
to have the same peculiarity. Some of the materia! planted in the
Eastern Branch is said to have been brought with goldflsh from Japan,
but this is probably a mistake, as there is no species of Cabomba re-
ported from that country. This is presumably a form or variety of C.
CnroUiriana, but it would be interesting to know where it is native.

24. Delphinium tricorne Michx.

A single plant on the mainlanil near Pluinmer"s Island, Marylantl
side. May i:^, 19U0.

26. Aconitum uncinatum L.

Near Tenleytown Junction, on Glen Echo Heights, and near Linnaean
Hill road.

*9a. Anemone Canadensis L.

Woods below Congress Heights, May 25, 1898, in a moderate patch,

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I. Clematis ochroleuca Ait.

On the ridge at Four Mile Run; hill near St. Asaphs; Arlington near
Naucks, and woods west of Georgetown (one plant).

13. Ranunculus pusillus Poir.

Border of pond, Bladensburg pike, May J, 1898.
12. Ranunculus obtusiusculus Raf.

Eastern Branch marsh at Bennings road, south side.
22. Ranunculus acris I>.

Though occasionally found, I doubt if this is well established at anj-
point within our range.

15. Ranunculus micranthus Nult.

Hillside above Chain Bridge; near Kendall Green.
6. Thalictrum purpurascens L.

Feeder Dam Island; Plummer's Island; Seven Locks. This is a gre-
garious plant of rank growth, although not very tall.
*7a. Thalictrum coriaceum (Britton) Small.

Common on hillsides, among thickets, etc.
5. Thalictrum dioicum Tj.

Well-shaded banks, Rock Creek Park; Little Falls on the Virginia
side.

40. Papaver dubium L.

Plummer's Island; abundant along Xew-cut road near Conduit road
and on a neighboring estate May 30, 1899.

45. Fumaria officinalis L.

Occurs occasionally in Avaste ground, and was found in considerable
quantity in the truck land near Belleview Magazine, and even on the
uncultivated hillsides, in 1898.
*76a. Lepidium apetalum Willd.

Waste ground, Ilolmead Manor, May 1.5, 1898; dumping ground, river
front. May 28, 1898; Eckington, May 25, 1900.

78. Thlaspi arvense L.

Potomac Hats, one specimen, 1900. This plant is evidently not estab-
lished here.

*78n. Thlaspi perfoliatum L.

Waste ground north of Virginia avenue, May 15, 1898; a considerable
patch.

68«. Sisymbrium altissimum L.

Below the old Naval Observatory, in fruit, June 7, 1897; since seen in
several places, but apparenth' not spreading.

*74a. Brassica Napus L.
Becoming very abundant.

*T^h. Brassica juncea (L.) Coss.

Chain Bridge station, July 4, 189(5; later at Anacostia and on dumping
ground on the Potomac fiats.

11— Biol,. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901.

64 Steele — ^[ihJUimi.-^ fo tin Whn'd of M^(i!<li!ii(/I(>H.

52. Barbarea Barbarea (,L.) MacM.

A form correspond inii' to B. vithjavis (irrndln \. (iray was collected on
a roadside at Cleveland Park, May 14, 189!).
52a. Barbarea stricta Andiz.

Potf)inac fiats near dnmpinii' >:fiiund. May 11. 18U8.
49«. Roripa hispida (l)esv.) 15ritlun.

Jackson City, Angust 1, 1899.
62f/. CarJamine arenicola l^ritton.

Very abundant in moist ground on the Potomac Hats east ot the rail-
road, 1900.

A Cardamine appearing intermediate between this and ('. PeuiisyJ-
T(tnira and growing on dry wooded hills r(^(|uires further attention.

62a. Cardamine parviflora L.

Woods, Kendall (.ireen.

72«. Camefina microcarpa Andrz.

This name api)lies to all the specimens 1 have seen, and [irohably {o
all those formerly taken as ■stifini. This plant was observed (|uite oxer-
running a field on New-cut road east of Conduit road. May !!(•, 1899.
56. A rabis patens Sulliv.

South slope of the High Island ridge, in fruit. May 21, 1898.
71. Erysimum cheiranthoides L.

Plummer's Island, June 22, ISv^T: Potomac Hals, .Inly 10, 1899.
*7ia. Conringia orientals (T>.) Dumort.

A single specimen on dumping ground, rear of propagating grounds,
in 1899.

*79a. Cleome spinosa L.

Dumping ground on New-cut road, July 14, 1890. Seen in the previous
year near Pennsylvania avenue southeast, and in 1900 on dumping
ground along the river front.
249. Spiraea salicifoiia L.

This can no longer be considered rare, as it has been observed in Ken-
ilworth swamp in small tiuantity; at the foot of the long hill on the
Glen Echo railroad: in a swamp in south Arlington; near Sligo, Mary-
land (Pollard): and on the edge of a bog north of Jierwyn.

254. Rubus argutus Link.

Our common high-bush blackberry. I am as yet uncertain whether
or not we have R. /lii/nibam/.s Hailey.

*256a. Rubus trivialis Michx.

Bennings, and swamp above Hyattsville.
254a. Rubus Enslenii Tratt. {H. rillosus Ii.umifusui< of AVard's Flora.)

High ground near Dalecarlia reservoir, May 15, 1896; Seven Locks,
May, 1897. Later fouml at Lakeland, etc., and probably very common.
Trattenick's and Torrey's type specimens, as shown in Bailey's "Evolu-
tion of our Native Fruits," pp. liOo and :57G difl'er as to the form of the
leavefj. Both forms can be dviplicated from our material. Our plant has

Steele — Additions to the Flora of Washington. 65

commonly one blooming stem of last year's wood, a young shoot for the
year to come, and often a dead stalk of the preceding year. Fruiting
stem often only from one to two feet long and ascending or nearly erect.
*255</. Rubus villosus roribaccus Bailey.

A plant thought to correspond to this name grows near the First lock
and on higher ground near the adjacent District line. The stems are 4 or
5 feet long, spreading, not prostrate, sometimes low, but often 2 or 3 feet
from the ground. One clear case of rooting at the tip was observed.
The prickles are slender, but formidable, especially on less vigorous
branches, where they multiply. Only trifoliolate leaves have been ob-
served, but others may exist on young shoots. The leaflets are oval or
oblong lanceolate, the larger 3 inches long by 1| inches wide, doubly
serrate with cuspidate teeth, finely appressed pubescent beneath, in a
le.ss degree above. The splendid flowers have the petals (including the
claw) an inch long, suborbicular, slightly ovate or obovate. Fruit not
yet seen. The whole plant is on a larger scale than R. villosus {R. Cana-
densis of authors) and when it is well known it will certainly be regarded
as a distinct species. Possibly it is a different plant from Professor
Bailey's.

261. Geum vernum (Raf.) Torr. & Gray.

Woods north of Glen Echo railroad, April 29, 1900.
267. Alchemilla arvensis (L.) Scop.

A few specimens in dry ground near Holmead swamp, 1898.
*268a. Agrimonia mollis Bicknellii Kearney.

Linnaean Hill road, August 18, 1899. I had noticed the peculiarity
of this form before I saw its description by Bicknell (Bull. Torr. Glub
23:. 547, 189(i).

264. Rosa humilis lucida (Ehrh.) Best.

I have specimens at least approaching this variety, from beside the
railroad near Cowdou's station, south Arlington.
2780. Malus angustifolia (Ait.) Michx.

A small tree apparenlly of this .species stands west of the railroad on
the edge of the dumping ground at Eckington, (May 25, 1900). The
leaves almost duplicate those of a specimen from Florida so determined
by Nash. There is a specimen in the U. S. National Herbarium, col-
lected I think by Dr. Parry in 1871, credited to the District of Columbia.
If this determination proves correct it will be a fair question whether
the trees mentioned in Ward's Flora as Pyrus coronaria are not also of
this species.
*287ffl. Amelanchier spicata (Lam.) Dec.

Great Falls, May 30, 1899, in fruit. Mr. Sudworth says he has found
this near the city.

281. Crataegus cordata (Mill.) Ait.

Roadside, Riggs road beyond the Northwest branch; a grown tree with
numerous progeny.

66 Steele — ^[<l<liti()nt< to the Flora of Waxhimjton.

*283. Crataegus rotundifolia (Ehrh.l Borck.

Dry woods, KivercUile. May 19, 1901. Specimen seen also from beyond
Tenleytown
*285. Crataegus f'ava Ail.

Roadside, south Arlington, July 8, 1899, in fruit.
*285?^ Cotoneaster pyracantha (L.) Spach.

Two bushes along a fence. New-cut road near Conduit road. May ^0,
1899. I looked in vain for fruit in November, 1900.

*246o. Prunus cuneata Raf.

Bank of ditch one mile north of Berwyn, May (i, 19(t().

*246/>. Prunus Avium L.

A large spreading tree thought to belong to this species, (Jlen Echo
Heights, in flower. April 29, 1900. Also a large specimen with the habit
of a forest tree, either P. Ariuin or P. Crrayu.s. in the woods above
Aqueduct Bridge. Virginia side. J5oth these species, according to Mr.
Hudworlh. have run wild here.
*246r. Prunus Mahaleb L.

In the valley east of Cleveland Park, .May 7, ISOH; now destroyed.
Border of the AVoodley woods toward Cli'vclaiid Park. May 11, 1899, with
green fruit .
199a. Trifolium dubium Sibth.

Near Conduit road beyond the District line, ]May 1."), iS'M'i: not then
recognized. Later near Cleveland Park, etc.
*i96a. Trifolium incarnatum L.

Roadside, I!hidcnsi)\ii'g ]iike, ^lay 17, 1898.

*200a. Amorpha fruticosa L.

A well-grown specimen stood in waste ground at the rear of the pro-
pagating groinids. and was in flower May 28, 1898.

*2i7a. Meibomia arenicola Vail.

Dry bank, Suitland, September 8, 1898.

*2i7(!y. Meibomia glabella (Michx.) Kuntze.

Hillside above First Lock, August 151, 1897; Woodley Park, Septem-
ber 1.-), 1899.
*223a. Lespedeza Nuttallii Dark

Woodley Park, August 27, 1897; near Ardwick, September (i, 1897;
Paint Branch region, September !], 1900. The collection here extends
ist known range.
*2i9a. Lespedeza frutescens (L.) Britton.

A narrow-lea\ed and a broad-leaved form.

320a. Lespedeza striata (Thunb.) H. & A.

Since the publication of AVard's Flora this has been introduced, and
has spread far and wide. On gravel along railroad tracks it sometimes
takes the form of a mat.
*226(7. Vicia villosa Roth.

On dumping ground, September 2, 1897; seen frequently since.

^tede — AJ.dltlotis to thr Flora of 'Washington. 67

i25. Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Moench.
Takoma Park, 1896; Giesboro road, 1899.

226. Vicia liirsuta (L.) Koch.

Waste ground, Potomac Hats; among the truck lands below Anacostia.
224. Vicia sativa L.

I have plants with narrow and with broad leaves; the latter are perhaps
distinct from V. angustifoUa Roth, but the separation is not easy.

*229a. Vigna Catjang L.

Found occasionally on dumping grounds.
23irr Falcata Pitcheri (Torr. & (iray) Kuntze.

Abundant in the river swamps; also occurs near streams back from
the river.

229/j. Dolichos Lablab L.

F(Huid on several occasions on dumping grounds.

153a. Oxalis corniculata L.

Abundant on the Agricultural grounds not far from the building.
Collected with flowers and fruit December 4, 1900.

i53/>. Oxalis filipes Small.

Common. lUooms from May to the end of September, the stem grad-
ually elongating and falling over, but not rooting. My specimens show
pretty clearly, however, that this plant develops some short, creeping
stems.

153. Oxalis stricta L.

Common. Begins blooming a little earlier than 0. filipes, and seems
to hnish mainly by the end of June, but it is found more or less in flower
throughout the summer, the stem elongating moderately. It forms lit-
tle clumps of stems with a decumbent base which may be two or three
inches long. Besides the transverse ridges there are two well-defined
longitudinal ridges on tlie face of tlie seed and a groove on its margins.

I53r. Oxalis cymosa Small.

Very common. Begins to blossom lali^ in ]\lay and continues through-
out the season, the stem eloiigaling grcally.

153''. Oxalis grandis Small.

Plummer's Island. ,lune 21. 1S,»7.

144a. Linum medium (Planch.) Britton.

jMore abundant than J.. Virginidninn, the species easily distinguish-
able. The dillerence between these plants was clearly explained in
Ward's Flora.

*ggh. Polygala cruciata L.

Brightwood swamp, August 16 and September 22, 1897. Also in the
Paint Branch SAvamps in some quantity, and at Lakeland.

97. Polygala viridescens L.

Flats opposite Ale.vandria, .luly 1, 1899. Only station found i)y me.

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68 Steele— Additions t<> the Plora of iVashington.

gga. Polygala Curtissii A. Gray.

Addison Heights. July 22, 1896, abundant. Also at Bennings and
Bladensburg. Perhaps our most common species.
ioo5. Polygala Nuttallii Torr. & Gray.

Near Brightwood swamp. July 24. 1897; since collected on the liats
opposite Alexandria, and one mile north of Berwyn. It seems to prefer
the vicinity of swamps.
I02a. Polygala Senega latifolia Torr. & Gray.

Common. Our plant, however, seldom has the leaves "2 inches long",
and some specimens growing with the others have the leaves nearly or
tjuite narrow enough for the type.
8oi. Phyllanthus Caroliiiensis Walt.

This plant can no longer be regarded as rare. I have collected or ob-
served it on denuded banks in the up-river region, on the electric road
near St. Asaph's, on the gravelly flats, especially west of the road at
Jackson City (abundant), at a point on Riggs road near Northwest
Branch, and near Bladensburg.
*8oia. Crotonopsis linearis Michx.

In a Hat moist Held perhaps three-quarters of a mile north of Berwyn,
July 28, 1900.
8o2a. Acalypha gracilens A. Gray.

The smaller grayish leaves (often broader than would be expected
from the figure in Britton and Brown's Flora), and the slender outer
branches of the typical form separate this fairly from A. Virginica in
general appearance. The protrusion of the staminate flowers from the
involucre is not a reliable character, as some of the finest Virginica I
have seen has them well exserted. On feeble plants or branches the
involucre is sometimes almost obsolete. A low, stout form of this
species occurs on broken ground without the slender branches, and with
an abundance of small leaves and fruit.
*8oo«. Euphorbia dentata Michx.

Sandy Held, Seven Locks, September 25, 1897; waste ground, river
front, very abundant in 1900. Common about Harper's Ferry. The
variation in the width of the leaf is cjuite extraordinary.

798. Euphorbia Ipecacuanhae L.

Sandy knoll, Hyattsville, east of creek. May 4, 1898: near Lutheran
Home, May 11, 1901.

799. Euphorbia dictyosperma Fiscli. i\c Mey.

Near Captain Jones' place beyond Chevy Chase Lake, and in great
abundance in a meadow opposite Forest Glen, May 17, 1900.
305a. Callitriche heterophylla Pursh.

What I take-to be a form of this was collected in a warm pool at
Great Falls, May 30, 1899. The broad leaves are entirely absent. Nor-
mal form, Bladensburg, June 27, 1897.

184. Rhus aromatica Ait.

This i)lant is rather common around Harper's Ferry, and also in the

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vicinity of Manassas, and may therefore be looked for on our southern
border as well as in the up-river region, where, as reported by Ward, our
only specimen has been found.
163. Euonymus Americanus L.

Common. 1 enter this name in order to note that the E. AmerieamiS!
obocatus of \Vard"s Flora is doubtless a mistake, as the true dhontliis is
\'ery distinct, and its occurrence here, so far as I know, has not been
confirmed.
*i76a. Acer pseudo-platanus L.

Sponianeous along New-cut road in the hollow above Georgetown Col-
lege grounds: leaves collected Xo\ember 11, 1900.

174, Acer saccharum Marsh. (.1 •vv/frA^^/'/z/'/w; of Ward's Catalogue.)
A tree of some size, but partially blown over was seen in a ravine at

Widewater: also a grown tree in a similar condition on Plummer's

Island. Many seedlings were scattered about the last named locality.

*i78a. Cardiospermum Haiicacabum \j.

I)um])ing ground, Eci'Cinglon. July "iS. ISitS. Also later at ditl'erent

places on the Potomac flats.

155. Impatiens biflora Wall. [1. fnh-d o\ AVard's Catalogue.)
Many specimens with i)inkish and mottled flowers were found growing

with the ordinary form on boggy ground at Hennings, September 7, 1899.

172. Vitis rupestris ftcheele. ( V. niliilud of Ward's Catalogue.)
Near (ireat Falls and Chain liridge.

i38f(. Sida hermaphrodita (L.) Kusby. {Sirhi Xapam Ca\-.)

Potomac Hats, both sides of the raili'oad and near the old fish pond,
July 27, ]S9(), and later.
i42(f. Hibiscus Syriacus r>.

Escaped on the groiuuls of I he o\d (jbser\atory l-Iuly 0, 1898), and
probably elsewhere.
I42r Hibiscus Trionum F.

Propagates ilself in my yard, where il was planted several years ago.
*i42''. Gossypium herbaceum F.

Waste ground, Potomac tlals. October '17). 19011: several plants with
flowers and ripe liolls.
129^^ Hypericum densiflorum Pursh.

A few good plants in the bog one mile north of Ferwyn. .luly 28, 1900.
The bushes were about five feet high.
133a. Hypericum majus (A. Cray) Frit ton.

Howard IF 11 reservoir, August 2(5, 189(>.

80. Helianthemum Canadense (F.) Michx.

Kenilworth, Suitland, and near Takoma Park. I do not find the
species easy to distinguish when in fruit, but the Takoma specimens,
the Old}' ones seen in fiower, belonged to //. CioiKdense.

81. Lechea minor F.

I have failed to hntl this plant anywhere except at Fakeland, where I

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0 Steele — Additions to t/ic Flora of Washington.

saw a few individuals. It is possibly not rare; but I suspect that the
material formerly referred here belongs partly or wholly to one of the
following species.

S\a. Lechea racemulosa .Michx.

Hyattsville, September 7, 1896; later at Lakeland, Congress Heights,
and in the Paint Branch region. Plants gathered at the last station
September 3, 1900, have the fruit and leaves of racemulosa, but are most
remarkable in habit, forming low, bushy, and extremely dense clumps,
heavily laden with fruit. A few specimens in the National Herbarium
somewhat approach them. They were on ground which had been
burned over the previous year.
8ii. Lechea tenuifolia Michx.

Addison Heights, July 2.), 1890. Probably our most common species.
*88a. Viola Brittoniana Pollard.

Moist ground north of Berwyn, May 6, 1900; later seen near Lakeland.
Adding these stations to that of Mr. Pollard's at Hyattsville, it may be
expected that this violet will be found at intervals along the low ground
from Bladensburg to Berwyn and perhaps farther.
86c. Viola sororia Willd

Woods, Forest (;i(Mi, May K, 1900.
82. Viola lanceolata L.

Bennings, both in the wet ground near the railroad and the low ground
towards the river; low ground above Riverdalc
86fl. Viola affinis LeConte.

Abundant in Avoods at foot of blutT on the Ciiesboro road some distance
beyond Congress Heights, April 27, 1899. Seen also on the Potomac
flats east of the railroad.
84. Viola cucullata Ail.

Boggy ground beyond Silver Hill, May 2.), 1899, and at i)oints in Suit-
land.
*84o. Viola laetecaerulea Greene, n. sp.

Acaulescent, with short, stout, branching rootstock, the foliage at time
of petaliferous flowering upright. 4 to 7 inches high, distinctly hirsutu-
lous, the young and growing peduncles, petioles, and cucullate unex-
panded leaves often rather densely so: leaves from roundetl or subreni-
form-cordate to cordate-ovate, and \\ to 2^ inches long, evenly and very
distinctly crenate, obtuse, light green; peduncles stoutish, scarcely
equalling the petioles; sepals oblong, obtuse, very narrowly scarious-
margined, often more or less i)hiinly serrulate-ciliolate; petals rather
broad, well roiuided, indistinctly veined, the odd one very conspicuously
shorter and every way smaller than the others, all light-blue, the lateral
ones with a strong tuft of hirsute subclavate or i^erhaps flattened white
hairs; apetalous flowers and their capsules on short horizontal and more
or less completely subterranean peduncles; capsules oblong.

In sandy loam, open ground, l*otomac flats below Long Jiridge, a few
clumps only, these closely associated with an abundant growth of V.

Steele — Additions to the Ploro of Wfs/iinf/to/t. VI

papilionacea. Specimens were collected April 27, May 1, and May 10,
1900, those of the first date not yet in full bloom, those of the last past
their prime. Apetalous flowers May 28, 1901. Duplicate type material
is deposited in the U. S. National Herbarium. In autumn, while V.
papilionacea was still green and flourishing-, no traces of T". laetecaernlea
could be found; and this again seems to indicate its affinity for V. rurul-
lata. However, the plant is certainly a near relative of the common and
very beautiful T'. papn'outcea of Pursh. At the same time, it curiously
simulates the real cucidlata, that is, the glabrous pale-green blue-flowered
bog-meadow violet, in not only the color of the corollas and the pale-
green herbage, but even in the form of the leaves, length of leaf-stalks,
etc., etc.

The species is to me the most interesting new one of all that I have
been called upon to name and describe in recent years: and this because
of the fact that in the volume of LeConte's colored drawings done
eighty years since, and now in my possession, just this plant is the sub-
ject of one of his most beautiful figures; and I have for several years
been wondering when this almost mythical plant, so clear in its specific
characters according to LeConte's pencil and brush, would make its ap-
pearance, and where it would come from. I had studied the plate so
often, and had the character and aspect of the species so well in mind
that instantly upon beholding Mr. Steele's specimens, I felt sure of their
identity with what LeConte' so long ago had drawn and painted, but had
never published or even named.

There is, however, a Latin note i» LeConte's handwriting under the
figure, which mav be rendered thus: "Differs from the common V.
cucidlata by the width and rotundity of its petals, the odd one being
small, as in V. palmata. The i^etals are not venulose. The petioles are
sometimes villous."

In reading this note of his, it must be remembered that by T". cucid-
lata LeConte meant not what I have established to be true cucullata,
i. e., the bog-meadow plant, but rather the V. papilionacea. — Edic. L.
Greene.

85a. Viola domestica IJicknell.

I find a violet agreeing with the description of this near Captain
Jones' place beyond Chevy Chase Lake, at Widewater, and in other
places, but my observation tends to confirm the view of Mr. Pollard
that this is only a variety or form of L. pajnlionacea.

89a. Viola Labradorica t^chrank. ( I', '■ani/ia xylcestri.s of previous

lists.)
A good many plants of this species have grown in a little glen along
Rock Creek above the entrance of Piny Branch, where it was noticed
especially in 1899. Seen also above Military Road; but it is a scarce
plant.

325. Opuntia Opuntia (L.) Coult.
Plummer's Island. June 22, 1897.

12 Steele — Addition.^ t<i the Flora of Wusjdngion.

307. Rotala ramosior (L.) Koohne. (Atimninuid JnimiUs of AVard's
(Catalogue )
This plant is common in very wet i)laces alonu' tlie river (Chautaiuiua.
Jackson Cit}', Huntiii"- Creek, Henniniis). Instead of tlie 2 to (5 inches
of the lUustrated Flora it grows with us from (i to 12 inches high, and a
similar stature is shown by some specimens in the National Herbarium.
It branches freely when there is space, but when crowded the stem tends
to be simple. Alternate with the acute di\ isioiis of the calyx at its four
corners are broad appendages which fold inward o\er the ovary. The
flowers do not seem to be "very small".

310. Decodon verticillatus (L.) Ell.

In the swamp about the mouth of Oxen Run. August IS. 1900. then
coming into bloom: a small number of specimens.

*3iia. Chamaenerion angustifolium (L.) Scop.

I saw a plant of this species at Takoma Park in 1890 or 1897.

311. Epilobium coloratum Alnhl.

The form vmbrom Haussk. was collected at Bethesda. September 9,
1899. The leaves are very large.

318a. Kneiffia longipedicellata Small.

Near Bladensburg, June 27. 189<). Not i-iro in the eastern \rAV\ of our
territory. It grows in open ground: when well developed it is a very
fine plant, far more handsome than K. frufiro^u.

350. Aralia racemosa L.

Found by me only on Pimmilt's Run, where there were a good many
fruiting specimens on August 19, 1900.
*352«. Hedera Helix Tj.

A patch of the common ivy Avas seen in the woods below Congrees
Heights in 1897 or 1898.

348a. Caucalis Anthriscus (L.) lluds.

Of late years this plant has spread extensively on the Potomac (lals.
aiul should it reach cultivat(Ml grounds it might proxe troublesome.
"329a. Eryngium planum L.

There were several specimens on the Massachusetts a\enue terrace in
the summer of 1899, and also in 1900.
331. Sanicula Marylandica Jv.

Near ("hevy Chase, at (ilencarlyn, and in a ra\ine at (ilen Echo.
3300. Sanicula gregaria liicknell.

Feeder Dam Island, May L"), 189(): later along the river on the Virginia
side above Aqueduct Bridge, at Cabin .lohn bridge, and in a shady \ailey
beyond ClevelanJ Park, June 2, 1898. at which lime 1 became ac(|uaiiited
with BicknelTs description.

"3386. Foeniculum Foeniculum (L.) Karst.

Seen once on the C'anal road and once on the Potomac flats dumping
ground. It does not establish itself here.

'"339a. Chaerophyllum bulbosum E.

West of the fish jjond, with tlowers and fruil June 27, 1899: bulbs were

Steele-^ Additions to tlw Flora of WaHhiiKjfon. '73

collected the following spring. This plant greatly resembles Conium
maculatum in general appearance. It seeds freely, and the seeds spring
\\\) abundantly aroiind the old plant, but it does not appear to increase
much.

338a. Scandix pecten=Veneris L.

Dumping place near propagating grounds May 3, 189S: also on Massa-
chusetts Avenue extended.
331a. Conium macu!itum T..

Rock Creek ravine near M street bridge. July 11, 181)8; \ery abundant
during that and the following season. Also on waste ground near Mr-
ginia Avenue, and on dumping ground at New-cut Road.

""340rt. Carum Carui L.

Two plants were collected on the river-front dumping groinid in 181)8.
356a. Cornus circinata LHer.

A si^ecimen of this species was brought by a lady to the Department
of Agriculture from Takoma Park in 1899.

563fr Clethra ainifoiia L.

One of the Paint Branch swamps, September 23, 1899; Berwyn, July
28, 1900; also at another point north of Berwyn, and in considerable
iiuantil>- near the creek at Lakeland. This fine shrub can therefore be
considered as definitel}' belonging to our flora.

""557'f- Azalea viscosa hispida (Pursh) Britton. (?)

A plant was found in sphagnous ground south of Four Mile Run, also
one atXauck's, agreeing exactly with some local specimens of A. viscosa
(jltnaui, except that the flowers were of a rich flesh color instead of pure
white. This suggests variety hispida; but the specimens .seen were of
low stature, and the laedicels were not more hispid than those of some
specimens of ylavca.

1 am of the opinion that the plant which has passed as variety nitida
here is only a state of variety iilannt. This is not to say that there is
not a true nitida elsewiiere.

556. Kalmia angustifolia L.

One of the Paint Branch swamps. September 3, 1900, in fruit.
554. Leucothoe racemosa (L.) A. Gray.

The best stations I have found for this plant are: Bennings near the
railroad, and flats opposite Alexandria near the bluffs.
*544o. Gaylussacia dumosa hirtella (Ait.) A. Gray.

South of the electric road junction, Takoma Park, Jvme 7, 1897. First
noticed by Mr. T. H. Kearney on the same occasion. I have not found
this plant since.

*544('>. Vaccinium atrococcum (A. (iray) Heller.

Bennings, April 13, in flower; Kenilworth swamp, May 10 and June
13; in ripe fruit, 1898.

575. Lysimachia quadrifolia L.

The form with all the leaves opposite was found at Lakeland, July 8,
1900, and seemed to be common.

74 ^Steele — Additions to the Flora of Washington.

577. Lysimachia Nummularia I>.

A lai'ne patch on a roadside at Jiladeiisbiirii-: also on Potomac flats near
the dumpinfi" ground.
572. Steironema lanceolatum (WaU.) A. (iray.

To Professor Ward's localities may be utlded Kenilworth swamp, and
low ground north of leaver Dam Branch.

574. Steironema quadriflorum (Sims.) A. S. Hitchc. {S. lungiflorum
of Ward's ( iitalo^'ue).
Seen by me only on the river bank al)<>ve Chain itridii'e on the Virginia
side, coming into bloom July 4, ISiXi.

579a. Centunculus minimus Ti.

A few siiecimcns near P)lailensburg.

6016. Polypremum procumbens L.

One plant at Kenilworth, August 11, 1898.
603. Qentiana Saponaria L.

1 have both stout and very slender specimens (the latter from Takoma
Park) which it seems nec(?ssary to refer to this species.
606. Bartonia Virginica (L.) B. S. P.

Kenilworth swam]) and one of the Paint IJranch swamps.

589. Asclepias rubra L..

Sparingly in Kenilworth swamp and north of Beaver Dam Branch;
also in the Paint Branch region, but more abundant in a swamp on the
Columbia pike, south Arlington.

590. Asclepias purpurascens L.

(ilen Echo railroad at foot of the long hill, .lune 2\, 18!)8.

596. Asclepias quadrifolia .lac(|.

Woods near Che\y Cliase railroad and on l*lunimer"s Island: very
scarce.

599. Ampelanus albidus (Null.) Brilton.

Not rare along the canal, and once observed near TcMileylown .lunction.
Also in N'arious places at .lackscjii City, where IVuils were collected Sep-
tember 21, 1S!)S.

601. Vincetoxicum hirsutum (Michx.) Britton. {(ionolobus, oWXaviV^
Catalogue.
On a bluff off from the Giesboro road. May 20 and July 22, 18!)!l. The
shape of the c\ip in the corolla agrees better, howe\er, with that assigned
to V. Cco'olinensi .

600. Vincetoxicum obliquum (Jac(|.) ihitton.
Abinidant on I he slope above the canal road.

*630a. Quamoclit Quamoclit (Ij.) Britton.

Steadily self-pi-opagating in m.\- yartl; also dumping ground, Potomac
flats.
630. Quamoclit coccinea (L.) Moench.

Suitland, cultivated ground, September 8, 18!l!>; later, several places
on the dumi)ing grounds.

gfeeli' — Additions fo tin Flora of IVd.^hiiKjfon. VS

631. Ipomoea hederacea .lacci. ( /. Xil, of Ward's Catalogue.)

Corn field on the way to Plummer's Island, August 24, 18!)7: also Great
Falls, Jackson City, and Chain Ih'idge.
635. Convolvulus spithamaeus L.

Suitland road and south Arlington, near Cowdon"s station.
6401'^. Cuscula polygonorum Engelm. (C. chhn-ncaypa of Ward's
Flora.)

Mr. T>. TT. Dewey colleeled this plant near Four Mile Riui in October,
1S'.»S, and he has so determined specimens collected by me on the
Potomac Hats, August :;. litoo.

609. Phlox maculata Ij.

Swampy places in south Arlington: low ground north of Ki\erdale.

614a. Hydrophyllum Canadense I..

Ravine at Chain IJridge station, August 1, I'.MMi, in fruit; a limited
number of specimens.
617a. Phacelia dubia (L.) Small.

High Island, and at various points in the Sc\ en Locks region.

616. Phacelia Purshii liuckl.

Plummer's Island, May :!1, 1SU7.
629ffl. Heliotropium Europaeum l>.

ytreel in .Mexandria, Septeml)er 2S. ]Si)7.

*627fr. Asperugo procumbens L.

Dumping ground, along the river front at various [loinls. May 11 and
May 2S, 1S!»S.

628a. Lycopsis arvensis L.

A single plant in waste ground, V street between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets, June 1(5, 1897; also in the previous year, the same
individual.
•"73i«. Scutellaria incana Muhl.

Near the canal at Chautauciua, August 17, 18i)(), then past its prime;
not since met with.
732a. Scutellaria parvula Mich.x.

Linnaean Hill road, May 18, 18i)i».

729. Scutellaria saxatiiis Kichl.

Rediscovered on the Virginia shore about a mile above Chain Bridge,
October 7. 1900: seen at Harper's Ferry the previous September.
*735«- Dracocephalum parvitlorum Nutt.

Fugitive specimens were collected on U street in 189(5.
713. Koellia mutica (Mich.x.) Britton.

Paint Branch bottom, near Jierwyn, September 3, 1900; the only time
it has been seen by me. I have collected all the other species mentioned
in Ward's Flora.

*707a. Lycopus Sherardi n. sp. (/.. Virginicus Michx. and manj'
authors, at least in part; not Linnaeus).

Perennial by filiform branching stolons bearing pairs of leaves \ inch

IG Steele — Addition.^ to the Flora of Washington.

lony or less, often mere bracts; stems erect or ascendiny, more or less
braiichinji-, in exceptional cases '.) feet long, commonly from 1.5 inches to
2 feet, the inlernodes 1 to 2 inches long, dark green or partly purple,
sparingly or rather densely clothed with a short grayish upwardly a]>
pressed pubescence: leaves H to 3 inches long, the up])er portion ovate
or ovate-lanceolate, with an entire acuminate point i inch long or less,
rather coarsely dentate or serrate, below strongly incurved-cuneate and
entire, forming a margined petiole of varying length which tapers ([uite
down to the verticillasters: the leaves when young bright pvn-ple, becom-
ing dark green: verticillasters many-flowered, commonly very dense,
sometimes somewhat looser, small or (perhaps only abnormally) large;
flowers very small, the calyx 4-toothed or sometimes o-toothed, the teeth
ovate or narrower, acutish: the corolla long-exserted. distinctly shorter
than that of L. Virijinirux; one or two sterile hiaments occasionally, but
not always discernible.

The description is based chiefly upon material from the vicinity of
Washington, 1). ('., where the plant is common in mucky soils and on
the wet river flats. The exceptionally roljust s])ecimens referred to grew
on the Potomac flats. The U. S. National Herbarium contains, besides
local material, specimens from Maine, Connecticut, West Virginia,
Kentucky, Tennessee, and South Carolina, showing a distribution over
the coastal plain and southwestward in the mountains, without indica-
tion of high altitude.

Linnaeus founded his Lycopvs Virginic us on Gronovius. The latter in
his Flora Virginica, edition of 1702, quotes the Linnaean character and
that of his own first edition, adding; "Ab hac verticillis magis approxi-
matis, et f'oliis prcifundius serratis dift'ert Lycopus Canadensis glaber foliis
integris dentatis 1). Sherard. cpiae species nomine Ijycopi flore minimo
albo, foliis purpureis glabris acuminatis serratis, odore remisso n. 181
inscripta." As the plant above described is beyond reasonable doubt
the same as Sherai-d's, it seems fitting to noti^ this hi.storical connection
in its name. The verticillasters, indeed, are not always "more approxi-
mate", but they may very well have been so in the specimens observed
by (ironovius, as I hey are sometimes only an iiu-h apart. The leaf
margin is moi'c deeply toothed than in ]'ii'(/i/)iri/x, ihe Hower is smaller
than in any other of our si)ecies, and the leaves are the onl\ decidedly
purple ones I have seen and are smooth and acuminate. The stem is
indeed not glabrous, bid the pube,scence is not very obtrusive, and would
not make a strong point against a description in most respects so good.
1 have made no note regarding the odor.

707. Lycopus Virginicus !>.

I ha\'e made a ])artial study of the remaining I'iri/i/iirii.s material in
my possession and in the National Herbarium, and the judgments formed
may perhaps be of interest. Excluding for the present fy. macrop]iyUu><
Benth., and variety quercifolius Pursh, the remaining material includes
some forms which considered by themselves might seem worthy of spe-
cific distinction. Thd these distinctions are not borne out, and some of
our local material can scarcely be placed on one side of the line rather

Steele — ^[<hl!f!<)ii.^ io the Vlora of 'Wtixhhtfiffm. 7Y

I liaii I he (il lii'i': nor do I tiiid cNcn Nariclal dilfei'ences. Bentluinrs iiiiirrn-
phyUiis, on the other hand, seems likely to be at least a good variety.
Th(> leaves are much enlarji'ed and sinuate-lobed. If this merely occurred
here and therewith the type we nii,i;ht explain it as due perhaps to a
combination of shade and riclisoil: but on the conti"ir\' it has a some-
what self-consistent range which is far from identical with that of the
tyjx'. namely, from Oregon eastward through Nebraska and Miiniesota
t(i norlhcrn and central Michigan. There is also a Missouri specimen
thai seems to belong to this. Bentliam cites Pursh"s \ariety (/iirrrifolinx
as a synonym, of which the locality is given as the high mountains of
Virginia. As the National Herbarium contains no specimen from that
region, I can express no opinion concerning it. It is conceivable that
this plant of rather northern range is represented in the Allegheny Moun-
tains. howe\-er. If the two are found identical, the name <iii<rrifiiUux
woidd lake precedence of iiiticropfiiiUafi.

708. Lycopus rubellus ]\Ioencii.

River swamp, foot of First street, southeast. Sei)tember •31. 1S!)(>: Hunt-
ing Creek and Eastern Itraiudi swamp at M street extended, September,
IS!)!). There is also a s])ecnnen in the National Herbarium collected by
Dr. \'asey near Chain liridge. The specific name doubtless refers to
the i)inkish color of the stem.
*709. Lycopus Europaeus L.

Virginia shore of the IVUomac above A(iueduct Bridge, Septeml)er 2!)
]!)()(). t wo specimens.

705 Mentha Piperita B.

"The Point ■■ at .lackson City, and on the Canal road: not abundant in
eithiM' locality.
"7o6r/. Mentha rotundifolla (B.) Huds.

Cultivated ground in fnml of the Agricultural building, ]!)()().

■"644nr. Physalis ixocarpa I hot.

Neglected groiuid near dwellings, water front at foot of Fifteenth
street. September liO. lS!)i). Il fruited abundantly and appeared again
in 1!)()0.
*644h. Physalis Virginiana IMill.

This species or one which 1 cannot distinguish from it sometimes
grows on very low ground, even in the river marsh. On the Potomac,
flats (August 8, 1896) stems a yard long, lying prostrate on the ground,
were observed. The ordinary form, above the railroad trestle beyond
(lievy Chase Bake, September B2, 1!)00.
*642a. Solanum Dulcamara B.

Seen by me only as a dump plant along the river front in 189!).
*642b. Solanum pseudocapsicum B.

A number of specimens of the Jerusalem cherry were found on the
margin of dumping grounds on New-cut Road, November IB 1900.
Some were in fruit, and there were a few flowers. The plant probably
escaped from the refuse of some greenhouse.

^S tSteele — ^[dditiori.^ to the: 7-^J<>r<i of W/s/iiiu/to)).

648(1. Capsicum sp.

A single plant was found in the last-mentioned locality; it was talcen
home and replanted, and bore fruit of a conical form.

*648b. Petunia violacea I^indl.

A purple petunia, doubtless of this species, appears occasionally on
the dumpino- grounds.

*662fl. Gratiola sphaerocarpa Kll.

Pond near Bladensburg pike. May 17, 1898: ditch at Lakeland, Md.,
August 4, 1900: scarce.

*662a. Gratiola viscosa Schwein.

Eastern Branch swamp south of i^ennings road, August 29, 1899; M
street extended, September 1(), 1899; mouth of Heaver Dam Branch,
August 11, 1900. Abundant, especially in the last locality.

663a. Ilysanthes attenuata (Muhl.) Small.

Jackson ('ity, August 1, 18i)9: Bennings, August 29, 1899, less common
than /. f/ratioloidex. Though on young stems of gratioloides the pedvincles
scarcely exceed the leaves and though on old branches of attcnuata the
peduncles luay e.vceed them, on the whole the peduncles of the former
are much longer, sometimes a full inch in length. In my specimens the
leaves of attenudta are larger, and it has a much greater tendency to
root at the nodes.

664. Micranthemum micranthemoides (Xull.) Wettst. (M. Wuftdltii
of Ward's Catalogue).

Still growing at Hunting Creek, September 4, 1899.

667. Veronica scutellata L.

Feeder Dam, July 22, 1897.

679. Pedicularis lanceolata Michx.

Still found at Hunting Creek, September 4, 1899, at that date just
coming into flower.
686a. Utricularia subulata L.

Howard Hill reservoir, abundant. May 22, 1899.

*6866. Utricularia biflora Lam.

Specimens collected on the flats at Chain Bridge, August 16, 1899 and
Aiigust 1, 1900, seem to belong to this species, and an earlier collection
near the Second lock is perhaps the same, li this determination is cor-
rect it wovild throw some doubt upon the existence of U. gibba recorded
in Ward's Flora, although of course it is possible we have both.

*688a. Catalpa Kaempferi Sieb. & Zucc.

A tree determined by Mr. Geo. B. Sudworth as a hybrid of this species
stands near Virginia Avenue and Eighteenth street, appearing as if
spontaneous.

*6gia. Martynia Louisiana Mill.

Dumping ground, ri\er front, August 22, 1900, a single plant; in fruit
later. Flowers rather small anil numei'ous; perhaps not this species.
691. Ruellia strepens fj.

A remai'kable plant perhaps belonging to this species was collected

Steele — Ailditions to tJie Flora of Washington. VO

near the canal at First lock, June 9, 1897, The flowers are single and
borne on leafy -bracted axillary peduncles after the manner of R. pedun-
culata Torr. The c&\\x segments, however, are lanceolate, not awn-like,
and the bracts, though much larger, have about the form of those found
in the flower clusters of R. strepens.

689. Ruellia ciliosa Pursh.

My material includes a simple-stemmed cinereous plant found in dry
woods, the calyx-segments very hirsute, and a coarser plant with spread-
ing and geniculate-ascending branches, found in open and moister
ground, with the calyx-segments less hirsute.

*373a- Oldenlandia uniflora L.

Bennings, low ground toward the river swam]i. August 29, 1899.
376. Galium Claytoni Michx.

Eastern Branch Swamp. Doubtless the (/. trifidum of Ward's Flora.
*382a. Galium tinctorium L.

South Arlington near Cowdon's station. June .l, 1898; near Silver Hill,
May 26, 1899.

*620/). Asperula arvensis L.

A single specimen found on dumping ground in 1897 or 1898.
*363a. Viburnum molle Michx.

Kenilworth, June 11, 1899; also at First Lock, near Tenleytown Junc-
tion, in Terra Cotta swamp, and near Eckington. I present this name
with great confidence, notwithstanding the fact that the stellate pube-
scence in our plaiit is almost obsolete on the under side of the leaf and
often scanty elsewhere. It holds out best on the petioles of the upper
leaves and on the peduncles. In one collection from Terra Cotta there
are remains of a soft stellate pubescence in the axils of the veins on the
lower leaf surface; but usually the pubescence in this situation appears
simple and undistinguishable from that of V. dentatum. A specimen
came to the Department of Agriculture from near Baltimore with a thin
soft stellate pubescence on the whole under surface of the leaf. The
pubescence on the petioles is stift' and very dift'erent, although also
stellate. In two distinct cases this species was found flowering when V.
dentatum was advancing into fruit. In one instance dentatum seemed to
be blooming late. I have not fully verified the fruit characters, but the
drupe seems larger than the V. dentatum.

*36oa. Vibunum cassinoides L.

A bvish fovmd in the sphagnous ground at Takoma Park was in flower
while the more common nudum was in bud, and being in other respects
dift'erent from that species, appears fairly to belong to V. cassinoides.
365. Triosteum angustifolium L.

I have had one or two specimens from the railroad level at Glen Echo.
369. Lonicera Japonica Thunb.

Found near Naucks with decidedly red flowers.
383. Valeriana paucifiora Michx.

Abundant on Plummer's Island as well as on High Island.
J2— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901.

80 Steele— Additions to the Flora of Washington.

386. Valerianella radiata (T..) Dufr.

Great Falls. May :!(». li»!)l»,. Also Potomac flats and Mount Vernon.

*324a. Micrampelis lobata (Michx.) Greene.
Waste g-round. July 21 and September 19, 1898.

*543^- Campanula rapunculoides I^.

In an okl graxeyard, Woodley, June 1:5, 18!)(i: neirlected f^round, Mas-
sachusetts Avenue extended. June Ki, 1899.

543a. Campanula aparinoides Puish.

Tenleytown Junction and (ilen Echo Heights, in swales.

543. Campanula Americana Tj.

On the slope al)o\'e Canal road, and 1 thiid< also on Pimmitt Ivun.

*529r(. Lactuca hirsuta Muhl.

Flats opposite Alexandria: Linnean Hill road, etc. The pubescence
in our i)lant a))pears to be conhned to llie stem, except for a lew hairs on
the midrib of the \eiiis Iteneatli.

""525'(. Crepis pulchra I..

This appeared in some cpiantily in June. 1898 and 1899, on the tUimii
near the propagating grounds.
"••■524((. tiieracium Marianum Willd.

One or two specimens believed to be this were collected in 189(5 in the
woods on the Virginia shore of the Potomac some distance above Aque-
duct bridge.
525. Hieraclum paniculatum L.

Woods near one of the runs at Takoma Park. August 11, 1897: liillside
east of Zoological Park, August '.\, 1897. The specimens of the latter
collection were remarkable on account of the relatively stout stem and
elongated panicle.
*533«. Nabalus albus integrifolius (Cass.) Ihitton.

Bladensburg, September (i. lS!)(i: Glen Fciio Heights, September <{,
1899.

470U. Xanthium strumarium i..

Plants collected at Rosslyn, September Hi, 19(10, come within the de-
scription of Ih'itton and l^rown: and others collected near the canal at
the District line September 18, 189(), 1 would on the whole also refer here.
The A'. xtruiiKiriitin of Ward's Flora must have been maiidy A', ('((lin-
den xe.

388. Vernonia Noveboracensis (!>.) Willd.

Common in low groiuul. For the sake of comparison with the next, T
note here that this species is frecjuently of a bushy habit, the stem emit-
ting straight, slender, ascending branches, bearing the heads clustered
at the ends: that the inflorescence is composed of such branches, only
shorter, and that when the stem is more strict it still tends to send out
some such branches from the axils below the inflorescence proper; that
the leaves vary somewhat in width and amount of pubescence beneath,
but not surprisingly; that the awns of the involucral bracts are rather
flexuous, erect in bud, later usually con.spicuously spreading, but rarely

Steele — Additions to the Flora of Washington. 8i

reduced in leiiijlh to mere cvisps: and (iiiall\ , that the pappus is of a
purple lirovvn color, fading grayish.

388a. Vernonia glauca (L.) Britton.
Serrdttda gUiuca L.

Vernonia Novchoracensia lutifolia A. Gray.
Vernonia Nvrehoracensis toinentosa Britton. Not Chryxcronia
tomentoHn \yalt., nor Vernonia tomentosa Ell.

Mostly on hills: Linnaean Hill road. Rock Creek Park, Glen Echo
Heights, and various points on the Virginia side of the Potomac. Also
at Harper's Ferry, i)articularly on Marj'land Heights, at an altitude of
1,000 feet. 1 have given much outdoor attention to this plant, and as it
does not seem to be well understood. T subjoin a revised description:

Stem slender to medium stout, strict nearly or quite to the inflores-
cence, striate-angied, puberulent. Lea\es light green above, pale and
puberulent or glabrate beneath, the larger from 5 to 7 inches long, and
from H to nearly ;> inches wide, the upper portion oblong or oval, acu-
minate or at least acute, below more or less abruptly incurved-contracted
into a margined petiole tapering nearly or (luite to the insertion, the
narrow portion of variable length: the upper leaves smaller and more
nearly cuneate at the base: inflorescence spreading and rather flat-topped,
the branches stout, zigzag, densely puberulent, sometimes a little tomen-
tose: inxdiucre about M lines broad, the scales cuspidate, subulate-
acviminate, or short-awned, the exposed portion purple throughout, or
green with purple edges and tips, webby-ciliate, the awn, when present,
often more or less upwardly barbellate: pappus straw-colored, from
nearly while to a rather bright >ello\v: achencs from one-fourth to one-
fifth as thick as long.

The diagnosis in the Hortus Elthamensisof Dillenius, upon which the
Linnaean Kerrdtahi f/lnura was based, alludes to the light-colored pappus,
Ijut recent authorities have taken no account of this cons])icuous and
substantial character, nor do they seem to Inne attached any importance
to the peculiar contraction of the lower part of the leaf, nor to have
laid any stress upon the difference, in comparison with Nuceboraceni^iK,
in the hal)il and iniloi'escence. As lo the inxdhu-ral scales, the copious
material examined shows that Ihey are commonly either abruptly
contracted into <i short or long cusp, ov gradually narrowed to a
subulate jjoinl with no last line between the two types, the cuspidate
form being, liowcx (M', the more common, 'i'his account, moreoxei', is
sustained historically: for the tigiu-e in the Hortus Elthamensis repre-
sents the bracts, not. indeed, as awne.l. but as subidate-acuminate, aiul
Dr. (iray states that "the [IJiuiaean] specimen has many aristate-
tipped bracts". To accejit Di'. l'>rillon"s descri])tion of the bracts as
"acute or mucronate"" would be to throw out a large part, if not all of
the material I have seen, and indeed to leave much of it without a name;
for aside from the fact that it i« not Niipehor((ren>iix at all, a large portion-
would be excluded from the variety tomcnid-sd iiritton by the characters,
"leaves densely puberulent beneath" and "involucre purple", as the
pubescence is not generally very dense, and the involucre is not seldom

82 Steele — Additions to the Flora of Washington.

predominantly green. Further than this, the Chrysocoma iomcnfosa of
Walter and the Vernonia tornentosa of Elliott are narrow-leaved plants,
Elliott lays stress on this character, and Walter's expression is so distinct
that nothing short of clear herbarium evidence could justify us in re-
ferring to his species a plant with the leaves above described. Besides
this, the National Herbarium contains two specimens that are almost
certainly the tomentosa of Elliott, and barring herbarium evidence un-
known to me, probably that of Walter also. They are characterized by
their linear-lanceolate, scantily and finely serrate leaves, which are
whitish or grayish tomentose beneath, and by the rough and tomentose
inflorescence, almost exactly the characters given by Elliott. Mr. T. H.
Kearney, Jr., who collected one of these specimens in southern Virginia,
states that it is the most hydrophile of the [eastern] Yernonias, actually
growing in shallow water. P^lliotfs plant correspondingly grew in
ditches. The awns of Mr. Kearney's specimen are broken off, but in the
other specimen of the two above referred to, collected by C. F. Hyams
in South Carolina, the awns are present and well developed, although I
am not prepared to say that they are longer than in normal Novebora-
rensis. I am accordingly inclined to regard Elliott's species as valid,
and Mr. Kearney also fa^'ors that \iew.

There is in the National Herbarium a specimen collected by Professor
Alexander Winchell in Alabama, which has the pappus and the leaf-form
of V. glaucu, though the leaves are rather smaller; but the latter are
densely puberulent and the aw^ns are long for glaum. This might be the
variety tomentosa of Ihitton were it not for the long awns; it belongs,
however, not to Noveboraeends, bvit to glauca.

390c. Eupatorium maculatum L.

Kenilworth, September 27, 1898. My specimens fail to show the fiat-
topped corymb.

*395'^|'- Eupatorium serotinum Michx.

The only station known to me for this species is a point on the Eastern
Branch flats a mile above Benning's road.

39i«. Eupatorium altissimum L.

Specimens from liethesda Park and elsewhere agree in form of leaf
with the figure in Britton and Brown's Flora; but collections from along
the river at Ulen Echo, Chautauqua, and tfreat Falls show a remarkable
broadening of the leaf without increase of lenglii. The width some-
times reaches \\ inches. Compare Kuhnia ei/jiata/'iuides.

*400o. Eupatorium cannabinum L.

A single specimen on the edge of the tide-bed at Hunting Creek on the
Alexandria side, a few rods from the wagon road, September 4. 1899.
Only a part of the plant was taken and it may be found again.

403. Kuhnia eupatorioides L.

Specimens were collected September 18, 1899, on the side of the ravine
at Difficult Run with the larger leaves ovate-lanceolate, contrasting
widelv with the linear-lanceolate form which is common here. This

Steele — Additions to the Flora of Washington. 83

form is mentioned in Gray's Synoptical Flora. In the original descrip-
tion the leaves are characterized as broadly lanceolate.

404. Lacinaria scariosa (L.) Hill. (/^m^Ws of Ward's Catalogue).

A few specimens from the roadside and the side of the ravine at Dif-
ficult Run, September 18, 1899. This, with previously reported collec-
tions, proves that this plant truly belongs to our flora, and is perhaps
native.

405. Lacinaria graminifolia (Walt.) Kuntzp.

Specimens with white corollas were found east of Bladensburg pike,
September 25, 1898.

410. Solidago flexicaulis L. [S. ^(/^{/'o^iV/ of Ward's Catalogue).
Plummer's Island and the declivity on the Virginia side above Chain

Bridge.

*423«. Solidago Elliottii Torr. A: Gray.

In swamp at Kenihvorth, September 18, 1897: also above Hyatt.sville
on the west side of the creek, on Paint Branch about three miles above
Berwyn, and in Suitland. The specimens agree reasonably with each
other and with the description.

*423?>. Solidago neglecta Torr. & Gray.

Kenihvorth swamp, September 18, 1897; also in one of the Powder
Mill swamps, and at Hyattsville, east side of creek.

415. Solidago rigida L.

The station in Woodley Park, on the slope facing the bridges, has for
some years afforded a good many specimens, but is in danger of oblitera-
tion from close pasturing.

*4i2a. Solidago juncea ramosa Porter ct Britton.
A few specimens near the Glen Echo railroad in 1896.

411. Solidago nemoralis Ail.

Specimens with erect instead of recurved racemes, giving the plants
a very unusual appearance, were collected September 23, 1896, near the
Soldiers' Home. It may be compared with the preceding.
*423c. Solidago Canadensis procera (Ait.) Torr. & Gray.

Near llie Kockville raih-oad beyoiul Hethesda, September 30, 1900.
*428rf. Aster divaricatus persaliens Burge.ss.

A form near this was collected August 27, 1899, south of Four Mile
Run near Cowdon's.

•"■4286. Aster Schreberi Nees.

Plants supiK)sed to be this were collecled August 18 and September 27,
1899. on the Linnaean Hill road.

*435«. Aster cordifolius alvearius Burgess.

Canal road, and blulf on the Virginia shore above Chain Bridge.
*434a- Aster undulatus loriformis Burgess.

This or an approximating form. Upper Paint Branch, September 23,
1899: also various places in the Rock Creek region.

84 Steele — Additions to the Flora <{f Washiivgion .

*43ia. Aster phlogifolius iMuhl.

Woodley Park, September 28, 1890, not tlien reco:;iiized: Liniuiean
Hill road, September 27, 1899: high land a mile or two from Great Falls,
Maryland side, October 3, 1899.

448. Aster Novae=Angliae I..

Abundant at points on tlie Conduit roail. A Hue growth also on the
l^otomac flats in 1900.

*445. Aster puniceus firmus (Nees) 'i'orr. iV (iray.

Tide marsh. Brick Haven, October 10, 189(>: foot of First street south-
east, September 21, 1897.
446. Aster prenanthoides Muhl.

At various points up the river, from near t'liain iliidge to (ireat Falls,
I)articularly across the canal at Cabin .lohn. Never abmidanl.

*433«- Aster laevis Potomacensis lUugess.

Connecticut x\venue P)ridge, September 21, 1890: M street extended near
Eastern Branch, September 10, 1899; Leesburg pike near Difficult Bun,
September 18, 1899.

429«. Aster elodes Torr. it (Jray.

^'ery abvnidant in boggy ground, ll is time to break tlie habit of call-
ing this a variety of A. Noci-lh'lyii.

*429a. Aster Radula xVit.

Not only at the main Paint Branch station (here first collected by Mr.
H. W. Olds, I think,) but also a mile furtlier east. In boggy ground at
Suitland, Septembers, 1899, I fovuid a much altered form with but one
to three heads, the leaves merely \ery finely scabrous.

442. Aster salicifoiius Lam.

Feeder Dam, Hunting Creek, and Great Falls. This is. of course, the
A. carneuii or A. a^A'^M-i/.'* of Ward's Flora, but I have not met with any-
thing to match the other name.
"■443a. Aster paniculatus acutidens Burgess.

Potomac flats, October 9, 1897.

430. Aster lateriflorus (L.) Britton. (J. ////.vc/'of Ward's Catalogue.)
Of the now recognized \arieties. I think I can distinguish (jr<(iidii<

Porter, from Alexander's Island, and poidiibis (Ail.) iturgess. from

Takoma l^irk.

450. Doellingeria umbellata (INlill.) Nees.

Takoma Park, mainly near electric raili'oad Juiiclion, October, 1898,

1899. Rare.

450a. Doellingeria humilis (A\'illd.) Hrilton.

Rather common in boggy groinul. Terra Cotta. iiennings, etc. The
leaves of this species are not relatively as broad as might be expected.
This 1 suspect is wholly or in part the DipJujiappux iiriihdlaliix of earlier
record.

449. Doellingeria infirma (Michx.) Greene. [DiplopuppUK rdniifdliiis

of Ward's Catalogue).
The specific name doubtless refers to the procumbent tendency of one

Steele — A<J<h'f)(»).^ to the T''lor<i of WixJniujto)!. 85

foi'm. Tliis halMt seems surprisiiiu' in the same species with forms tliat
are rigidly erect, but I have f'aih^d to tiiid other differences.
*463r/. Polymnia Canadensis radiata A. Gray.

Specimens with manifest l)ut imt conspicuous rays were collected at
(Jlen Echo. Julyl<5. 1S1I7.
'48or^ Helianthus microcephalus Torr. A: (iray.

Thicket (in tlie slope south of Four Mile Run near Cowdon's, Auy'ust
S, 18!)!).

485. Helianthus decapetalus L.

iiesides the form with thin and am[)h' leaves this has a form witii the
lea\es smaller and firmer: the latter was collected near Cowdon's station.

482. Helianthus strumosus L.

(ilen Echo railroad, Connecticut Avenue Bridge, bluffs near Tjittle
Falls, M street e.vtended near Eastern Branch. Some of the specimens
have considerable pubescence on the under side of the leaves, but it is
doul)tful whether they are the true variety nnimtplitfU^ix.

482. Helianthus hirsutus Kaf.

There is a well-defined sunflower common in our region for which Brit-
ton and Brown's Flora, so far as I can see. makes no provision, but which
might very well come under 11. hirxiitiis as defined in the Synoi)tical
Flora. Acconling to the latter the stem is "commonly smooth below,
rough and hisiiidulous above", according to the former the stem is
"densely hirside". In our plant, which is of branching habit, the stem
is smooth and sometimes glaucous below, or with mere vestiges of rough-
ness, the branching- part rough and at the e.xtremities somewhat hirside.
The leaves are broadest near the base and long-tapering, scabrous with
prickles above and seabrovis-pubescent with sparse white horn-shaped
.hairs beneath. I have little doubt that the description in the Synoptical
Flora was intended to cover a plant essentially the same as ours. That
of the Illustrated Flora is more true to Rafinestiue, but it leaves our
plant without a name.
490. Coreopsis tinctoria Xutt.

An occasional escape. South Washington and the Potomac Hats
dumping groiu)d.

494cf. Bidens connata Muhl.

Borders of a [)ond between Arlington and the ri\er, August 24, 18!)():
Beiniings, September 7, 18!J9.

■■■■4946. Bidens comosa (A. Gray) Wiegand.

Pond below Arlington, September 14, 189i5: ,)ackson City. September 4,
18!)(): Bladensburg pike, September Ki, 189!).

493. Bidens discoidea (Torr. it (iray.) Britton. [Coveopsis of Ward's
Catalogue).

Bennings, in boggy ground on the flats, September 7, 1890.

493a. Bidens sp.

A single specimen agreeing with some of the material under B. aru-
tosa in the National Herbarium was found on the brink of the water at

86 Steele— Additional io tin Flora of IVashingfo)).

Great Falls on the Virjiinia side, and later a few specimens lower down.

It has not yet been determined.

502a. Chrysanthemum Parthenium (I^.) Pers.

Canal road near Ueorgetown, July 9, 181)!): dump t;round. .luiic .">, 1001.
*502e. Chrysanthemum Balsamita Ij.

Vacant ground, corner of Fifteenth street and Florida avenue, Septem-
ber 1, 1809.
*50ia. Tanacetum vulgare crispum DC.

Seventh street road beyond Britfhtwood, August 2, 1899; seen al.so at
(ireat Falls. T am not sure that 1 have seen the type here.

*502d. Artemisia annua L.

Glen Echo, between the carriage and electric roads, September 2"),
1897, abundant; also a few specimens in South Washington, about tlie
same date, and later near Klastern Branch at Pennsylvania avenue.
502c. Artemisia vulgaris L.

l\oadside. Uosslyn, August 8, 1899.

503. Arnica acaulis (Walt.) R. 8. P. (A. ////r/i'V7/////.v of Ward's Cata-
logue).
Takoma Park, south of the electric road junction, May 19, 1897; .seen
also on the slope south of Four Mile Run near the Southern railroad, and
at a point east of Takoma.

5101. Arctium tomentosum (Ram.) Schk.

Dumping ground, river front. June 22, 1898: not common. ()\irorfli-
nary species seems to be ^1. uihois Schk.; .1. Ij<ip\>(i as now umlerstood I
do not find.
517. Centaurea Calcitrapa L.

Various places in South "Washington: seen also on the RladiMishui'g
pike not far from G street.
*5i4a. Carduus nutans R.

South Washington, east of gate to the Arsenal grounds, June 23, 1897.
I took some pains to destroy the plant, and do not know whether it
survived.
5i2rt. Carduus odoratus (Muhl.) Porter.

This maintains a precarious existence in Woodlej" Park.

Vol. XIV, pp. 87-89 June 19, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THK

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

JUNCUS OOLUMBIAXUS, AX UNDESCRIBED RUSH
FROM THE COLUMBIA PLAINS.

Hv FREDERICK V. CIQVILLE.

At the rrquefst of Profeissor C V. Piper, of Pullman, Wash-
ington, I publish at this time a description of a Juncus from
the Columbia Plains, which belongs to the difficult and perplex-
ing group of which Watson's Jinirux /ifivtde/isis is the best
known representative.

Juncus columbianus sp. nov.

Plant perennial, 20 to 70 em. hijifh. tufted, erect: roolstocks about 2
mm. in diameter, horizontal, the yearly growth commonly 1..") to ?, cm.:
stems nearly terete, commonly 1..") to 2 mm. in diameter at the base,
much slenderer above, with 1 or 2 or rarely :{ leaves: basal leaves few,
sheaths with broad membranaceous margins, auricles conspicuous, 2 to IJ
mm. lony, and blades terete, sometimes 20 cm. in lenjith, inconspicu-
ously nodose, usually erect: cauline leaves similar to the basal, the upper
with shorter blades: leaves of the inflorescence reduced to scarious
bracts, the lowest occasionally with a herbaceous blade: inflorescence
rarely exceeding 7 cm. in height, bearing commonly 4 to 8 or sometimes
even 20 glomerules, rarely reduced to a single one; perianth 3 to 3. .5 mm.
in length, at maturity of a pale reddish brown color or stramineous, its
parts narrowly lanceolate with setose apex, stamens 6 or sometimes re-
duced to 3 by the abortion of those opposite the inner perianth parts,

13— BIOL. Soc. WASH. VOL. XIV, 1901, (87)

88 Corilh — .Tiiiiciis ( 'oJuiiihi(inii!<^ (in lii<h-scrihed liiifih.

the anthers aboul as lou^' as the tilameiits, often a little Ioniser: style
conspicuous, about 'I mm. in iennth: ca])sule eciualinj;' the perianth or
a little shorter, cinnamon-colored or sometimes caslaneous at the apex,
narrowly oblono', acute at the apex, the style usually persistent and its
basal portion developed into a distinct beak thoujih not splitting' with
the dehiscence of the cai)s\ile: seed |)ale brown, oblong. 0.4 to 0.5 mm.
in length (the body about 0.:! mm. long), the outer coat with a tendency
to be loose, reticulated in about 'li) to 2() longitudinal I'ows, the areolae
usually isodiametrical, transversely plurilineolate.

Type specimen in the United States National Herbarium, collected
July 20, 1890, in wet meadows near Pullman, Washington. l)y A. I). K.
Elmer (No. 2:?.i).

.Jiiiicii.^ (■<ijn\)il)'i<iiinx differs from tvpical Californiaii .JimcKx
nevadensis in the paler color of its flowers, conijtaratively
Hhorter anthers, less well-defined beak of tlie capsule, and much
])aler seeds with nearly tAviee as many rows of areolae, always
trans-lineolate. The recently described Jhih-hs xnkt^dorfii Ryd-
berg* is another plant of the same group, more closely resem-
bling nevadensis than rohnnhiaxxtt. It is distinguishable from
the latter by its greater size and robustness, its height commonly
60 to iOO cm. and the annual growth of its rootstocks o to 10
cm., usually larger inflorescence, and almost always dark brown
longer perianth 4 to 5 mm. in length, anthers much longer than
the filaments (commonly 2 to 3 times as long), and body of the
capsule not plainly visible at maturity at the mouth of the
perianth, as is usual in columbianns.

The specimens of Juncxts c<>h(mbiaiit(>< in the National Her-
barium are as follows:

Washington:

Klickitat County, "springs, Columbia Kiver," W. X.

S>iksdo)[t\ August 8, 1881.

Klickitat County, near Columbus, IT. .\'. Sxksdorf,
June 10, 1886.

Douglas County, Egbert Spring, altitude about 1300
feet, Sandherg and Leiberg, July 1 and 5, 1893 (Nos.
358,388).

Douglas County, Wilson Creek, Lake and IIulU August
6, 1892 (No. 389).

*Rydberg, Bull, Torr. Club, a6: 541, 1899.

CovUle — JunCKS ColvmhicDuis, an V^ndescrlhrd Hush. 89

Spokane County, near S|i;ingle, ^V. X. Si/A-si/t)/-/', Juno
30, 1884.

Spokane County, Marsliall Juneti<»n. ('. K P\pii\ July

i>, 1890 (No. 2281).

Wliitman County, Pullman, J. T>. K. EJiinr, July 20,
181U) (No. 2:3")).

Oregon:

(Tilliani County, Pine Creek, ./. />. Ltlhtt-y, June 8, 18!)4
(No. 10(>).

niue Mountain.^, IT C. 6V'.s'/V'/-, June, 1884 (No. 1201).

Idalio:

Nez Perees County, along Hatwai Creek, •/. //. Stnul-
hi'iuf. May 2 7, 1802 (No. 2H1).

Montana:

Gallatin County, Bozeman, P. A. Rijdhfr(/. July 22,
189.5 (Nos. 2210, 2212a).

Vol. XIV, pp. 91-93 June 19, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THB

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

THE GENERIC NAMES MYRMECOPHAGA AND

TAMANDUA, AND THE SPECIFIC NAMES

OF THE OPOSSUMS OF THE

GENUS DIDELPHIS.

BY J. A. ALLEN.

In the 'American Naturalist"' for February, 1901 (pp. 143-
145), Mr. Oldiield Thomas refers to recent articles by Mr. Rehn
and myself concerning the names Myrmecopliaga and iJufel-
p/tifi. Without going into the matter with sufficient care I as-
sented* to Mr. Rehn's contention f that the Linna'an Mi/rme-
c(ipli<i<j<i was not tenable for the (ireat Anteater, known as
Myntu^copliiiiia juhdta Linn., but I have to confess that I had
not access to Marcgrave, and gave the matter only passing at-
tention, as \\\y special question at the time was the status of the
genus Dideljilnx. As Mr. Thomas has shown, ^fi/rtiitroplKK/d
is perfectly tenable for the (rreat Anteater, and its proper
specific name is trl<l(icti/Iii Linn. J 7.38 {jnlxitu Linn. ITiUi). In
concluding his notice of ^li/nii<'C(>/)li<ui<i, he says: ''As a re-
sult I claim that Mtjnn(^<'(>j>/i(i<ja trhhirti/hi Linn, should be tlie
name for the Great Anteater, l^roleptes and Cyclopes remaining
as before for the other genera of the family.""

*Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, p. 18.). Oct , 1900.
fAm. Nat., XXXIY, p. 18.5. .Tuly, 1900.

H— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV. 1901. (91)

92 Allen — Ctrtain Generic and /Sjjeci/ic ^\ajies.

It appears to me, however, that Z^roleptes is not the proper
name to take the place of Tamandua Gray, 1825, where it
stands as a nomen nudum, becoming only properly habilitated,
as shown by Dr. Palmer, by Lesson in 1842. In this case Zl-o-
hpten has nndoubted priority over Taniandna, but it appears
that F. Cnvier in 1829,* used the same name, slightly varied in
orthography, for the same group one year earlier than the pulv
lication of Uroleptei^. Cuvier recognized three genera of his
family ''Les Myrmecophages,"' namely: (1) "Les Tamanoirs,
MlirmiropJiaiid Linn./" (2) "Les Tamanduas, TamandufiK,^^ and
(3) "Les Didactyles, Dlddcfijhs.'" JMi/rtn<copJiaga included
only the (^reat Anteater, the genus ))eing propei'ly attributed to
Linnanis. DidacfijleK is the same as Ci/dopes Gray, 1821, leav-
ing the second genus, TanKntdinis, for the other members of
family, namely the Tamanduas of naturalists. The name
TaniiindiKifi is used in as strictly a technical sense as either of
the other names adopted by Cuvier for the other members of
liie family Myrmecoi)hagidae, and 1 see no reason why the
name TannnidiiuK is not tenal)le from Cuvier, 1829, for the
grouj> of Anteaters included in J^rah i>t<^ by Wagler one year
later.

Respecting the name Dldelphis, I am gratitied to hnd that
Mr. Thomas supports my contention! for its tenability. A
word, however, respecting the earlier speciiic names applied to
various members of this group. As is well known Linnjeus's
J). nKvrs'upialis was a composite group based on references to
(1) the Virginia Opossum, (2) the Guiana Opossum, and (3) the
large Mexican Opossum, the latter being the Tlacuatzin of Her-
nandez. It appeal's to me that the most satisfactory way of
dealing with this composite group is to follow the usual method,
whether the group be specific or generic, namely, the principle
of elimination. The naine ni(irxi(piali)< must, of course, be re-
tained for some member of the composite group. As the first
member to receive a special name was the Guiana Opossum,
named Dklelplth Ixarkinopyliaein, l)y Zimmermann in 1783, this
name should be applied in a specific sense to the large Opos-
sums of northeastern South America. The next member of the
original marsiipixdis group to receive a name was the Virginia

*Dict. des Sci. Nat., LIX, p. 501, 1839.

fBull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, pp. 185-188, Oct., 1900.

Allen, — Oertaia Generic and Specific JVcimes. 93

Opossum, named D. virginiana by Kerr in IV 92. This leaves
of the identifiable forms included under the original D. tnai-
suplalis Linn, the large Opossum of Mexico, namely the Tla-
cuatzin of Hernandez, to which the name marsupialis must evi-
dently restricted. As I), karkinophar/a has obtained some cur-
rency for the large Opossums of northeastern South America,
and as D. inryiiiia.t i has been currently accepted for the Opos-
sum of the United States, the present ruling very little disturbs
the nomenclature of the groujt. The restriction of J). nHirmi-
piolift to the large Mexican Opossum simply takes the place of
DiilelpJiiK cdlifoDiIca of Bennett, which as a specific designa-
tion has never had much currency.*

*Foi' a fuller discussion of this case see Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat.
Hist.. XIV. pp. 1(33. 164, June, 1901.

Vol. XIV, pp. 95-96 June 27, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

A NEW SHREW FROM SWITZERLAND.*

BY GERRIT 8. MILLER. .Ik.

Among some shrews from Switzerland recently purchased by
the United States National Museum is a strikingly character-
ized species of Croci<J>ira to which none of the names based on
members of the genus can be a])])lied. It may be called:

Crocidura mimula sp. nov.

7>^v('.— Adult female (skin and skull) No. iOfi.SOL United States Na-
tional Museum. Collected at Ziiberwano-en, St. Gallen, Switzerland,
December L 1!»00, by Ernst H. Zollikofer. Ori.i-iual number, 192.

Characters. — Form, dentition, and g'eneral ap-
pearance as in Crocidura rnssula, but size con-
spicuously less (hind foot only 12 (11), greatest
length of skull Ki instead of 19-21).

Color. — Entire dorsal surface sepia, faintly
darker over lumbar region, the hairs showing
bright silvery reflections when held in certain
lights. Underparts dull ochraceous-bulT, not
sharply eontrasted with color of sides. Chin
whitish. The bases of the hairs are everywhere
blackish slate, but this color does not appear at
surface except irregularly and indistinctly on
belly. Feet yellowish white. Tail ochraceous-
butf, its upper surface tinged with sepia.

-w^Sl&J V

Fig. 1.— a. Crocidura
rmsula, b. C. iidmula
(natural size).

*Published here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution.

1.5-BiOL. Soc. WASH. Vol. XIV, 1901. (95)

UG MUUr — A JVeir Slrrev from Siritzerldiid.

Skull (tiid teeth. — Although scarcely larger than that of Sorex minutui^,
the skull of Crocidnra mimvln retains the general form characteristic of
C. ritsxulii. The rostral portion, however, is relatively shorter and wider
than in the larger animal. In the type specimen the antorbital foramina
are larger and more conspicvious, particularly when the skull is viewed
from above, than in any of the specimens of C. riisxula with which I
have compared it.

Teeth as in Grccidura rui^sula, except for their noticeably smaller size.

Measurements. — External measurements of type: total length, 105;
head and body, 72: tail vertebrje, P>8: hind foot, 12 (11).

Cranial measurements of type: greatest length (exclusive of incisors),
16 (21):* greatest postorbital breadth. 7.8 (10): greatest antorbital
breadth, o.G (7); least interorbital breadth, 3.8 (4.4): mandible, 8.4 (11):
entire maxillary toothrow, 7.4 (9.4): entire mandibular toothrow. (i.S (9).

Sperimeii. e.vaiitined. — One the type.

Remarks. — Crocidura mimula requires no special comparison with C.
russula, as its size and the form of its skull serve to distinguish it at a
glance.

*Measurements in parenthesis are those of the skull of an adult female
Crocidura runsida from St. Gallen.

Vol. XIV, pp. 97-98 June 27, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

THE ALPINE VARYING IIARE.-^

BY GERRIT S. MILLER. Jk.

In tlio first contury B. C. the varyinsf hare of Switzerland
was (lescrihcd hy Varro. f It was known also to Pliny;J and,
in fact, nearly all writers on the mammals of Europe down to
the present time have mentioned the animal. When the vary-
ing hare of northern Europe became known it was supposed to
be the same as the Swiss animal, so that the names timidus
Linna-us, (ilpimis Erxleben, and ndriahilis Pallas, were applied
collectively to both. Melchior§ is apparently the only writer
wlio has questioned this assumed identity. Five specimens of
the Swiss hare in the United States National Museum show con-
clusively that the species is distinct from that of Sweden. In
memory of its first describer it may be known as:

Lepus varronis sp. nov.

7V;>^'.^A(hilt male (skin and skull) No. 105,832 United States National
Museum. Collected at Grisons. Heinzenberg-. Canton of Graubiinden,

*Published here b}- permission of the Secretarj- of the Smithsonian
Institution.

fDe Re Rustica, III, cap. XII.

:}:Naturalis historia. Ill, cap. LY.

i^Den danske Stats og- Norges Pattedyr, p. 70. 1834.

16-BiOL. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (97)

! ) 8 • Miller — T/i< Aljnm \'<iri/ 1 /((J ILtre.

Switzerland, December o, 1900, by p]rnst H. Zollikofer. Oriiiinal num-
ber, 1!)(J.

(Jharactern. — In winter pela.iie (svimmer coat not seen) externally simi-
lar to Lepus timidus Linmeus. Skull and teeth smaller and much less,
robust than in the Swedish animal.

Color. — The winter pelage is pure white Ihrouijhout, to base of hairs,
though visually with an inconspicuous si:)rinkling of black hairs on back
and tail. Ears faintly clouded with grayish brown along anterior mar-
gin, and conspicuously tipped with black. The black ai-ea is about 12
mm. in width, but its bovindaries are not clearly defined, and it is notice-
ably si^rinkled with white hairs. A very narrow line of short black
hairs borders the eyelids. "Whiskers mixed white and black. Soles of
feet yellowish brown. Claws rather dark horn-color.

Skr/ll. — The skull of Lepun r.arronix is readily distinguishable from
that of L. tiinidnx by its much smaller size. In fully adult males of the
alpine hare the skull is barely larger than in females from the Helsing-
land, Sweden, while as compared with males from the same locality the
basal length is about 12 mm. less. Aside from its size the skull shows
numerous differences in form. It is in general less robust and more
slender, particularly in the rostral portion. The supraorbital processes
are smaller and narrower than in the Swedish animal, a difference
which is especially noticeable when skulls of males are compared, but
which is also evident in the females. The audital bullH' are relatively
a trifle smaller than in Lepus tiinulux and the cribriform portion of the
tloor of the braincase immediately in front of each is less liattened.

Teeth. — The teeth are smaller than in Lepiix tiiiiidv!<, but I can detect
no tangible differences in form.

MeanurementK. — p^xternal measurements of type: total length, 582;
tail v(M-tebra', .>H; hind foot, 1()4.

Cranial measurements of type: greatest length. !)2 (lO)!)--: basal length,
77 (.S()): basilar length, 70(7i>): henselion to posterior edge of bony pelate,
;>4 (40); least (lateral) length of bony palate, (>.() (7): posterior edge of
bony palate to hamular, 28 (2a): length of incisive foramen, 23 (27);
greatest breadth of incisive foramen, !) (10.4): diastema, 27 (lU); zygo-
matic breadth, 4() {■)',)); least intpr<M'liitai breadth, Ki (17): greatest
lireadth of braincase, 32 (34); greatest breadth of both nasals together,
19 (23): least breadth of both nasals together, 13 (1(3. 4h greatest (diago-
nal) length of nasals, 39 (4()): depth of braincase at anterior end of
basioccipital, 27 (3!);: maxillary molar series (ah'eoli), 17 (20): mandible.
()7 (,78); diastema, 20 (2.3): mandibular molar series (alveoli), 18 (21).

SpecimeiiK e.vdj/uned. — Five, all from the C-anton of tJraubiinden.

Jiema7'k.>(. — The Alpine haro differs from the varying hares of northern
Europe in the characters that would be expected to result from its rela-
tively limited range and the less favorable conditions under which it
doubt less exists.

■^Measurements in parenthesis are those of an adult male f.epus timi-
dus from Helsinghind. Sweden.

Vol. XIV, pp. 99-104 July 19, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

SIX NEW MAMMALS FROM COZUMEL
I SL AX D, YUC ATAX .

I^Y C. HAKT MKUUIAM.

Pearly in Ajiril, I'.tOl, E. W. Xclson and E. A. (Toldman,
wlaile engage*! in field work in Yucatan under the auspices of
the Biological Survey of the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
visited the island of Cozumel and s})ent two weeks in collecting
mammals and hirds. During this period they secured 190 si»ec-
imens of hirds and .■) 1 sj)eciniens of mammals. The mammals
comin'ise six s))ecies, all of which arc new. They consist- of a
Raccoon, a Xasiia, an ()possum, a Peccary, a Rice Rat, and a
White-footed .AIousc. With the single exception of tlu' Opos-
sum, all are sti-ikingly distinct fi'om their nearest relatives on
tlie mainland. This is the more surprising in view of the fact
that Co/unu'I is distant only lu miles from the adjacent sliorw
of Yucatan. The Opossum, Rice Rat, and Mouse are largei-
than the nearest related forms on tlie mainlan<l; the Rac-
coon, Xasua, and Peccai-y so mHU-li smaller that they may al-
most he spoken of as ])ygmies.

' The (inlv mammal heard of which was not secured is a small
Grav Fox (rr>ici/(tii) rejiortcil hy the natives as rather rare, l>ut
more common on the eastern and southern parts of the island.
From the accounts it agrees with the Raccoon, Xasua, and Pec-
cary in l)eing mucdi smaller than the maiuland species,

17— Biol. Soc. Wa.sh. Vol. XIV, 1901, (99)- -

100 Merrlam — yew Mammals fr<»ii Coz^and Island.

Mr. Nelson tells me that shortly before his visit a pair of yel-
low Agoutis were introduced from the adjacent mainland of
Yucatan. One of these was seen in the woods near San Miguel
by Mr. Goldman.

In 1898 Oldtield Thomas published a list of 5 species of
mammals collected on Cozumel by G. F. Gaumer. These are:
JVasua na )•)'<'< I {^X. nelso/>i), iJiddplds marsupiaUs {"D- cozu-
melcB), Xyctinomus gracilis, Chilonycteris riilnginosa^ and Arti-
beus perspiciflafus (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1888. p. 129).
No bats were obtained bv Nelson and Goldman.

Nasua nelson!

now

Ti/pe from Cozumel Islan<l. Yucatan. Xo. 108..i20. -?^ old. U. 8. National
Museum, Hiolo^ical Svn-vey Collection, .^pril 8, lUDl, E. \V. Nelson and
E. A. Goldman. Original Ko. 14,0?;-].

Characters. — Size small: tail short; color very dark seal brown, griz-
zled anteriorly.

Color. — Upperparts, belly, legs, and tail uniform very dark seal brown;
head and shoulders grizzled with golden fulvous; sides of neck and
buter sides of arms grizzled with butfy whitish; throat soiled buffy;
ears and stripe on side of neck behind ears whitish; chin and nose all
round grayish; gray on upper side of nose forking and sending a gray
stripe upward and backward o\er each eye; lower eyelid and small spot
between eye and ear gray; gi-ay of chin separated from color of throat
by a broad dusky transverse band.

Cranial rharacter.^. — Skull similar in general to that of X. narica from
eastern Mexico, but only about two-thirds the size of that species; male
with a highl\ developed, strongly arched sagittal crest; female with
smoothly rounded braincase without trace of crest; zygomata and bulla'
similar to those of narira but very much smaller; teeth much smaller,
particularly the first and last upper and lower molars; first iipper molar
not only relatively and actually smaller, but differing markedly in
shape, the inner side being cut away anteriorly and posteriorly so that
the inner cusp stands out by itself much more narrowly and promi-
nently; first lower molar very small and narrow: last upper molar varia-
ble but always narrowly subtriangular. the crown much narrower antero-
posteriorly than in the mainland species.

Measurements. — Type specimen (rj^ old); total length 79.i: tail vertebrfp
8.5.5: hind foot 8.5. Average of 2 males from type locality: total length
780; tail vertebra^ :U.5: hind foot 88. Average of 4 females from type
locality; total length 744; tail vertebrfp 828: hind foot 79.

Skull. — Type specimen {(^): basal length 95; occipitonasal length 9'5;
palatal length 66; greatest zygomatic breadth 61; length of molar series
on alveoli 16.. 5.

Procyon pygmaeus sp. nov.

Type from Cozumel Islaml, Vufataii. No. 108, .ill, -f yg-ad.. U. S. Xa-
tional Museum, Biological Survey Collection. April 14, 1901, E. W.
Nelson and E. A. (Joldman. Original No. 14.(i9S.

^7^'//v/'V(/vv. -Similar in general to P. /u'l'/ia/Klrni. i)ul only about lialf
the size of that animal: chin and throat separated by a strong bsmd of
l)la('k; tail yellowish with si\ or seven aiinulations.

Cii/or. — T'pperparts grizzled grayish wiih a yellowish tinge along the
middle of the back, and rat her uniiormlN mixed with black hairs: top
of head grizzled gray; face marked by usual transverse black bar en-
closing the eyes and sending up a short dusky streak to the forehead:
the black facial band separated from gray of top of fiead by a whitisli
band divided in the median line by dusky: aid<les dusky: chin, \\\)s and
sides of nose whitish: throat crossed l)y l)n>ad band of dusky: under-
parts grizzled grayish with a yellowish sutl'usion: i'ore feet grayish
throughout: hind feet grayish with a brownish sutfusion especially on
outer side: tail yellowish marked with si.v or seven dark brown or black-
ish rings which are faint below and much less black abovi' than in the
other species.

Cravlal chnrurters. — Skull similar in general to that of In'rnaitdczi but
very much smaller: nasals short, expanded and rounded posteriorly:
teeth less than half the size of those of Iwruintih-zi: last upper molar
relatively, as well as actually, much narrower: first upper molar rela-
tively smaller so that the middle upper molar is conspicuously larger
than the others: premolars above and below more spaced and very much
smaller.

Remavkx. — This pygmy raccoon is by far the most interesting discov-
ery made by Nelson and (ioldman on Cozumel Island, ^yhile in many
respects it is a miniature of its relative of the adjacent mainland, it
possesses characters which would distinguish it at a glaiic(\ e\en if of
the same size. Among these characters may be mentioned the l)road
black throat band, the golden yellow tail, tlie short posteriorly expanded
and rounded nasals, and the pecidiarities of the teeth.

M((t>i\n-(tnfnt)i. — Type specimen (rj^ yg-ad): total length (J(i7: tail ver-
tebrte 2:!0: hind foot 90. A 9 yg-^ul: total length (H).'): tail vertebrte
2.50: hind foot 97.

Skull. — Type specimen (-f' yg-ad): basal length -SS; occipitonasal
length 88; palatal length (not including spine) .58: zygomatic breadth .59;
length of molar series on alveoli IT.

Didelphis yucatanensis cozumel^e subsp. nov.

Type from Cozumel Island. Yucatan. No. 108,498, rf ad., U. S. Na-
tional Museum, Biological Survey Collection. April 16, 1901, E. W.
Nelson and E, A. Goldman. Original No, 14,700.

102 Merrunn — Xcir Mammah from Coxmnel Island.

(7nint('t(:r/<. — Externally .similar io i/iinifa /a ii-'<ix Alien. i)ul body larger
(in 2 ad. ^s averaging HS;!, contrasted with :^(i4 in 2 ad-. -;" nufatitucnuin;
in 2 9 s averaging :>.")U contrasted with 827): tail much shorter (in 2 ,^^5
a\'eraging :>1 7 contrasted with '5o4 in 2 ad. ,-^ yucdtancuxis: in 2 I'emales
averaging 2!)() contrasted with i570): hind feet same size: skidl similar
but decidedly larger: roKtrnm rery mucJi broKiJcr: //((■■<ti/K hnxidi'r uiuJ fl<if-
ter (especially the anterior 5): posterior roots of zygomata standing out
more s(|uarely: zygomatic arm of squamosal larger ami more broadly
expanded vertically: ])alate broader: anterior rudinK-nt of auditory
capsule (sphenoid bulla) much smaller and more irregular in form.

Measiiniiniitx. — Type specimen (-^ ad.): total length 70H: tail verle-
bne824: iiind foot ol). Average of 2 males from type locality: tt)tal length
700; tail vertebr;e :U7: hind foot .")!». An ad. i from type localily: total
length (ijd: tail vertebra' 21)!): hiiul foot .■).■). ,\\-erage of 2 females
from type locality-: total length ().").">; tail verlel)i';i' 2i)(5: hind foot .").">.

Tayassu nanus sji. nov.

Tyjic from (V)zum(>l Island. Yucatan. Xo. lOS.-lK), rf*ad., T^. S. National
Museum. Biological Survey ( 'ollecti(»ii. .\pril 7. l!)Ol. E. ^V. Nelson
and E. \. (ioldman. Original No. 14.(>()1.

('hdnu-tcm. — Size small; related to '/////'//^/^/.v but only about two-thirds
as lai'ge: color not markedly ditfei'cnl from thai of (n/////^//'/.s- exc<'])( nose
and chin which are blacker.

Color. — I'pperpiirls finely grizzled black and i)ulfy. \\\\\\ dislinci imlfy
shoulder-stripe (as in (tiKjnhtlus anil t(ij<icu)\ nose. chin, dorsal stripe
(from occiput to tail), ears, and feet, black. The black nose and chin
are most conspicuous in the young and are suflicient to distinguish the
species from 7'. <ni(jiiliitiix.

Cranidl clidrdrtirx. —Skull short and broad, especially broad i)Osterior-
ly. with abruptly spreading zygomata and \ery large bulhe. Compared
with skidls of aiu/it/nfux from Texas and eastern Mexico, the skull is of
nearly the same l)readlh. but very much shoi'ter. with much more
abruptly spreading zygomata (anteriorly), giving a very different physi-
ognomy: relatively larger bullic, and very much smaller molariform
leelh. Ihe canines and incisors nearly as large -as \i\ (i/if/iildfiix. 'Vho
angle of the jaw is broadly expanded and i-ounded as in n/u/iihiti/x. but
difl'ers in ha\ing its ])Osterior mai'gin strongiy inflexetl. In skulls young
enough to show the sutures. Ihe nasals are expanded and sipiarely trun-
cate posteriorly and rather broadly expanded in the middle.

MeftHiifoiicnts. — Type specimen (,-{' ad.): lolal lenglli SIO: tail \-erle-
brte i]2; hind foot 17S. Average of o males from type localily: total
length ^'l'.\: tail \(Miebr;e :{(): hind foot 17."). .\n adidt 9 ffcu lyi)e k)cal-
ity: total length r.Si): tail vertebrfe :>(»: hind foot 177. Skull of type:
basal lenglh 1 Jti: basilar lengl h of Hensel Ki.S: palatal length 120: occi-
pilonasal length bSD: zygomatic bi-eadlli inO; u])i)er molariform series
of teeth :yl.

Jferriam — JSTeir MunundU from (^nzinnel Tshnnl. 103

Peromyscus cozumel« sp. iio\ .

Tfipi from Cozumel Isltmd, ^'uoatan, Xo. 108,44'.), ^' ad., V. S. Xaiidual
Muspum. Hiologieal Survey Collection. Ajiiil 11. ISDl, K. W. Nelson
and E. A. Goldman. Original Xo. 14,()S().

Cliinutctcrx. — Size and tail medium; ears rallier large, lliin; color dull
brown <ir brownish fuhous: general appearaiu-e similar to P. affiiiis X\-
len,* bul sliuiilly lar.yer and somewhat darker and moi'e uiiirorm in
color.

Ciihir. — Head and upperpai'ls varyinji I'rom grayish bruwn lo dull ful-
vous brown: underparts white, the iilumbeousunderfur showing through:
tail indistinctly bicolor, browni.sh dusky above, pale yellowish or whitish
below (nearly naked): ankles and wrists brownish or dusky: fore and
hiiul feet whitish.

('/■toiii'l r/iiiriicfci'.s. — Skull of medium size, willi rather spreading zygo-
mata, strongly set out and angled anteriorly: nasals broad, flattened,
ending about on plane of premaxilhe: incisive foramina rather large and
open.

EeiiKirkx. — Peroti/t/.'o'fix ciiziiintlii' appears to have no very close relative.
E.x'terually it resembles F. affinis Allen, but is darker and has thinner
ears and shorter tail. Cranially, however, it differs materially from any
species known to me. Compared with affinix it may be distinguished by
the broader and more s(pu\rely elbowed zygomata. Hatler and broader
braincase. broader nasals, slightly larger bulhe, and heavier teeth. The
incisive foramina show^ considerable variation. In most specimens they
are long- and their outer borders are evenly convex. In others they are
much nu)re broadly open and the outer bonier forms an angle at the
maxillo-premaxillary suture. In some specimens they are rather short.

MrKsiireuii'ittn. — Type specimen ((j^ad.): total length 180: tail vertebrae
81): hind foot 2)5. Average of 8 males from type locality: total length
LSI: tail vertebra' 8->: hind foot 23.5.

Oryzomys cozumela? s[). nov.

TjijH' from Cozumel Island, Yucatan. Xo. 108,4()2. <^ ad., U. S. Na-
tional Museum. Biological Survey Collection. April 8. 1!>(»1, T']. W. Xel-
son and E. A. (ioklman. Original Xo. 14.()()().

('//iinirtcrs.- i^iy.e large; similar to (). iK/nn/irus Allen, but darker;
ears and hind feet larger; tail much longer and darker.

Color. — T'pperparts dark grayish bister with pale fuhous sutt'usion on
sides and rump: in old pelage back (especially rump) rusty red; under-

*My Peroinyxrun muftruloidei^ (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. XII, p. 124,
April ;{(). 18!)8) appears to be at most onlv a subspecies of P. ////?///,* Allen,
from which it differs in slightly larger size, larger ears and longer ros-
trum.

1U4 Mi'i'i'ldiii — y^ei'' Jf(/iii//Ht/.'< fri>//i ('oxmitd Ishmd.

parts varyinu' from soiled whitish to pale bufTy salmon: ears dark brown,
darkest on outer half: tail dusky, jjaler below.

Croniid rJrtrdrters. — Skull larse and heavy, with stron.^'ly marked
superciliary beads, lonp' rostrum, and lonu' incisive foramina. Closeh^
related to (tqudticux. from which it differs in tlie foUowinj^ characters:
anterior roots of zygomata more depressed and less spreading; orbital
angle of frontal less marked; posterior part of braincase broader, carry-
ing the lateral beads outirard poxteriorly, .so that they form almost a
straight line from side of occiput to angle of orbit: incisive foramina
longer and more open.

Remarks. — Compared with (i(/ttiifici/s. the only species to which it bears
any near resemblance, the color in fresh pelage is grayer and darker
(less golden fulvous), in worn pelage redder — the rump and hinder part
of back more rusty: ears and face darker, the face strongly grizzled
with black hairs. The underparts are never buft'y yellow as in aquctti-
cux.

Meaxiiremerttfi. — Type specimen (rf ad.): total length '?,'^'l: tail verte-
brae 182: hind foot 85, Average of 5 adults from type locality: total
length ;<1."): tail vertebr;e ITfi: hind foot 34.5.

Vol. XIV, pp. 105.106

July 19, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THK

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

A NEW BROCKET FROM YUCATAN .MJI*- > 8 «♦ * '*

BY C. HART MERRIAM.

One of the most surprising- discoveries made by Nelson and
Goldman in their recent exj)lorations in Yucatan and Campeclie
is a new species of Brocket. The animal ditt'ers totally in
color from Mazumn sfirto)-ii, the only known species from Mex-
ico and Central America, being grayish or drab instead of red.
That so large an animal should remain so long unknown to nat-
uralists is probably due to its habit of living in dense under-
growth in the arid tropical forests, where it is rarely seen, even
by the natives. Two specimens were obtained: an adult male
from Tunkas, Yucatan, an<l an adult female from Apazote,
Campeche. The relationship of the sjtecies to J1/. jtituorivagus
of South America, T am unal)h" to determine froju lack of
specimens. The new animal, however, is decidedly larger than
ne)norir(i<ji(fi. It may be known l)y the following description:

Mazama pandora sp. nox.

Typi- from Tunkas. ^■u(•:ll:ul. Xo. 108,273, c? ad., I'. S. Nat. Museum,
Biol. Survey Coll. Im-Ij. 1."), U)ul. E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman.
Orig. No. 14,544.

Characters. — Size and ears aboul the same as in the Red Brocket;
color grayish or drab brown; anllers slraiyhl spikes (in type specimen

18— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (10.5)

lOC Merriam — y^trn- Urocket froui \%tcutan.

113 mm. loii^f), deeply plicated or furrowed longitudinally; neck haired
like rest of body (not scantily as in M. aartorii).

Color. — Animal drab brown above and below, becoming gra\ ish on
neck: hairs of back annulated subapically with i)ale fulvous: chin, un-
derlip. front of upperlip, inguinal region, and inner sides of thighs and
foreleg white or whitish: anal region and upper side of tail dull fulvous:
underside of tail while: ears drab brown with white spot or edging at
anterior base of ()])ening: muzzle and sides of face drab brown: anlerioi'
base of ear. eyelids, anil upperlip washed with fulvous; forehead
marked with patches of rusty red: foreleg and fore and hind feet dull
fulvous.

(JranidJ rlninictivs. — Skull similar in general to that of Karfarii but a
tritie larger: rostrum broader, especially anteriorly: nasals decideilly
longer: frn/tfidx nri/ iioich hrimder behind orbits: lachrymal larger, the
lachrymal depression larger and more evenl> rounded (basin shaped),
outer edge of s(]iu\mosal root of zygoma with a strong aiul abrupt up-
ward curve or bend near base: posterior projection of palate broader:
foramina ovale more broadly open and looking more directly downward
[in Hartorii they are narrowed and look more obliquely forward and out-
ward]: basioccipital with a strongly developed constriction or notch on
each side immediately in front of condyles: mastoids larger, descending
on outer sides of paroccipital processes: molari form teeth larger: crown
of 2<1 lower premolar much longer: crown of iUl lower premolar thicker
and larger in every waj': true molars nearly the same size as in auriin-ii
although the last is slightly larger.

Measiiniiiintx. — Type specimen ((j^ ad.): total length ll".^"): tail verte-
br.e 140: hind foot 27;}: height at shoulder .i72.

!<l,-i(U. — Type specimen {(f ad.): basal length \iS\\: occipitonasal length
l.")?: least breadth of frontals between horn cores and orbits (iS: breadth
across posterior rims of orbits 7:5.."): breadth of horn cores just below
burr 77: zygomatic breadth 82: least interorbital breadlh 14: length of
nasals .")!): joint length of basioccipital and basisphenoid 4.").."): length of
ujiper molar series on alveoli ."iO: length of antler 113. Adult 9 fi'om
Apazote, Campeche: basal length KiO: occipionasal length 101; length
of nasals .■)7.."): breadth of frontals at jxislerior corner, of orbits .)7: least
interorbital breadth 3!): palatal length Id!); length of ui)i)er mol;vr series
on alveoli 52.5.

Vol. XIV. pp. 107-117 July 19, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

■■i> \ ''■

DESCRIPTIONS OF TWKNTY-THREK NEW POCKET
GOPHERS OF THE GENUS THOMOMYS.

HY r. HART MERRIAM.

The Mammal Collectit)ii of tlu' U. S. Biological Survey still
contains a number of apparently nameless species of Pocket
Gophers of the o-enus 71tO)n<)»ii/x. Most of these are here de-
scribed. In makinu' the necessary comparisons with other
members of the genus I have been greatly assisted by A'ernon
Bailey.

Thomomys latirostr.'s sp. nov.

2'ype from LilMc ('oloraclo River, Painted Desert, Ai'izona. Xo. l^xyH
$ ad., U. S. National Muscnim, Hioloiiical Sur\e\ Collection. Septem-
ber 22. 1899. C. Ilart ]\lerriam and Vernon Bailey. Ori-iinal Xo. .■)()4.

Churacti rs. ~9^\yM medium: coloration very pale ;i(.)lden fiilvons: roti-
Innit /<lri/,'ii/>//(/ IhukhI.

Color. — I'pperparls imirorni pale (iclirac(M)ns hnlf williout appreciable
admixliu-e of black tijipeil hairs: underpai'ls, leel, and tail whitisli.

Cntni/il chtirdrtcrK.- Skull uni(pie: heavy, massive and angular but
not ridj^'ed; ri/.i/rmn /jfoud/i/ I'.vjxi inlrd uml lirixidcxl <it biisr, the g'reat
breadth beiny in the premaxilhe: nasals cdnslricled in middle, slijj-htly
notched behiml, and falling far short of prema.\illa': zy<;-omata moder-
ately spreading, angular, their outer sides ijarallel; buUie medium,
smaller than in aureus; interparietal broadly pentagcmal.

Measurements. — Type .specimen {$ ad.): total length 2;^2: tail verte-
brate 79: hind foot 33.

19— BIOL. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV. 1901. (107)

108 Merrliim- — Xcn' Specific of TJionmyin/fi.

Thomomys sinalo£e sp. iio\ .

Tiipr from vMtata. Sinaloa. Mexico. No. SKi.i-J.'). $ ad.. U. S. Na-
tional Muscuni. Uiolo<j'ical Survey Collection. March 28. ]Si»<). K. A.
Goldman. < )ri^inal No. IH.IJO?.

CJnirinii'rs. — Size rather large; color dull pale cliestnut brown. Ke-
lated 1(1 rirn'iiiis from Phoenix. Arizona, hvil darker and with distinctive
cranial characters.

('iilor. — TTpperparts dull pale chest-nut brown, fading insensibly into
paler chestnut fulvous of underparts; region around moulh pale dusky,
not sharply contrasted with throat as in ccm'/n/.i.

CrKiiiid !■//() fact ITS. — Skull ralher large and angular with strongly
xjirroiliiif/ (If'jjfcsscd Kitd sharpli/ atu/iilar zi/t/outato. Similar in general to
ceri'inus but shorter; zygomata more broadly spreading, more tlepressed,
and with more prominent anterior angle; bulhe smaller.

MiiisiituniitHts. — Type specimen {$ ad.): tolal length 2:5:!; tail verte-
br;e 7:!; hind foot :!!. Average of (i adults from type locality: total
length 221; tail \ertebr;e 74; hind foot 31.5.

Thomomys perditus sji. nov.

Type fi'om Lampazos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. No. HIjits' $ ''^^^■- ^- '^•
National Museum. Jiiological Survey Collection. .lanuary 22, 1891. G.
P. Streator. Original No. .")12.

CharKrtcrs. — Size small; color drab gray; related \o tiiltcriixhni small-
er, grayer, and with distinctive .skvdl characters.

(lohr. — Upperjiarls drab gray, strongly mixed with black-tipped hairs
and washed on sides with butfy (on sides of shoulders and rump becom-
ing butfy fulvous); region around mouth dusky; underparts and fore
legs and feet butfy salmon; hind feet .soiled whitish.

Cranial char acterit. — Skull small; braincase broadly swollen; zygomata
moderately spreading, the outer sides parallel; interparietal subcpiad-
rate; nasals cuneate, notched behind, and ending about on plane of pre-
maxilla;; bull* medium or rather small. Differs from tolfmis in having
more cuneate nasals which are notched instead of truncate behind, and
which end about on plane of premaxiihe instead of falling far short of
premaxilhe; post zygomatic notch deeper and broader; upjier incisors
more prominent .

Measurenwntx. — Type specimen ( $ ad.): total length 105; tail verte-
brae 59; hind foot 20.5. Average of 5 adults from type locality: total
length 185; tail vertebrie .55; hind fool 25.

Thomomys ^oldmani sp. nov.

Type ivom Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. No. 58,07.5, $ ad., T^ S. Na-
tional Museum, Biological Survey Collection. December 15, 189H. E.
A. Goldman. Original No. 240.

Mt-i'riinn — Xtir Specie's <>f llnniKtmys. 109

Chdrdcivrx. — Size very small: back l)i'iyhl fulvous: undei'parts while.
Related io pcrditxx but color wholly dillVrent and cranial characters ilis-
t inct ive.

Color. — Upperparts bright rusty fulvous, moderately mixed with dark
lipped hairs: nnderparts white: nose and region around mouth dusky.

('r(tni(d r/uinirferx. — Skvdl very small: like that of prntiftii but ros-
trum and premaxillic decidedly narrower and smaller, and nasals falling
short of premaxilhe.

Mr((.surt')iit'i>f,s. — Type specimen ( $ ad.): total length 208: tail verte-
hv;r ()S: hind foot 150. An adult female from type locality: total length
190; tail vertebrje (JO; hind IVk.i -il.

Thomomys baileyi sp. nov.

7\i/ji<' from Sierra Hlanca, Texas. No. v^yilj, 9 ad., U. S. National
Museum, iJiological Survey Collection. December 28, 1889. \'ernou
Bailey. ( )riginal Xo. 870.

VlKtracterx. — Size small: coloration rather pale: upper incisors ])ro-
jecting strongly forward.

C(/Z('/'. -Tjiperparts pale butfy I'uhous, \arying to ochraceous ami
strongl.x mixed with black-lipped hairs: underparts butly to salmon:
region around mouth dusky: inside of cheek pouches and feet whitish:
incisors projecting forward.

('ra)iial characters. — Skull small: zygomata widely spreading, some-
times broadest posteriorly; temporal ridges marked; interparietal sub-
quadrate: nasals emarginate behind and ending nearly on plane of pre-
maxilhe: bulhe medium. In general the skull re.sembles that of toltecus,
but it may be distinguished not only by the protruding upper incisors,
but also by the longer nasals which are notched instead of truncate be-
hind, longer rostrum, broader interorbital region, less bulging occiput,
and much wider and more open i)Ost coronoid notch of mantlible.

jr<'t(,fi/n')iiciitf<. — Type specimen ( 9 ad.): total length 220: tail verle-
bne 72: hind foot 152. Average of (i adults from type locality: total
length 212: 'ail vertebr;e (iS: hind foot :iO.

Thomomys nelsoni sp. nov.

Tt/pc from Parral. Chihuahua, Mexico. No. itti.t.ll, 9 ad., V. S. Na-
tional Museum, Biological Survey Collection. September 18, 1898. K.
"W. Nelson and E. A. (Joldman. Original No. i:3,0:!.5.

CJiin'acft'rx. — Size medium or rather small: related to bailey t but color
clicxtinit instead of yellowish fulvous, and with distinctive cranial char-
acters.

dolor. — Upperparts pale dull chestnut brown mixed on midtlle of back
with black tipped hairs; underparts same color but much paler: nose
and region around mouth abruptly dusky; feet whitish, but lirmni of
Irinrl lc(/ ronnny /cell elo/nt over anhie arid coccriiuj pari of foot.

110 ^frrnam — T^cir Sprrieft of Tltomomiit^.

Crariidl rharai'ttrx. — Zygomata stnuiwly spreadinu'. broader hfliind than
in front, willi woll developed anterior angle: temporal impressions
marked: interparietal subqnadrate becoming subtriangular in old age:
nasals narrowly cuneate, notched behind, and falling well short of pre-
maxilliP: bulhe medium: under jaw very long, the postcoronoid notch
narrow and completely covered by coronoid process. From hailryi, its
nearest known relative, it may be distinguished by narrower nasals, nar-
rower interorbital region, strikingly narrower and ilitferently shaped
postcoronoid notch, and less [irolruding upper incisors.

Meaniirementg. — Type .specimen (9 ad.); total length ]!)6; tail verte-
bra^ 60: hind foot 28. An adult male from type locality: total length
207; tail vertebne .■)!): hind foot 28..").

Thomomys cabezonee sp. nov.

Tjipi' from ('ai)ezon, S;in (iorgonio Pass. ( 'nlifoi'nia. No. .■):i.987. $
ad., 1'. S. National .Museum, iiiological Sui-\ey ( "ollccl ion. .lune ?,.
18!):!. ('. 1>. Streator. Original No. 2!I0(;.

dianirfirs. — Size medium, but smaller than iiri'iiiillithix or iniri'ux;
ears rather large: tail long: color \arying from bully ochraceous (as in
i/i/rf'iis) to dull salmon brown.

('(ilov. — Upperparls bufly ochraceous. butfy gray, or even (in the type
and darkest specimen of I from type locality) dull drab-brown on back,
becoming butly ochraceous on sides: nose, lips, chin and opening of
cheek pouches dusky; uiulerparls varying from whitish to pale salmon.

Vroiiial rhdiutrtcrs. — Skull small, angular: zygomata moderately
spreading, broadest anierioi'ly and sharply angular in adults: temporal
ridges marked: interpariclal rectangular, broader than long in immature
skulls: nasals long, with straight sides (not constricted), notched behind,
and not reaching near tips of prema.viihe: bulht^ medium. Compared
Avith (uiniix Aiul pt'rjxilluli/M the skull and jaw are strikingly smaller and
lighter, the inlerparielal (|uadrangnlar instead of s\d)-l riangidar, the
bulhe \-ery much smaller. Comjiared \\\\\\ jurjHilUdiix the zygomata ai-e
much less siireading.

Measiirementx. — Type specimen {$ ad.): total length 2:!."): tail verte-
brae 79; hind fool '.W. .\verage of 7 adults from type locality: total
length 222: tail \erlel>r;e 7S: hind foot :{0.

Thomomys aureus pervagus sid)sp. nov.

Typi' from Espanola. New Mexico. No. .")8.2ilH, $ ad.. V . S. National
Museum, Hiological Survey Collecl ion. Janiuiry 4, 18!>1. .1. Alden Lor-
ing. Original No. \'AH.

Char<trifrx. — Similar to (i/irciix but much darker, color che.stnut ful-
vous instead of golden fulvous: upperpai'ls dull chestnut fuhous, the
middle par't of l)aci< broadly uiLvcmI with black-tipped hairs: nose and

Merrhtrn — Xcn- Species <>f ThoixomyH. ] 1 1

sides of moulh dusky; cdiiii while; uiiderparts salmnn. Nasals l:)roader
posteriorl.s ibaii in iitireiis.

Mfdxitroiuiitx. — TyiiP specimpii ( $ ad.): total length 244: tail verlebrit-
76: hind foot HI. Average of .1 males from type locality: total length
24."): tail vertebne 73; hind fool '.Vi.

Thomomys aureus perpes suijsj). nov.

I'ypr from Lone Pine, Owens Valley, California. No. M'liji' c? ad..
TI. S. National Museum, biological Survey Collection. December 23,
ISUO. I«:. W. Nelson. Original No. 14.").

C/Htnirftrx. — Size rather small: color /> ".If'// ;/''", i/. in summer becoming
more butty fidvous.

Ciilor. — Upperparts butt> gray, darkest on head and nose, jjalesl and
with strongest butty suffusion on sides: underparts, feet, ami tail huffy
whitish. Summer specimens are more buft'y fulvous like intrciis.

('r(nii((/ r/iarttrtirs. — Skull similar in general to the smaller specimens
of (tuniiK. but decidedly shorter and with much smaller bulhe.

Mcaxuniitcntx. — Type specimen ( $ ad.): total length 21."); tail verte-
bra* ().">: hind foot 28. Average of 10 adults from lyix' locality: total
length 212: tail vertebne (it;; hind fool 28..).

Thomomys angularis pascalis subsp. n(i\.

Tj/pc from Fresno, San .Toatpiin Valley, California. No. ijff^o. S ad.,
U. S. National Museum, liiological Survey Collection. May 4, 1892.
C. P. Streater. Original No. lOJU.

Chavdcicvx. — Similar to (dupilnrix but smaller; upperparts less fulvous
(more buffy yellowish): underparts very much paler and often marbled
irregularly with patches of white: wrists and ankles usually while:
ears smaller and dusky; earpalch obsolete or nearly so. Skull smaller
and smoother: the tempoi'al ridges not uniting to form a sagittal crest:
interorl)ital const rid ion less marked; l)ulla' larger: angle of under jaw
smaller.

McdxiirriiK titx. — Type specimen ( $ ad.): total length 2:!(): tail verte-
bra* 80: hind fool l!2. Average of 4 males from t^pe locality: total
length 212. .5; tail vertebne 71.); hind foot :i(i..). Average of 4 females
from type locality: total length liKj; tail vertebra* {>?>: hind foot 28.

Thomomys fuscus fisheri subsp. nov.

Ti/pc from iieckwilh. Sierra Valley, Plumas County, California. No.
1()1,2::>8, i ad., U. S. National Museum, IJiological Survey Collection.
August :{, liXH). Walter K. Fisher. Original No. 1547.

('//((rnrterx. — Similar to fasciis but upperparts very much paler; gray-
ish brown instead of dull fulvous brown.

Cranial characters, — Skull similar to that oi fuxcm but shorter; zygp-

112 Merriam — Nen' /^j)ecies of TJiowomys.

mala more squarely spread iiiir: premaxillfe shorter and broader poste-
riorly; bulhe less swollen; incisors narrower.

MeasuremenU. — Type specimen {$ ad.): total length 11)1; tail verte-
bras 62; hind foot "M. Average of G specimens from ty[)e locality: total
length 192; tail vertebr;e oS: hind foot 2.i.

'^e'

Thomomys myops sp. nov.

Type from C'onconvilly. east base Cascade Range, State of Washington.
No. 91,000. 9 ad., U. S. National Musenm, Biological Snrvey Collec-
tion. September 11, 1897. .1. Alden Loring. Original No. 40.50.

Characters. — Size small; color and external characters generally as in
T.fuscns; skull peculiar.

Color. — l^pperi)arts dull pale rufous brown: underparts buffy oelira-
ceous, the dark slate underfur showing through: throat, chin, and feet
whitish: nose, sides of mouth, ring round eye, and earpatch dull plum-
beous, the earpatch darkest.

Cranial chararttrx. — Skull in general similar to that of f/iiadrafiix. but
zygomata less quadrate and posterior root shorter: nasals broader, trun-
cate posteriorly, and ending on same plane as premaxillfp, which are
remarkably short and truncate posteriorly; bulhe about as in (/u<i(Jr(/tux
— less swollen than in fii.srn.-<: under jaw rather massive, about as in
quadratus — decidedly heavier than \nfHscii.\.

Measiirciiicutx. — Type specimen ( 9 nd.): total length 197: tail verte-
l)r?p Oo: hind foot 2(5. Average of 7 specimens from type locality: total
length 184: tail vertebra^ 58: hind foot 24..").

Thomomys leucodon navu5 subsp. nov.

Type from Red Bluff, California. No. .57.791, $ ad.. U. S. National
Museum, l^iological Survey Collection. December 20. 189;}. C. P.
Streator. Original No. 3402.

Chararttirs. — ^imW&v io leucofloit but much smaller; incisors projecting
forward, their faces yellow instead of white; upperparts paler and
brighter fulvous: underparts buffy ochraceous instead of fulvous.

Cranial rharacterx. — Skull small but very strong and ivory-like in text-
ure; zygomata broadly spreading, broadest posteriorly; nasals cuneate,
usually notched behind.

Mcaftnrcmentti. — Type specimen ( $ ad.): total length 200; tail verte-
bra* 07; hind foot 27. Average of 8 specimens from type locality: total
length 196; tail vertebrae 65; hind foot 27.

Thomomys uinta sp. nov.

Type from Uinta Mountains, Utah. Altitude 10,000 feet. No. HMt-
$ ad., U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey Collection. .Tune 6,
1890. Vernon Bailey. Original No. 1262.

3/ern'(/)// — N^ew /^j)cri('i^ of ThDiiioiinjx. 1J3

('Iiiiriiiiirs. — Size medium: coloral ion darl-;; nose, cliin and I'e.irion
around moulli blackish: earpalcii l)iaci\: fore feet and legs dark. Skull
lon^; nasals short.

(■(dor. — Upperparls dull grayish l)ro\vii with a dull fulvous suffusion
and 'pepper and salt" appearance from profu.se admi.xture of black
tipped hairs; cheeks and sides of neclv ;u^rizzled bister: sides grayisii or
grayish brown: nose, earpatch. and throat dusky; fore le<is and feel
g'rayish duslvy with a little white at base of toes: hind feet whitisli: tail
mainly dark above.

CfiiiilnJ rhanicti'VK. — Skull ral her small but lar.y'er than that o^ fiiKnis;
zygomata moderately spreading: broadest behind: nasals xJinrf. falling
far short of premaxilhe, and moderately or faintly notched beliind: in-
terparietal large, pentagonal or between subipiadrate and pentagonal:
li'inporal impressions nearly parallel liut nol forming ridges as in tal-
poidc.s n\\i\ /iridf/m': auditory t ul)es conspicuous: tiulhe and leclh rather
large.

Re))it(rk)<. — This species is so distinct that close comparison with others
is unnecessai'v. The skull may be told at a glance by the \'ery short
nasals and relatively long prema.xillic in connection with the size and
shape of the interparietal.

Measurementii. — Type specimen: total Icngl h 'J'id: lail \ crlebi-jr (iS; hind
fool lid. .\\'erag(' of 2 males from t>pe locality: total lengtli 2:2(): tail
vertebne ro.."); hind fool ol. An adult female from type locality: total
length 211: tail \erlebra' (54; hind foot 28.

Thomomys bridgeri si), nov.

Type from Fort IJridger, Wyoming. No. H^^2» S '"I' ' • ^- National
Museum, Biological Survey ('oiled ion. May 27. 18!*0. N'ernon llailey.
Original No. 1207.

ClKiraders. — Rather large. Size and proportions as in ti(l/)(ii(Jes but
ears having a distinct point posteriorly; coloration dark (similar to_/V.s-
rKx, darker and redder ihun talpoides); ili Iters frf)m both ((iJjioides a.ndfuscvs
in having chin and openings of cheek pouches Itluc/c instead of white.

Co/or. — Upperparts usually pale dull chestnut brown, sometimes al-
most buffy brown, and always well mi.x;ed with black hairs; underparts
strongly washed with buffy fulvous: nose, earpatch. chin, and openings
of cheek pouches dusky: feet whitish.

Cranial characters. — Skull rather large, with nuirked parallel lemi)oral
ridges, long rostrum and nasals (nasals deeply notched behind and
squarish- spreading zygomata. Similar in general to talpoides, but- ros-
trum and nasals much longer: nasals deeply notched behind: auditory
tube strongly ossified and widely protruding. Compared with T. vinta^
whose range it joins, it differs strikingly in the great length of the
nasals, broadly spreading zygomata, smaller and differently shaped in-
terparietal, much more strongly developed temporal ridges, and de-
Qidedly larger size.

114 Jlerrkmi — 2\'rir Sjtecies of lliomoniijs.

Mcnsurcmmts. — Typo specimen ( $ ad.): U)lal len.ylli 21^7: tail vorte-
bra' 71: hind loot 34. xVverage of S adults rrom type locality: total
len<,'Mi 22S; tail vertebrpe 69: hind foot lil.o.

Thomomys clusius ocius sp. miv.

Type from Fort Brid.yer, "Wyoming. No. Hllf- $ *^"1' ^ • ^- National
Musenm. Jiioloaical Survey Collection. Maj' 24, 1890. Vernon Hailey.
Ori.i-inal No. 1194.

Cliaracicrs. — Similar lo clusius but slightly smaller and much paler, the
npperparts pale butiy: sides of nose and region around moulli dusky
plumbeous; cheeks pale butfy gray: sides whitish, tinged with Initfy;
feet and underparts white.

Cranial cliaraders. — Skull like that of clusius but zygomata less sju'cad-
ing: temporal ridges a little more strongly ile\elopi'd; inler[)ai'i(Mal
larger: bulla* decidedly larger.

Measuremertis. — Type specimen: total length 201: tail \'erlel)r;r (>(>: hind
foot 2(i. Average of 8 adults from type locality; total length I'.i;: tail
vertebr;!' 'u: hind foot 2.1.

Thomomys idahoensis ^p. nov.

Tyin from ilirch Creek. Idaho. Xo. jofrS, S ad., I'. S. National
Museum, Biological Survey Collection. August 8, 1890. C. P. Strealor.
Original No. 129.

Characters. — Size small; coloration pale. Similar in general lo clusius
but much smaller and paler.

Color. — Upperparts grayish butt" strongly washed with buft'y fulvous,
often with 'pepper and salt" appearance: underparts, tail, and feel butTv
white.

Cranial clta meters. — Skidl small and rather light, with enormous buihe
and narrow zygomata. In general \ike clusiux but much smallei'; bulhr
mticli larger and more suollen; nasals long and r;ither slender, with straight
sides.

Measiireirients. — Type specimen: total length 119: tail \ ertebra' 47: hind
fodt 2)!. Average of 10 specimens from 1-ype locality: total length 172:
tail verlebrje ."il : hind foot 22.5.

Thomomys desertorum sp. nov.

Ti^l'e from Mud Si)ring, Detrilal N'alley, Arizona. No. '^iil. c? ad.,
Merriam Collection. February 21, 1889. A'ernon Bailey. Original No.
598.

Cliaraders. — Size small: coloration buffy or golden fidvons, much as
in aureus. Does not re(]uire comparison with any known species.

^[(■rrbiiii — -Xcii' SjircifK of 'rii(UiK>lin/s. 11.")

Color. — Fpperparts (including- tail) briiiht ochraceous, varjing from
butfy fulvous 1o brii;'li1 oran.ue fulvous: dark nose patch usually reach-
ing up to be! wecii oyps and often to between ears: underparts \ arying'
from buffy to salmon fulvous: cliin usually dusky: feet whitish: ear-
patch dark.

Cranial characters. — Skull very small, much smaller than fulru.'^; zyp-o-
mata stronj^ly bowed outward the anterior anuie marked: interparietal
subcjuadrate, broader than lonu: nasals nolchnd at hinder end, not
reachint;- near ends of pr<Mnaxill;e: bulhe lari^c and swollen.

Thomomys pygmgeus s\). nov.

Ti/pe fromilontpelier Creek, hlalio (alt. (ilOO ft.). No. .")."). 271. $ ad..
U. S. National Museum, Biolo<jical Survey Collection. July 29, 189:5.
Vernon IJailcy. Oriyinal No. 11-")!).

Chnraderx. — Size smallest of the known s])('cies: feet vei'v small: color
dark: skull sub-cylindrical.

Color. — Upperparls dark rnfus brown: undcrjiarts buffy fulvous, the
dark underfur showiiiu- ihrouiih: nose dusky: feet whitish.

Cninial character.^. — Skull similar in neiiei'al to thai of idolioensis but
much smaller: braincase moi'e cylindrical: interparietal larger and
Iransversidy o\al: nasals short, rather broad and emar.i^inate at posterior
end: Inilhr strikingly smaller: teeth lar.ije — relatively larger than in
idahocns'is.

Mrtixiirriiii'ids.' Ty\n' specimen {$ ad.): total len.i:1 h Ki: tail Ncrle-
brfe 4(): hind fool 2'i. Another male from type locality: total Icn.iilh
1(5.>: tail \(M-Ielir;e K); hind foot ^H.

Thomomys douglasi oregonus subsp. no\ .

Type from Oregon City. AVillamettc \'alley, Orci^on. No. .")(),9:!9. $
ad., V. S. National Museum, l>iolo<iical Survey Collection. October 24.
1893. C. P. Sireator. Original No. :j:54().

Characters. — Externally like dovglasi, but usually lackiiii;- the while
spot on breast.

Cranial characters. — Compared with doaglasi the zygomata are largei'
and much more broadly bowed outirard and rounded, the outer sides parallel
instead of diverging anteriorly: nasals narrower posteriorly but sides
straight as in doaglasi; interparietal decidedly larger and longer antero-
posteriorly. subtriangular instead of transversely oval, with posterior
margin straight and not encroaching on supraoccipital: bulhe more
swollen: pterygoid notch V-shaped instead of I'-shaped.

Measurements. — Type specimen ( <? ad.): total length 2"2(»: tail vertebne
70: hind foot 30. iVverage of 10 adults from type locality: total length
213; tail vertebne G().o; hind foot 29.

116 ^leri'idui — Xev SjH'cles of TIkidiohii/s.

Thomomys limosus sp. hon.

Type from White Salmon, Gorge of the Columbia. Washington. No.
89.724. $ ad.. U. S. National Jrusoum. J^iological Survey Collect inn.
June 2(), 181)7. .T. Alden Loring. Original No. 4882.

Characters — Similar in size and proportions to do ugla si bul color much
darker; cranial characters distinctive.

Color. — Upperparts dark umber brown; underparts dark slate, the tips
more or less deejily washed with biiffy or butfy fulvous; feet and tail
whitish.

Cranial characters. — Compuvod with typical dovglasi from Fort A'an-
couver, the zygomata are much more broadly bowed outward and less
angular, the nasals slightly constricted behind anterior third and some-
what expanded and emarginate at posterior end, giving them a 'fish-
tail' form: interpterygoid space V-shaped instead of U-shaped: angular
process of under jaw decidedly larger and more spreading.

Measurements. — Type specimen: total length 224: tail vertebne (KS: hind
foot 30. Average of 4 adults from type locality: total length 21!>: tail
vertebrii- <)8; hind fool 21).

Thomomys Hesperus sp. nov.

Ty})e from 'riliamdok. Oregon. No. (5!),82-'>. 9 ii''- ' • ^- NatiiMial
Museum, liiological Survey Collcrlion. November !>, ISlll. .1. E.
McLellan. Original No. 1181).

Characters. — Size small: feet very small (hind foot with claws 24); tail
short: ears small; color deep rufous.

Color. — rpper])arts deep rufous; nose, earpatch, and ring round eye
dusky: underparts varying from buffy fulvous to salmon fulvous: tail
dark above, at least on basal half, whiti.sh below and at ti|) all roiuid:
fore and hind feet whitish.

Cranial ciiarricters — Skull small and light: interparietal large and
broadly sub-triangular; bull;e sTuail and rounded, short anteriorly: in-
cisors narrow.

Remarks. — This species dilfcrs so markeilly from its nearest allies that
close comi)arison is unnecessary. From T. mrUnvijis Merriam from the
Olympic .Mountains, wliich appears to be it.s nearest relative, it dilTers in
much smaller size, strikingly smaller feet and .skull: very much nar-
rowei' incisors: smaller, shoi-tei', and more rounded bulhi'; smaller and
ruirrower basioccipital. much shorter I'ostrum and nasals, shoi'ler tail,
and more rufovis coloration.

Measurements. — Type specimen (9 ad.): total lenj^th kM: tail \erte-
bne r)!: hind foot 24. Average of 3 females from lyp<' locality: total
length lit): tail \(>rt('br;i' .ll.."): hind foot 24.

Merrliiii) — J\" /'• Sprcles of Thotnomyft. 11 V

Thomomys niger sp. nov.

Type from Seaton, near mouth of Umpqua River, Oregon. No. 69,407,
$ ad., U. S. Xalioiial Museum, IJiological Survey Collerlion. October
6, 1894. J. E. McLpllau. Oriiiinal No. 1147.

Characters. — Size medium: feet large: tail medium: cars sliort: liead
and body all round gr/o.s.y(y dale black with greenish iridescence: nose duller,
feet and tail white, sometimes irregularly blotched with dusky.

Cranial cliaraders. — Slcull of medium size, massive, showing well de-
veloped temporal ridges: inlcrparietal oval or broadly subtriangular; zy-
gomata moderately spreading and rounded; nasals emarginate, strongly
aud abruptly narrowed on posterior two-thirds.

Remarks. — In coloration the 0. specimens at hand from the lyjie locality
strikingly resemble T. orizabnc from .southern Mexico. They differ from
orizuhir in having less black on the feet and tail, and in marked cranial
characters. The nearest relative of T. niger appears to be T. donglasl
from the Columbia River. It differs from dougUm, apart from color, in
slightly smaller size and in the following cranial characters: frontals
narrower interorbitally: zygomata rounded instead of angular, their
outer sides parallel instead of diverging anteriorly; nasals abruptly con-
stricted between anterior and middle thirds and narrower posteriorly
(instead of having straight sides); bulhe heavier anteriorly; molar serie.s
of same length as in douglasi but broader; incisors strikingly large and
broad: underjaw deep, the angular process much more heavily devel-
oped.

Measurements. — Type specimen { $ ad.): total length 22."); tail vertebra^
SI: hind foot 150. Average of 5 adults from type locality: total lenjjth
•215; tail vertebne 72; hind foot :10.

Vol. XIV, pp. 119-124 JUly 19, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW PECCARIES
FROM MEXICO.

BY C. HART MERRIA:\r.

A preliiiiiiiiiry .study of the Mexican Peccaries in the collec-
tion of the Biological Survey of the U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture, shows that theCollare<l Peccary {Tay<is><u angiilatus)
is separable into several strongly marked sul)Rpecies, that a very
distinct dwarf species of the same gi-oup inhabits Cozumel
Island off the coast of Yucatan, and that tlie large South Ameri-
can White-lip]»ed Peccary {ulbirosfris^' \]\\geY=lahiatHs Cuvier),
not previously known from Mexico, is represented in the State
of Campeche by a strongly marked subspecies of which four
specimens were recently collected l)y E. W. Nelson and E. A.
Goldman.

The American Peccaries comprise twi> very distinct su]»er-
specitic or sul)generic types, which may be designated as {<i) the

*iS'w.v albiroxtriti \\\\<x(?i- (ISl.'i) antedates by two years Dirotiiles lahiatus
Cuvier (1817) and is therefore, so far as Ivnown, tlie earliest specific
name for the Wliite-lipped Peccary. Illiger's original reference is as
follows: "'The two species of sM'ine or peccaries peculiar to South
America, the Huh Tajasttu and the Tagnicati {Sun albiroHtris) distin-
guished for the first time by Azara, must form a special group within
the genus. They have hardlj^ any tail and only one claw on the hind
feet" (p. 113).— Illiger, Abhand. K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1811), pp. 108,
115. 1815.

20— BIOL. SOC. VVTASH. VOL. XIV, 1901. (119)

l20 Jf<rr!(it)i — Four ?^iir Peornvhx fron) ^ff-.i'lco.

tajacn group, and (/>) i\w iilhiro.^tris grouj). In Ixttli gr()iii>s the
male is larger than the female and has larger teeth. In some
forms the sexual disparity in size is small; in others it is great.
The Peccaries of the tajucu group inhabiting Mexico and the
Ignited States ap])ear to hrcak up into li forms, as follows:

Tdi/dsxii (iii<iiil(itii.-< (Cope) Texas and northeastern Mexico.
(iiKjiiliitns s'>/i(>ri('/isis (Mearns). Southern Arizona aiul

Sonoi'a.
(i/H/i/I(/fi/s liiitHcrdlis nol). Colinia to "^I'ehuantepec.
(inijiildtnK /-/-((xsus nol). Metlaltoyuca, Puchla (and 11 uc-

huetaii, (■hia))as).
d/d/d/dfds jincdfdni n.'ils noli. \ ucataii.
/id/ids Mci-riani." (A <l\varf insular species) Cozumel

Island.

In comparing skulls of the t<ijdru'dn(jiildtn.^ sei'ies with those
of the alhiroKtria series, such striking and important differences
aj»pear that it seems necessary to recognize the two grou]»s as
constituting separate subgenera. Indeed .1. K. (4ray, in 18G8,
,separate(l them as full genci-a, i-estrictiiig Cuvier's generic name
jHcoti/Ji's to J<il)idtns {=dll)Ir<)f(frl.^) and a(loi)ting Fischer's name
Ndtoj>liords iuv the CoUai'cd Peccai-y. (Proc. Zool. Soc. Lon-
don. 1868, pp. 2 1, 43-45.)

But these names [JJicofi/Z's and Xofo/i/ioz-i/s, both proposed in
1817) are pure synonyms of 7}/i/dssd 1814. and cannot there-
fore be restricted to either of the two original species, both
having been included by Fischer in the original diagnosis of
his genus l)n/dsi<n. This leaves the dJhiro.^trls gi-oup without
a name. T(» supply the dcticiencv I propose to call it O/ii/nsi/s.

Subii'iMius Olidosusj nob.

E.rtrr/nfl clKU'iirterK. — Si/.e larye: set;r oN^er poslcrinr pui'l ol' eyes very
l:ir<:p iind louii'. rcacliinii- t)iu-k iioarly to tij) of ears: occiput and npck
boarinjz: a maiie of lon^- flat black bristles which in passing backward
become greatly elongated (lose tlieir points and become frayed at tips).
spread out laterally overlying the short annulalcd bristles of sides of

*See antea, p. 102.

fOlidus, slinking; sns, hog.

^Fei'i'liiin — lujiir Xen' PcccitrU'x from JL'.rico. 121

back. ;iii(l coxer the entire nimp, where, when old, they develop swollen
whitish nodes or joints .uiviiii:' the rump a ver_y curious appearance. ■••"

Crduiiil rlKivdctcrs. — Skull larjie, heavy, and massive: upper surface of
rostrum and nasals broadly Hattened or only sliuhtly convex: nasals
acute anteriorly, reaching;- almost as far forward as premaxillse; zygo-
matic ridue rising abruptly to lop of skull and disappearinii- anteriorly
over 2d premolar; anterior openiniz' of antorbital foramen situated over
posterior root of 1st molar: xidin of rnxfn/m hrniaU}/ fditiui'd (swollen in-
stead of exca\ated over premolars, and not divided into upper and lower
parts by continuation of zygomatic ridge): jxilate eery broad and flat, ex-
panded instead of narrowed between canines and molars, and lacking
the sharp ridge which in the niH/u/ufns uroup runs from 1st premolar to
inner side of canine: angle of underjaw rouiuled below anteriorly.

Dental r/taracfcr-s. — Teeth large and heavy, relatively broad anteriorly:
2d lower molar with posterior cusp nearly as large and high as anterior
(thus (littering widely from its condition '\\\ niifinhitu.-^. in which the
tooth is not only very much smaller, but the anterior cusp is high and
slender, the posterior nearly obsolete): incisors and canines only slightly
larger than in aiif/ulttfus: molariform teeth much larger (relative in-
crease in size greatest in 1st and 2d lower ijremolars.

Tayassu albirostris ringens subsp. nov.

Ti/jn' from Apazote, near Yohallun, Campeche. Xo. 1U8.2(!». 9 ad.,
U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey Collection. January 1, 1901.
E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman. Original No. 14,38:5.

Charactcrti. — Size large (length nearly 4 feet): ears small: color nearly
black: muzzle white: rump aiul median part of back clothed with ex-
ceedingly long and flexible flattened bristles, frayed at the ends, those
on posterior part of back (when old) with terminal third or half marked
by distinct joints or nodes (those on rump averaging three or four on
each bristle). Similar in general characters to ((Ibirostrix, from which it
differs in the much greater extension of the whitish face markings, the
white covering the muzzle completely from snout to midway between
nose and eyes, aiul extending backward along sides of undei-ja\\' to be-
low ears, and in the presence of an ill d(>fiiieil white band above hoofs of
hind feet.

dolor. — Upperparts black, on close inspection sparingly grizzled with
fulvous, especially on sides of neck and shoulders; top of head from
occiput to midway between eyes and nose black; muzzle chin and lips

*Under the microscope the nodes are found to mark points where the
horny longit udinal hbers of the outer coat have begun to break and
spread. Transverse sections at these points, made by my assistant Dr.
S. 1). .Tudd, show that complete disintegration of the interior radiating
pith or core has taken place, and indicate that the nodes are coijiHned to
the dead terminal parts of the l)rislles.

122 ^l( rrhnn — Four X(ur Peccaries from Mt-i'lco.

pale yellowisli while, the whilisli col(»r of cliiii exteiuliuii' l^iu'k broadly
on each side of underjaw 1o below ears, forming- a very conspicuous
broad V-shaped marking: underparls sparsely liaired, black, grizzled
with fulvous: legs and feet blackish, mixed with soiled white near
hoofs; the Avhitish in hind feet forming an indistinct band above hoofs.
Craniul charatters. — The skull of the type specimen, a fine adult fe-
male, compared with a skull of the .same size from San Lorenzo, Rio
(irande, Brazil, received through the courtesy of Professor Hermann
von Ihering, presents the following differences: parietal shield narrower,
elevated and strongly bulging upward over posterior part of braincase;
nasals more acute anteriorly, the free end appearing longer; premaxillK?
slightly longer; zygomata and posterior expansion of squamosals decid-
ly broader; posterior part of palate quite different, the projection be-
hind molars abruptly narrowed at post molar notch (behind on inner
side of molar alveolus) and continuing backward with smooth ^larallel
sides of essentially equal breadtli throughout, while in (dblwdris it is
much broader anteriorly and slopes irregularly backward: bull;e smaller
and ending below in an elongated papilla pointing toward hamular pro-
cess; basi-occipital considerably nai'rower l)etw(MMi bulke posteriorly.

Measvremenh. — Type specimen ( 9 ad.): lotal leiiglh in dry skin 1180:
hind foot in flesh 22!). iSkull: basal length 242: basilar length of Hensel
231: occi])ilonasal length 27(1: zygomatic breadth 112; greatest breadth
acro.ss squamosals posteriorly IdO: palatal length 184: breadth of pos-
terior extension of palate midway between molars and hamulars 1(3:
breadth of basioccipital between bulUe posteriorly 20: length of upper
. molariform series 78.

Subgenus Tayassu Fischer.

(Here restricted to the fiij<(ci(-iiii<ptl(iti(K group).

Tayassu angulatus humeralis sul)si). nov.

Tijpe from Armeria, Colima. No. 1.5,24:!, 9 ad., U. S. National Mu-
seum, Biological Survey Collection. February 2(i, 1892. E. W. Nelson
and E. A. Goldman. Original No. 104.5.

CViarac/ecs'.— Similar to f//i.9('/a/».s' but sides grayer: head yellower: dor-
sal black band more strongly marked, almost as shari)ly as in sonoriensis
from Arizona: shoulder stripes yellowish ochraceous, broad and conspic-
uous, as strongly marked as in ]iucatanensis but yellowish fulvous instead
of white. Skull of male similar to that of male angulatus; skull of fe-
male decidedly larger with longer tooth row. In skulls young enough
to show the suttires the nasal bones are strongly convex posteriorly,
long and slender, and only slighlly broader between maxilhs than be-
tween premaxilhe (differing markedly from their condition in angulatus,
in which they are very much broader between the maxilla?); and the
ascetiding or nasal arm of premaxilla is decidedly longer than in angu-
latus.

Rnnnrks — Compared with snnorieniiis of Arizona the sides are less gray,
the dorsal band less sharply defined, the shoulder stripes yellower and
much more strongly marked. The sexual disparity in size is greater
than in wnorioisls, the female being considerably larger than the male.

.Veaxaremenls.— Type { 9 ad.): total length 000; tail 60: hind foot 215.
Skull: basal length 203: occipitonasal length 224; zygomatic breadth
108; greatest breadth across .squamosals posteriorly 99; palatal length
lol; length of upjier molariform series 07.

Tayassu angulatus yucatanensis subsp. nov.

Type from Tiuikas, ^'ucatan. No. 108,282. <? yg-ad.. V. S. National
Museum, l^iologicai Sur\ey Collection. February 12, 1901. K. W. Nel-
son and K. A. (ioldman. Original No. l-l,.");>4.

Clutrncters. — Se.xes nearly alike, the female not notit'eably larger than
the male. Size and general characters much as in anguUitus but sides
decidi'dly wliiler: shoulder stri[)('s broader, much nK)re C()nsi)icuous,
and somewhat sublriangular. broadesi where they abut- against the me-
dian dorsal black band which is well develoi)ed; (shoulder stri])es broad-
est and most striking in joung:) pelage coarser and scantier, the indi-
\idual bristles decidedly larger and fewer in number: no black on nose
or underlip. Skull similar to that of aiic/idatus biU luisals acute and
rather short anteriorly, exposing more than usual of the floor of the an-
terior nares (upper surface of premaxilhe); posterolateral upward ex-
tension of squamosal (above and in front of auditory meatus) decidedly
shorter than in artgulatiis, molariform teeth smaller and narrower — par-
ticularly the lower molars: in skulls young enough to show the sutures
the nasals are short and very narrow between premaxilhe and expanded
in the middle — very different from either angalatus ov hnmeralis; they
are more like those of nanvK, l)ut more contracted anteriorly.

AVhw/}-Av>\— Specimens from Tiuikas and Chichen Itza in the arid penin-
sula of Yucatan are typical of this form, but specimens from the
hum.id east coast strip are by no means typical and appear to represent
a tropical form -which here reaches its northern limit. Thus an adult
male from l.aVega (No. 108,.")14*) is larger an<l has coarser pelage than
those from the arid interior, and differs considerably in color, the light
rings on the bristles being yellowish fuhous instead of wliile, and the
underlip blackish.

Measurement. — Type {$ yg-ad.): toti*l length 880: tail :!0: hind fool
183. Average of 2 males from type locality: total length 887; tail l:>();
hind foot 182.5. Average of:! females from type locality: total lengl h 89G;
tail 'My; hind foot 184.

*The measurements of this specimen are: total length 945; tail o4;
hind foot 203.

124 ^h')')'iii4it — Four y^i'ii' Pri-cnries J'rnni Mexico.

Tayassu angulatus crassus subsji. \w\.

Tlipr U-om Mrlhilttn ir-:i, Puebla. No. U2,U()0, <? y.ii-ad.. T. S. Xalion-
al Museum, IJiolos'ical Survey Collection. February 1, l.S!)S. K. W.
Nelson and 10. A. (ioldman. ()i-igiiial No. 12,1 '17.

Chan(cters. — Similar in licneral to ungiilatns but lary-er; i)ela^'e very
much coarser, the indi\ idnal bi'isties exceedin<;ly large and rigid; black
dorsal stripe ilJdetined or obsolete; general color grizzled gray, niiudi
paler than angulatus; hind legs grizzled black and fulvous; skull longer;
molariform teeth narrower; anterior opening of antorbital foramen be-
tween 2(1 and :!d premolai's (instead of between 'M premolar and 1st
molar as in angulatua). l-'ront of underjaw (seen from below) narrower.
flatter, and less swollen in front of forks of rami. Crown of 1st upper
premolar narrowcM* and more slender; crown of last lower molar longer
and narrower.

Rtrnarkx. — Only two specimens from the type locality, both young
adult males, are in the collection. The skulls resemble two from Hue-
liuetan, Chiapas, of which both se.xes are at hand. In the Huehuetan
animal the skull of the female is decidedly larger than the male — being
longer, and broader across the rostrum. The skins are (|uite diflferent.
those from Huehuetan being darker, the black dorsal stripe present an-
teriorly (from occiput to shoulders); rump an<l hind legs blacker; nose
blackish; light rings on bristles on anterior part of body (particularly
on head) ochraceous or yellowish fulvous instead of whitish, giving a
very different color to the head; bristles larger — largest of all.

j\feasw-ciu€)ilt<. — Type ( $ yg-ad.): total length 'J.")0; tail ■")(; hind I'odt

2oa.

Vol. XIV, pp. 125-126 July 19, 190;

PROCEEDINGS

OF THK

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

TWO NEW RODENTS FROM NORTHWESTERN

CALIFORNIA.

liY ('. HART MERRIAM.

Phenacomys albipes sp. iiov.

Type from Redwoods, near Areata, Huml)ol(lt Bay. California. Xo.
97,23(5, $ ad., U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey Collection.
May 24, 1S99. Walter K. Fisher. Original No. 821.

CJiaracterK. — Appearance Microtus-like: size rather lari^e: tail long,
sharply bicolor, and scantily liaiiM-d. Color grizzled brown; fore and
hind feet white.

Color. — Upperparts grizzled hisier with brownish wash on head,
shoulders, and sides; sides of nose dark grayish; underparts grayish
plumbeous with buffy wash; fore and hind feet white; ankles dusky;
tail dusky above and broadly whitish below, with sharp line of de-
marcation.

Cranial fJiarartcrx. — Skull long and rather slender; braincase long;
interparielal large and broad, zygdinata not spreading, the anterior
roots sloping strongly backward, the jugals slightly expanded and nearly
parallel; nasals broadly wedge-shaped, truncate posteriorly in front of
premaxillie, incisive foramina rather short and broad; bulhe large; in-
terpterygoid fossa long, s(puirely truncate anteriorly against a broad
median azygos projection of the palate.

Remarks. — The only species with which P. allnpeK requires compari-
son is P. longicaudiis True from western Oregon — one of the rarest and
least known mammals of the world. So far as I am aware only two
specimens of l(>ngira>/(h(.-< have been collected — the type and a female in
the Biological Survey Collection, from Meadows, Lane County, Oregon.
21— BioL, Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (1^5)

l'2(i Mt'i'i'unn — \iir Tiodfiiitfi fraiii ( 'nliforiiid.

Both were obtained by Aureliiis Todd. The type specimen is a woolly
fulvous animal with a large hairy blafl<ish tail and dark Tore and hind
feet. The other specimen is jiale bulif'y fulvous and seems to be a par-
tial albino. Compared with the type of P. lonyicaiKJux, P. alhipix differs
strikiii<:ly. the body being coarsely grizzled brownish bister, like an
ordinary field mouse (Mirrotiis), instead of fulvous, the feet white in-
stead of dark brown, the tail slender, scantily haired, and wiiite under-
neath, instead of large, hairy and blackish all round.

The skull of the type of lonriiniiidux is reduced to I'ragments but the
parts that remain agree essentially with corresponding parts of the .skull
from Meadows, Lane County. ( )regon (No. 42,()21 9). Compared with
the latter the .skull of (dbipcx differs markedly in greater length and
narrowness, less spreading zygomata, narrower and longer braincase,
longer rostrum and nasals, larger bulla', and longer interplerygoid fos,sa,
which is square anteriorly instead of rounded or angular.

.V('((sin'nii('nts.—Ty\^i.' specimen {$ ad.): total length KiS: tail verte-
bne i)2\ iiind fool li).

Callospermophilus chrysodeirus trinitatis subsji. nov.

7>yi^> from Tri nit \ Mountains east of Hoopa Valley, Calift)rnia (alti-
tude o70t) feet). No. 95, 531, 9 ad. U. S. National Museum, Biological
Survey Collection. September 10, 1S9S. Vernon Bailev. Oriuinal Xo.

mm.

('//ana-frrs. -S\/A- large: gronnd color dark: nndcr side of tail dark
chestnnl. In fall pelage similar to rhri/x/n/iirux. but larger: uround color
darker: inside of tail dark chestnut (instead of golden fnhous): skull
aiul teeth larger: nasals longer.

i^f^WY/y'/Av.— This spermophile. which is common in the Siskiyou. Sal-
mon, and Trinity Mountains of northwestern California and south-
western Oregon, is much larger and darker than r/,ri/.so(h'ini.s, and never,
so far as known, develops the golden mantle which covers the head and
shoulders of that species. In size it e<|uals s.itunttiis of ihc Cascade
Range in the State of Washington, but differs widely from that species
ill having the inner black stripe strongly developed (as in r/in/.soiJr/nis).
and the under side of the tail solid chestnut in.stead of grizzled fulvous.

Mt'ostirriin /I f.s. —Type, specimen ( ? ad.): total length 2!)0: tail verte-
brtv 105: hind foot 44. Average of (i specimens from type localii v: total
length :is:!: tail vertebne 100: hind foot 1.'!.

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PROCEEDINGS

or THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

DESCRIPTIOXS OF THREE XEW KAX(4AR0() MICE
OF THE GENUS MICnODTPOTiOPS.

BY C. ITAKT MERRIAM.

Since tlio discovery of the o'enus ^ficroJlpodopH* in East
Hiunboklt \'alley, Nevada, in 18'Jl, by Vernon Bailey, the ex-
j>h)rations ol' the U. S. IJiohigieal Survey in adjacent territory
have resulted in not only extending the range of the original
species [megacep/tahtti) but also in the discovery of three addi-
tional forms, two of wliich appear to merit full s})ecitic rank.
These are here described.

Microdipodops megacephalus oregonus subsp. nov.

2)/p(' I'l-om Lake Alvord. iVlvord Desert, eastern (Oregon. No. 80,128,
$ yji-ad., U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey Collection. Au-
o'list 18. 181)(). C. P. Streator. Orig-inal No. .14^0.

CJiamrters. — Similar to nieg((cephalus but tail loiiffer; pelage less fluffy,
upperparts more olivaceous and less conspicuously lined with black-tip-
ped hairs; underparts white — buffy wash less marked; a whitish streak
usually present along under side of tail; skvdl smaller.

Measurements. — Type specimen ((^ yg-ad.): tolal lenglh l.i:!; tail \erle-
bra; 88; hind foot 24.

Microdipodops pallidas sp.

nov.

2]ipe from Id miles east of Stillwater, near Sink of the Humboldt and
Car.son. Churchill County, Nevada. No. !)3,.")20. 9 ad., U. S. Natioaal
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l28 JShrriam— Three Xev Kannnroo Jfire.

Museum, Biological Survey rolled ion. :\[iiy 11. 1S9S. H. C. Oberhol-
ser. Original No. 101.

Characters. —S\7.e slightly larger than megacephaJus; pelage long, soft.
lax and Huffy; tail decidedly longer and without dark tip; body much paler.

Co/or. Fpiierparts pale huffy fulvous, finely and inconspicuously lined
with dark-lipped hairs; uuderparts, including sides of nose, lower sides
of face,Jegs, feet, and underside of tail while; up[)erside of tail huffy
throughout without dark tip.

Cranial characters. — Skull es.sentially as in megncephalns.

Measurements. —Type specimen ( 9 ad.): total length 171; tail vertebrae
102; hind foot 25.5.

Microdipodops californicus sp. nov.

Tgpe from Sierra Valley, near Vinton, Plumas County, California.
Xo. 101,227, S yg-ad., U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey Col-
lection. August 7, 1900. Walter K. Fisher. Original No. 1596.

Characters. — Size of megacephalus; tail and hind foot longer; pelage
more compact and less fluffy than in Ihe other species; color olivaceous
nnderparts and head markings snoiv vliite.

Color. — Upperparts olivaceous, finely and inconsi)icuously lined with
dark-tipped hairs; underparts, feet, sides of nose, spot over eye, patch
behind ear. and mark on upper and lower folds of ear, snow white; tail
above pale buffy fulvous becoming blackish toward tip; below white
throughout; side of face below body-color, and outer side of foreleg,
washed with i)ale buft'y fulvous.

Crnnitd characters. — Skull as a whole similar to that of megacephalus
but decidedly smaller, due chiefly to smaller size of audilal capsules,
the skull ])roper being about the same size; notch between bulging bulhe
posteriorly broader; nasals decidedly more slender.

Measurements. — Type specimen ( $ yg-ad.): total length l.")8; tail verte-
brje 91; hind foot 25. Average of 10 from type locality: total length
IGO; I ail vertebrae 92; hind foot 25.

*Xorth America Fauna No. 5, pp. 115-117, August, 189.1.

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A NP:\V species of GALICTIS from MEXICO.

BY E. W. NELSON.

Galictis canaster new specios. Yucatan Grison.

Dutribiition. — Known only from Tunkas, northern Yucatan, Mexico.

Specif c rh((r(tet('rii. — Face and entire underparts includini;' feet and
jejis blacl<; black area of face limited posteriorly by a well defined pure
white stripe extending across forehead above eyes and reaching back
across each cheek, covering front of ears, and thence along sides of neck
becoming obsolete near shoulders; rest of upper side of head shading
gradually back from the pure white stripe into the general smoky gray
of upperparts, including tail: underfur on upperparts light gray: long
hairs same color at base with broad subterminal black bands and white
tips. The black bands on the long hairs produce the elTect of a thin
dark wash over the pale under color.

Size (tiid proportions. — Total length (estimated) between G50 and 700
millimeters. A powerfully built, short legged, heavy bodied animal
with short round ears like Galirtis rittoto, but exceeding it in size.

Bemorkii. — The species described above is closely related to GalictiK
vittdta, agreeing with it generally in proportions and in the charac-
teristic pattern of coloration. The most striking dilTerence between
the two animals is in the color of the upperparts. The hairs on the
back of (hdictu rittata from Guiana and Brazil are described as being-
dark brown or yellowish gray with white or yellowish tips. GaKctin
canaster has the underfvir and basal half of the long hairs of the back
light gray, the long hairs have broad subterminal bands of black and
small white tips.

The northermost references I have been able to find for Galictw vittata
(the only species commonly recognized in the restricted genus Gulictis)
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130 JVt'lso/t — -JVc'i'' Sjyecics of d'tt/irtis fnn)! Mv.rioo.

are Guiana and northern Brazil. The captvire of a member of the
group in Yucatan adds greatly to its known range and no doubt indi-
cates that it is represented, although hitherto overlooked, in much of
the intervening region.

The interesting animal upon which the present description is based
was captured alive by the Indians near Tunkas, Yucatan, and sent to
General Canton, Governor of the Stale. While in Merida. Yucatan, I
heard of a strange animal in the Governor's possession and upon making
known my desire to see it was courteously invited to visit his house for
the purpose. There I found the animal living in a cage and made the
accompanying description of its size and color. Later, while working
at Tunkas, the Indians told me of its capture and said it was extremely
rare. They called it 'El Rey de hts ArdiUax,' or king of the squirrels,
but it appeared to have been previously unknown to nearly everyone
with whom I talked.

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DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SQUIRRELS
FROM MEXICO.

BY E. W. NELSON.

Sciurus yucatanensis baliolus-^ new subspecies. Campeche Squirrel.

Type Xo. 107,939, $ ad., U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey
Collection, from Apazote, Campeche, Mexico, collected January 8, 1901,
by E. A. Goldman.

Bixfn'htifion. — Southern Campeche and eastern Tabasco (north of the
Usumacinta River) Mexico.

Subxpecific characters. — DilTers from typical Sriurns yucatanensis from
northern Yucatan in much darlcer color above and below. Upperparts
dark blackish gray with a dull buffy suffusion; outside of fore feet and
legs black, finely grizzled with dull bulfy or gray; top of hind feet
black; underparts dark iron gray; tail black thinly washed with gray.

Skull. — Practically same as in typical form.

Bitnomons of type.— Tot&\ length 404; tail vertebrte 238; hind foot 59.

Eemark.s. — Typical S. yucatanenxis lives in the arid region of northern
Yucatan and Campeche while the present subspecies inhabits the much
more humid forests of southern Campeche and adjacent border of Ta-
basco and will doubtless be found also in southern Yucatan where simi-
lar climatic conditions prevail.

Sciurus deppei vivaxf new subspecies. Zapote Squirrel.

Type^o. 107,932, 9 ad., U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey
Collection, from Apazote, Campeche, Mexico. Collected January 8,
1901, by E. A. Goldman.

*Baliolus^dark, swarthy.
tVivax=lively.

24— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (l3l)

132 ?i^i'f.^(>N — Tiry JVcir S<jiiiri'rJ.^ j'roiit Me.iico.

Dutrihution. — Lowland lorests of eastern Tabasco, southern ('Mm-
peche, and southern and eastern Yucatan.

Suh.s2n'nfic ch(ir<irt('r>i. — General style of coloration simiUir to typical
Sciui'us deppei from northern Vera Cruz, but much paler, more rusty
reddish on upperparts; outside of forelegs and feet clear gray, same
color extending up as a well defined wash on side of shoulders: tops of
hind feet like back but edged and sometimes washed with clear gray;
top of tail more heavily washed with white: underparts white or grayish
white distinctly clearer than in true S. deppei with no trace of buffy
suffusion.

Skull. — Nearly typicUl but with rather heavier rostrum, broader
nasals; smaller and rounder audital bullse.

Bimenfiions of type (measured in the Hesh. — Total length 373: tail ver-
tehne 108: hind foot 52.

liemarks. — The occurrence of a form of Srivrus deppei in the lowland
forests of Campeche and Yucatan was quite unexpected. The new form
lives in a drier climate than true S. deppei and this is well indicated by
its clearer, more vivid, colors.

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TilP: EARLIEST GENERIC NAME OF THE NORTHERN

FUR SEAL.

HY T. S. PALMER.

Nine years ago I pfoposed CaUotdrid'^ as a substitute for Val-
lorhimis Gray, 1859, on the ground that the hitter name was
preoccupied by .6V//?>Am?/5 Blanchard, 1850, a genus of Coleop-
tera. Further investigation shows that Callorhimis was not,
as commonly supposed, the first generic name applied to the
northern fur seal, but that it was antedated more than forty
years by Otoes G. Fischer. The latter name appeared in ISlYf
in a publication which is not generally accessible, and the de-
scription of this genus is therefore repi'oduced in full below:

Ofix'-s. Fisch. ab cordjeic. auritus. Otaries Peron. Les phoques a
ureilles. Cuv. Regne an. I, p. 1(36.

Incisivi quatuor utrinque biacuminati, superiores exteriores simplices
et minores. inferiores furcati, molares coiiici. Auriculae distinctae.

Phot' a jubalii, ursina, Lin. Gmel.

Reference to the Regne Animal which also appeared in 1817,
the same year in which this description was published, shows
that Cuvier recognized a group of eared seals under the designa-
tion 'Les Phoques a oreilles exterieures', which he suggested

*Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington. VII. p. 156, July 27, 1892.
+Mem. Imp. Soc. Nat. de Moscou. V, p. 445, 1817.

aS-BlOL. Soc. WASH. VOL. XIV, 1901. (133)

13 4 Palmer — Nanit oj Vnr Se<(L

miglit prove to be generically distiiiet. In this group he placed
Phoca juhdiii Gmelin and P. iirsitui Graelin. Phvru jnhata
Gmelin is a composite species based in part on a southern fur
seal and in part on the northern sea lion, Leo marinns of Steller
= Kximetopias stelleri of recent authors. The name had been,
however, previously applied by Forster, in 17 75, and is now
generally restricted to the southern fur seal. Phoca nrsinH
Gmelin (= P. ursina Linn.), is the northern fur seal of Bering
Sea and, as the only identifiable species in the group, may be
considered the type of (Hoes.

It may be objected that Fischer did not name the northern
fur seal, but merely applied a generic name to the eared seals in
general or renamed Otaria of Peron. This, however, was not
the case. Peron's Otaria had appeared only the year previous,
and there is no evidence that Fischer had ever seen the descrip-
tion. What he did was simply to apply a generic name to
Cuvier's group which, as shown above, was based chietiy on
the northern and not on the southern fur seal.

Three different generic names are now applied to the northern
fur seal: Qdlotaria, Callorhiaus and Arctocejyhalas*. The
general adoption of Otoes would obviate this confusion, and the
species thus far described would stand Otoes arsi/itis (Linnams),
Otoes edascanxs (Jordan & Glark), and Otoes cari/ensis (Jordan
& Clark).

*W. L. Sclater. Mammals of Soulh Africa, I, p. 118, 1900, gives the
type of ArctocepJadux Cuvier. 182G, as PJioca ursina.

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A NEW P0CKETM0U8E FROM SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.

IJY EDGAR A. MEARNS.

The fonn of Peroynathits falla.r inhabiting the eastern or
desert slopes of the mountains of Riverside and San Diego
counties, California, and thence southward along the eastern
slope of the Coast Range into Lower California, is almost as
pallid as the j»ocketmouse of the Colorado Desert which Mr.
Osgood named Perognathns penicillahts (iiigKstirostrls. The
niixae fdllav, in a subspecific sense is here restricted to the ani-
mal of the coastal region, although the type and series of topo-
types, from Reche Canyon, three miles southeast of Colton, San
Bernardino County, California, are almost exactly intermediate
between it and the desert race. The darkest individuals ex-
amined are from Rose Canyon and San Pasqual Valley, on the
western border of San Diego County.

Perognathus fallax pallidus subsp. nov.

PALIJJ) POOKRTMOUSE.

Type. — No. t)l,UU7, United States National Museum. Skin and skull
of adult female, from Mountain Spring', half-way up the east slope of the
Coast Range Mountains, on the Mexican Boundary Line, in San Die.iio
County, California. Collected May 10, 18S)4. by Edgar A. Mearns.
Original No. a520.

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Sitb»penfic r//itr(irltr.s. — Si/e and cranial characttTS exactly like those
of Pcrofinathiix fdllax falht.v. Pela.:^e li.ii'ht yray {No. 9 of Ridji-way's
color manvial) at base instead of dark liray (No. 0, Ridiiway), and the
general effect pale broccoli-brown instead of bistre above, where it is
much more lightly mixed with black than in f(iUa.v; tail-stripe drab in-
stead of hair-brown; lateral line and subterminal zone of hairs of up-
perparts pale pinkish buff; feet and underparts creamy white: ears
with a few white hairs anteriorly. Younir, pale smoke-gray above.

Measurements. — Average of six adult females from the east slope and
notch at summit of Coast Range Mountains, near the Mexican boundary
(Mountain Spring to .Tacumba): length, 195 mm. (188-206); caudal ver-
tebrie, 107 (98-112); hind foot, 24.2 (28. 7-25): ear from crown. 0.9 (6.5-7).

Distribution. — Specimens have been examined from San Jacinto Lake,
Riverside County, California: San Felipe Canyon. Mountain Spring,
wagon-pass at svimmit of Coast Range, and Jacumba Hot S{)rings. in
San Diego County, California and Lower California.

Acknowledgments. — I am indebted to the" authorities of the United
States National Museum and the Biological Survey of the Department
of Agriculture for the use of the required materials, and to Mr. \Vilfred
H. Osgood for assistance in studying the gi'oup.

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THE AMERICAN JA(;UARS.

BY EDGAR A. MEAKNS. -Si

' Sit t\ r

Tlie jag-uars of South America are readily disting-uijiliable
from the forms to the northward hy cranial and dental charac-
ters, as shown beyond.

The materials from South America in tlie collection of the
United States National Museum, including those of the Biolog-
ical Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture,
aggregating ten skulls and one mounted specimen, are insuffi-
cient for elucidating the southern foi-ms which, collectively,
represent the ^Felh o/ica Linnauis' of niodcM-n authors. Con-
sideral)le variation is observed in tlie skulls of eight males from
Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Parana. The largest of these
(No. 4128, U. S. National Museum) is from Paraguay, and
measures 24*2 mm. in basilar length (Hensel). The audital
bulhe are much flattened, with the space between them and the
mastoid and paroccipit il processes comj)letely tilled. The teeth
give the following measurements: crown of upper carnassial,
29 by 1.3. G mm.; crown of middle upper premolar, 20.3 by 11;
length of upi)er canine, from gunis, 43; length of incisor
series, measured on alveoli, 35. Compared with the above
specimen, the skull of No. 43G1, also collected by Captain T.
J. Page, U. S. N., at San Jose, Parana, measures only 212
nmi. in Imsilar length, but has relatively heavy dentition, the

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138

J/)'</rns — yjie ^ii/icn'c<i)i J(/(/>n//-s.

crown of upper t-arnassial measuring 31 by 16; crown of mid-
dle upper premolar, 20 by 13; lengtli of u])per canine from
gums (tooth worn), 37; length of incisor toothrow, 33.5. The
audital bulla^ are greatly flattened, the space between bulla and
paroccipital tilled, but that between it and mastoid not com-
pletely so. Brazilian skulls are somewhat smaller than those
from Parana, Paraguay, and Bolivia, and have smaller teeth,
less flattened audital bulla^; and in some there is a sulcus be-
tween the bulla and the mastoid process.

The juguars of South America may be distinguished from
those of Central America and Mexico as follows:

South American Jaguars.

Mexican and Centrai American Jaguars.

Postpalatal fossa, in adult male, l\)slpalatal I'ossa less than 23

more than 23 mm. wide. mm. wide.

Audital bulla llattened, willi Audital bulla intialed, with deep

space between it and paroccipital fossje between it and the mastoid

and mastoid processes filled up. and paroccipital processes.

Ijength of second and third pre- Length of second and third pre-
molars, taken together, more than molars, taken together, less than
4.1 mm. 4."> mm.

Maximum diameters of male Ma.ximum diameters of male

skull, 300 by 200 mm. skull, 280 by 180 mm.

The remaining forms, from north of South America, of which
I have examined six skins and thirteen skulls, may be identified
by means of the i'o I lowing key:

Skin with a rosette pattern, in black, extending from
neck to hips and from vertebral line to belly. Outer
surface of ear, all black. Skull of male less tlian 21.)
mm. in basal h'ngth. Inhabits Central America,
from Honduras to Panama / Fdi.s centrKUfi

Skin with distinct rosettes only on middle dorsal area;
elsewhere they are disorganized into isolated black
spots. Outer sva-face of ear witli a tawny central spot.
Skull of male more than 215 mm. in basal length.
Distributed throughout the lowlands of Mexico and
the atljacenl border of the Tnited States,

Jlearns — T/ic Atncrlcon Jajjxars. 139

Coloration pallid, ground color ochraceovis bufT,
black spots small. Inhabits the Arid Tropical
areas of Mexico, north to the United States Felifi hernandesii.

Coloration intense, ground color tawny ochraceous,
black markings much larger. Inhabits Humid

Tropical areas of Mexico, (north to Texas ?)

Felis henuindcsii (joldmani.

Felis centralis sp. nov.

CKXTH.^I. AMEIlIt AX .IA(!UAK.

Type. — Skull No. 14,177, adult male, from Talamanca, Costa Rica,
collected by Professor William M. Gabb. (The skin, No. 12,177, U. S.
National Museum, seems to have been destroyed.)

Chardctei-s. — Smallest of the Jaguars. [.cnglli of adult male, 1800
mm. Basal length of male skull, 200 to 212. Dentition weak, upper
premolar series measuring, on alveoli, 49 to 53.5. Coloration intense:
upper surface of body with a median chain of black spots, bordered
by five rows of black-bordered rosettes, on a ground of clay color: outer
surface of ear, black, excepting a few tawny hairs: chest and belly
heavily blotched with black.

C'(?^(/r.— Skin No. 61,192, V. S. National Museum collection, from
Costa Rica, received from the Costa Rican Commission, World's Colum-
bian Exposition, has the upperparts with a median chain of black spots,
bordered on each side by about five longitudinal rows of black rosettes
occupying the back and sides, on a ground of clay color. Tlie median
dorsal area consists of a chain of confused double spots tending to coal-
esce anteriorly and appearing as distinct, oval, paired blotches poste-
riorly. The lateral rows of rosettes, which vary from 50 to 100 milli-
meters in diameter, increase in size from the vertebral line to the belly,
enclosing light areas of correspondingly increasing size, clay color
slightly tinged with tawny, and containing from one to five small,
rounded, black spots. The upper side of neck, and crown, have the
ground color slightly suffused with tawny, the former having a modifi-
cation of the rosette pattern of tiie black spotting of the back, the lat-
ter being rather uniformly covered with rounded black spots, from five
to fifteen millimeters in diameter, smallest anteriorly, extending from
opposite the anterior border of the eyes to opposite the posterior border
of the ears. Muzzle, clay color, finely and evenly sprinkled with black
hairs, leaving a plain, pale buffy crescent bordering the median upper
margin of the nasal pad. A large black spot borders the upper, and
another the lower lip. Ears, solid black on outer surface, excepting a
a few tawny hairs in middle; inner surface clay color, edged with tawny
on anterior margin. Bristles of upper lips and above eyes, mixed black
and white. Eyelashes and a few long hairs on sides of base of nose,
black. Outer surface of limbs, clay color, coarsely blotched with black,
the spots decreasing in size and becoming more rounded from the body

140 ifearns — T/if Aincrifdn Jagdara.

to the toes, those of the arms ami thiirhs measuring :50 to (>() millimeters
in diameter. Claws, horn color. Tail spotted and banded with black,
the intervening areas bein^r clay color or somewhat hoary nearest the
tip, which is broadly black. The upper side of tail has more black
than li,<iht. the under side havin<i- the black and clay-colored areas about
equal in amount. In the median line, above, each li.srht rini.' has a black
spot, and the last pale rings are mixed with black hairs. There are
three subterminal bands of solid black above, the more proximal ones
being interrupted. On the under side of tail the pattern is confused
and the light areas whitish. Underparts buft'y white, heavily blotched
with black. Under side of body with a median chain of small black
spots, anil two rows of somewhat (luadrate black blotches on either side,
the spots averaging about fifty millimeters in diameter. On the under
side of neck and head, the black spots, which are much smaller than
those on the chest and abdomen, tend to form transverse chains, while
those of the cheeks and niu/.zle are arranged in longiludinal series.
The flat skin of a jaguar taken about 1(X) miles up the Segovia River,
which forms the boundary between Nicaragua and Honduras, killed by
Mr. Charles H. Townsend of the United States Fish Commission, closely
resembles the specimen from Costa Kica just described, differing in be-
ing slightly more intense in coloring, the vertebral spots coalescing so
that an interrupted median dorsal stripe is formed: and some spots in
the lateral rows are tilled with black, others having the rosettes elon-
gated and resembling llie outline of the animars hind foot, small blTick
spots suggesting the pads or tuberch^s. in general, the two may be con-
sidered to be identical.

Slnill (1)1(1 ^«'^A.— Skull high, narrow interorbilally. with small, pointed
audita! bullie. Dentition weaker than in the remaining forms (see
measurements).

Meaitriri'mfntx. —FoWovi'mii are measurements taken from the skin of
an adult male. No. (n.l92, U. S. National Museum Collection: length,
1800 mm.; tail, 57."): hin<l fool, 220; ear from crown, (!0: chord of long-
est hind claw, 2:!: fore claw, 2(). The Hat skin described above, from
Honduras, has the end of the tail gone: its head and l)ody measure 1 IT.')
mm. in length. Measurements of skulls of two adult males (Nos. 14,177
and 14,17r), both from Talamanca, Costa Rica, collected by Professor W.
iS[. (Jabb): basilar length, 200, 212: zygomatic breadth, l(i9, 175; mastoid
breadth, 102, lO."): distance bet ween orbits, 42..), 4."): between tips of post-
orbital processes, 08, 70..5: postorbital constriction, 41.5, 4:5: length of
nasals, on median liiii', 5!). (Wi: greatest breadth of nasals, '!8, 43: distance
from foramen magnum to liinder margin of palate, lo:5, 108: from pos-
terior margin of palate to middle incisor tooth, !)8, 10(>: length of in-
terpterygoid fossa from base of hainular i)rocess, :>3, :57: distance be-
tween upper carnassials, .52.5: .5(): distance between upper canines,
32, 30.5: greatest length of mandible, 107, 180: greatest height of man-
dible, 81, 84: length of upper incisor series, measured on alveoli, 21), 32;
distance across ui)per canines, measured on alveoli, outside, 05, 69;
length of upper lateral tool hmw, 75, 82.5: length of upper premolar

Jleants — The American Jar/ifavs. 141

series, measured on alveoli, 4!t, .Ki.5; crown of upper oarnassial tooth,
25.3 by K5.7. 2(J..") by 13.9; crown of miiUUe upper i)remolar, 17.5 by 9, 18
bv 9.

Felis hernandesii (Gray).

MAZATI.AN .lAGlAH.

Lcopai-chis Jiirnandesii Gray. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, p. 278.
Mamm. pi. LVIII (colored). Type from Mazatlan, State of Sinaloa,
Mexico.

Fdin onra Alston. Biolofjia C'enlrKli-Americana, Mammalia, 1879-'82,
p. 58. (Part.)

Characttrx. — Size larger than FdU cextralix, smaller than F. omui.
Coloration pale, with black markings greatlj- reduced in size, on a ground
color of ochraceous buff, the black-bordered rosettes being confined to
the upper portion of the middle dorsal region and elsewhere broken up
into isolated spots.

Color. — Ground color ochraceous butt'. The pattern of the black
markings is ((uite difTerent from Felis onni and F. re/if nili.'<. as pointed
out by Doctor J. E. (iray (P. Z. S., 1857, p. 278) and shown in his ex-
cellent colored figure, taken from the living animal. He states that
"instead of the spots being all placed in rings or roses, as they are
usually called, the spots on the front part of the body are single and
scattered, and those on the hinder part of the body are alone placed in
rings or roses." Later (P. Z. S., April 11. 18()7, p.;402). Gray continues:
"The specimen which I described under the name of LcopardiiK licnuin-
dexti * * * has come into the British Museum collection; and I can-
not find any ditlerence in the skull to distinguish it from the other
specimens of the Jaguar: so I suppose it must be considered one of the
varieties of that species, marked by the distance at which the small
spots are placed from each other, only now and then forming anything
like a distinct ring or row of spots." The skin described below, lent me
by Doctor A. K. Fisher, is essentially a topotype, collected at Gacalotlan
(near Mazatlan), in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico, by Mr. Edward W.
Xelson. In this specimen, the chain of black markings along the ver-
tebral line is disorganized anteriorly, and consists of paired round or
elliptical spots, more or less fused and irregular on the posterior half of
body, and traceable to the middle of the tail as a dorsal series of nar-
rowly-elongate, black spots: it appears as a narrow, interrupted line on
the crown and neck. The rosettes are restricted to the region behind
the shoulders, and, even there, are mostly broken up into scattered spots:
and they do not tend to completely encircle light areas, which latter
seldom conlain black spots. The rosettes become vague after the first
two or three rows, disappearing in a succession of scattered spots upon
the sides so that it is impossible to count the number of rows, as is
easily done in F('li'< onca and F. cciitniUn, though the number of rows
suggested by the scattered spots is obviously greater than in those

\4'2 Mrcrns — TIh' Am(ric(in .T>i(p/<irs.

species. The black spottin,ii' extends over the outer surface of the limbs.
The whole lop and sides of the liead. excepting- the muzzle above, are
(|uite evenly covered with rounded black spots, measurinii- .1 to 10 mm.
in diameter, those on sides of muzzle form inj.;' lonyitudinal rows; upper
side of mnzzle ochraceous Ijatt' finely mixed with black hairs. Ears
clothed inside with buft'y-white hairs; outer surface black, with a lar»'e
tawny spot occupyiiiij the middle portion. Tail ochraceous buff above,
.i;i'ayish white below, lonijiludinally striped with black on proximal
three-fifths, and transversely banded with black on terminal two-fifths,
the last three or four liijht rini-s bein.ff g-rayish. I'nderparts butfy white,
rather lightly banded with elongate (not (luadrate) black spots.

S/.-iiUaiuJ fct'f/i. — The colled ion of the United States National Museum
contains but two slsulls of Frfis Jn riunKhxii licrnKitilcxii, Ijotli females of
which measurements are given beloAV.

Measuremciitn. — The fiat skin described above is 1990 mm. in total
length: tail, (J.)l». Measurements of two skulls of adult females (Xo.
<)-ISO, U. S. National .Museum, from near Colima, Mexico, and No. 88,044,
T". S. Nat. Mus., IJiological Sur\ey Collection, from San Bias, Mexico):
basilar length, 181, — : zygomatic breadth, loli, loO: mastoid breadth,
95, — ; inlerorbital breadth, 45, 4(5; distance between tips of postorbilal
jH'ocesses, 72, 70; postorbital breadth, 45, 50; leng'th of nasals on median
line, 53, 55; greatest breadth of nasals, ?AS, 37: from foramen magnum to
hinder marg-in of palate, 90, — ; from posterior margin of palate to mid-
dle incisor tooth, 91, 87; length of postnarial fossa from base of hamular
process, 2(5, 28: distance between upper carnassials, 53, .54: distance be-
tween upper canines, 31, 34: greatest length of mandible, 150, 154: great-
est height of mandible, G7, 72; leng'th of upper incisor toothrow, meas-
ured on alveoli, 29.5, 28.5; distance across upper canines. (53, 61; length
of upper lateral toothrow, 71, 72: length of premolar series, measured on
alveoli, 49, 48: crown of upper carnassial, 25.8 by i:!, 24 by 13: crown of
middle upper premolar, 10.2 by 8.4, 1(5.2 by 8.2.

Felis hernandesii goldmani subsp. no\ .

CAMI'ECIIE JACJUAK.

7V/;;^'.— Skin No. 105,930, U. S. National Museum Collection, taken at
Yohatlan, Campeche, Mexico, January 5, 1901, by Mr. Edward A. Gold-
man of the Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture.

('Iiitri(ct( rx. — Pattern of coloration as in typical Fdi!i Jiiriiaitdtxii, but
color much more irdense: black markings greatly increased in size:
ground color tawny ocliraceous; tail largely black above.

Colur. — Upperparts tawny ochraceous, heavily spotted with black. In
the type specimen, thi- dark vertebral area is compo.sed of a chain or
double row of black sjiots, separate and elongate on the neck, rounded
and more or less joined together opposite shoulders and on rump, and
forming a practically complete dorsal stripe on middle of back. The
rosettes, which are almost confined to the middle dorsal area, do not

J/ecfus — 77te American ./(njiKirx. 143

lend to completely encircle liirht areas, and, loyether with tiie other
black marking's, are disposed as in F. /n rniiii<Ji-nii, but are very much
increased in si/.e. There is no light spot at the upper margin of the
nasal pad. Ears whitish cream-buff within, i)lack wilhoul, edged an-
teriorly with lawny, and with a large tawny spot on middle of black ex-
ternal surface. Tail irregularly spotted and banded with black, which
color greatly predominates. At base of tail, the light areas are tawny
above and white or gri/.zled below: terminal four or fi\e light rings,
hoary grayish, becoming successively narrower until obsolete towards
the tip, which is all black. Underparts butfy while, heavily banded
with elongate (not quadrate) black spots.

Skull lUid teeth. — Decidedly larger than /VZ/.s- nidrnlis^ the largest skull
equalling the smallest adult male of Felis onrd from South America.
Teeth larger than those of V. eentrnlix, smaller than in F. onra. The
premolar teeth are narrower than in South American jaguai's. The
skull as a whole, aside from general size, is much more heavily ossified
than in Felis mttnillK, in this respect being comparable with the South
American F. ot/i-d. from which it is geographically separatetl by the
range of F. rent rails.

Mea.snreiiK iits. — The skin of the type measures 1!)10 mm. in total
length: tail, ()7(». Skulls of three adult males (Xos. 10()..)4], V. S.
National Museum, 15iological Survey Collection, from Palencpie, Stale
of Chiapas, Mexico: 070:5, U. S. National Museum, from T(dtuantepec,
Mexico: 07, 40:!, U. S. National Museum, Hiological Survey Collection,
from San Andres, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico) present the following di-
mensions: basilar length of Hensel, 211, 217. 227: zygomatic breadth. 178,
188, 180: nuistoid breadth. 111, 112, IK!: least interorbilal breadth, 49,
51, 50: distance between tips of postorbital proces.ses, 74, 81, 75: least
postorbital breadth, 44, 47, 4(i: length of nasals on median line, G2, 67,
(i6: greatest breadth of nasals, 43, 46, 48: di.stance from foramen mag-
num to posterior border of palate, 109, 111, 115: from i)ost(M-ior border of
palate to middle incisor tooth, 104, 109, 111: length of poslpalatal fossa
from base of hamular process, 35, 36, 36: distance between upper car-
nassial teeth, 60, 57, 58: between upper canines, 36, 36, 39: greatest
length of mandible, 178, 179, 182: greatest height of mandible, 90, 93.
90; length of upper incisor toothrow, measured on alveoli, 32, 31, 33:
distance across upper canines, 71, 69, 72: length of upper lateral tooth-
row, 78, 79, 82: length of premolar series, measured on alveoli, 52, 50,
54: crown of upper carnassial, 27 by 13, 25 by 14. 27 by 14: crown of
middle upper premolar, 17.3 by 9.2. 17 by 10, 18 by 9.!!.

liemark-s. — In true hernandtsll, from the arid region of Mazatlan, in
the State of Sinaloa. not only is the ground color paler, but the light
areas are increased in size at the expense of the black, giving a decided
pallor. The pailern of the tail marking's becomes evident in /lenfiatde-sii
through reduction of black, and appears as interrupted longitudinal
stripes on basal three-tifths of tail: grovmd color buff at base, darkest
above and whitish below, and the subterminal hoary bands more plainly
marked than in fjotdmo/tl.

Vol. XIV, pp. 145-148 August 9, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

DESCRIPTION OF A NEW OCELOT FROM TEXAS
AND XOR'JII EASTERN MEXICO.

BY ElKiAR A. MEARXS.

Comparison of the ocelots in tlie United States Xational
Museum Collection shows the sintjle form represented from the
United States and northern Mexico to be distinct from those to
the southward. None of the numerous names hitherto a}>plied
to members of the Felis pwdalis grouj) of long-tailed cats re-
late to this animal.* It has heretofore been supposed to be

*The name Fdis nlbescohs of Pucheran, Voyage Venus, Zoolojiy, mam-
miferes, etc.. p. 14!): atlas, pi. \U\. l.S.l."), is a pure substitution for the
Felifi brai<ilieii.si.s ot Frederic Cuvier, which latter was based on a specimen
received from Cuba, and supposed to have been brought tliither from
Brazil. Althouiih Pucheran mentions and describes a male specimen
sent from Arkansas, in the State of Louisiana, by Trudau, he distinctly
states that his name ulbetfcciu is a substitution for bvaxiUeitsix of Fr.
Cuvier, of which it therefore becomes a synonym.

Under the name Panilura luihiririaiKi, Fitzinger, the compiler, de-
scribes an intensely-colored ocelot, similar to Hamilton Smith's colored
figure 'No. )!, " and gives its range as North America, Louisiana and Ar-
kansas. The animal described (Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der
Wissenschaften, Wien, LIX, 18G!), p. 2.58) is smaller, with heavy black
markings and reddish-brown coloring above, obviously differing from
the form here described. The synonymy is composite, including Felis
tigrina Erxleben and the Mexican ocelot figured in Griffith's edition of
Cuvier's Animal Kingdom as variety No. 3 of Hamilton Smith. Puch-
eran's Felix albencens is not given as a synonym, although a specimen
from Arkansas is described.

-.iS-BiOL. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (145)

146 Mfornfi — ^4 Xcir Ocdot front ll'.rtts.

identical with the Felis 2><'rdaUs of Liiiiia'us. whicli was hased
primarily on the 'Cato-Pardus mexicanus' of llernaiidoz.

Felis limitis s]i. nov.

KIO ORANDE OCELOT.

Ttipr adult male. No. fliil U. S. National Museum. Riolos-ical Sur-
vey Collection, taken at l^rownsville, Texas, March 4. lSi)2. by Mr. F.
R. ArmstroniT. Oriuinal No. 1(»2.

ChdVdctn'x. — Smaller and .i>-rayer than Fdis pai-dalis Linuieus, with
coloration less intense. Skull relatively broad: dentition weaker: in-
terpteryuoid fossa wider and more qnadrate: audital bulla' wider and
more inflated: postorbital process more flattened and less depressed.

Color. — Winter pelage: Upperparts excpiisitely lined and spotted with
black on a drab-gray ground. The ground color varies from whitish
drab-gray on the unenclosed areas to pale broccoli brown on those that
are enclo.sed or margined with black. The pattern is never exactly the
same on any two specimens, although the general effect is similar.
There is a distinct vertebral area marked with black, usually appearing
as a more or less broken or irregular line of black on the posterior three-
fifths, breaking up into parallel or divergent lines or spots anteriorly;
it is usually apparent from the occiput to the root of the tail, though
always an interrupted line. In places, especially on the rump, it often
becomes a single or double row of black spots, while anteriorly it may
change to i)arallel lines or elongated enclosures. On each side of the
vertebral line is a parallel series of enclosed or (occasionally) solid black
elongate areas, sometimes containing black spots. Succeeding these,
laterally, are series of elongate, partially or completely enclosed spots
or irregidar bands of drab-gray having a trend downward and back-
ward, and separated from one anoth(>r by grayish-while areas, an
especially broad transverse one usually apiiearing behind the shoulder.
Upper side of neck with longitudinal black stripes enclosing drab-gray
areas anteriorly and usually open posteriorly. Tapper side of head with
a broad black, usually interrupted line arising about ten millimeters
above the middle of the orbital ring and extending backward on either
side to opposite the middle of the ear: between these lateral bands are
several interrupted lines of spots, larger behind and breaking up into
small spots anteriorly. Eyelids blackish, fwrdered above and below by
whitish baiuls, succeeded by drab-gray. Side of head with two con-
spicuous i)lack longitudinal stripes, the upper one commencing as a
black spot behind nostril, another in front of inner canthus and involv-
ing upper and lower eyelids, extending thence to a point about thirty
millimeters below and behind the posterior root of the ear: lower stripe,
beginning behind whiskers and below middle of orbit, extends back-
ward to behind ear, then transversely across under side of head, almost
joining the corresponding stripe of the opposite side. The space be-
tween these black lines is white excejil anteriorlx : that between the up-

Mearns — A Xni' Ocelot from Texas. 147

per one and the lateral crown stripe forms a larye clrab-iiTay trianii'lc.
between the eye and ear. in which thei'e are but few small black spots.
Muzzle, above plain drab-^ray, lined on sides with spots of black edged with
drab, and jtlain lirayish white posteriorly. Whiskers mostly white, some
becomiui;' brownish black at base. Ear with concavity well coated with
whitish-butf hairs: convexity black anteriorly, "irayish white posteriorly,
the latter encroaching- on the middle of the black area, forming;' a
rounded sjiot, which, in one indisidual. is narrowly encii-cled b\' black
posteriorly, cutting- it off from the whitish posterior third of the ear.
Outer surface of limbs transversely spotted with black, the spots de-
creasing in size from within outward, becoming obsolete on the toes.
Underparts while, very slightly tinged with ochraceous, the pelage drab-
gray at base: chin and throat, middle of neck, and belly between
.thighs, unspotted. Under side of neck with two transverse bands of
black slightly mixed with fulvous, interrupted at median line. Hinder
part of upck finely spotted with black: chest and belly coarsely spotted,
the black .spots rounded on chest and transversely elongated on abdo-
men. Inner surface of limbs, whitish. trans\ei'sely s])otted with black.
Under side of feet, hair brown, sometimes mixed with hoary. Tail,
whitish gray, speckled with black below: upjier surface irregularly
barred with light and dark bands, the former grayish white, the latter
drab-gray, edged with black, and somewhat grizzled: light rings averag-
ing about ten.

The description of color is based on .skins from Fort Clark and
Brownsville, Texas. Six from the latter locality were kindly loaned me
by Doctor C. Hart ]\Ierriam. Chief of the Biological Survey, U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture. These specimens are quite similar except
that one immature female (No. 32.()S1) is remarkable for intensity of the
black markings. All were killed in February and March. The summer
pelage api)ears to be more tawny than that of winter: but the available
summer skins are uni-eliable. ha\"ing been immersed in a tiuid that has
probably changed the color. For the same reason, no satisfactory com-
l)arison of coloration can now be made with Fiiis paradalis.

S/i'u/l ami tectli. — Compared with Felix paradalis Linn;eus the skull
of F. liiiiifix is smaller, relatively short and broad, the postpalatal fossa
averaging considerably wider and more quadrate, the audital bulhe
much broader and more inflated, and the postorbital proce.sses more
flattened and less depressed. The skull of the type, an old male of
maximum size, measures as follows: basilar length (Hensel), 114 mm.:
zygomatic breadth, !)3; width of audital bulla, 17: length of upper lat-
eral toothrow. measured on alveoli. 40; upper premolar series, 28; upper
incisor series. I."): crown of upper carnassial tooth, I.1.8 by 7.8; crown of
middle upper ])rem()lar, 10 by 5: lower lateral toothrow, 45. A younger,
nearly adult male (No. 708:), U. S. National Museum), from Mirador,
Mexico, is considered to represent Felis pardulix Linnteus, and presents the
following dimensions: basilar length, 122; zygomatic breadth, 91; width
of audital bulla, 16; length of upper lateral toothrow, 43.5; upper pre-
molar series, 30: upper incisor series, 17: crown of upper carnassial

148 Meni'iis — A Xev Ocelot frohi It-A'as.

tooth. 1G.7 by 8.3; crown of middle upper premolar. 11 by G.4: lower
lateral toothrow. .lO; but a strictly comparable male skull (Xo. 14.180.
U. S. National Museum), Irom Talamauca. Costa Rica, gives the lollow-
ing measurements: basilar length, 13-1: z.ygomatic breadth, 108; width of
audital bulla, 10.3: length of upper lateral toothrow, 47; upper premolar
series, 31: upper inci-sor series. 17: crown of upper carnassial tooth. 17
by 9.3: crown of upper middle premolar, 11 by ().."); lower lateral tooth-
row, 53.

Mi'dxurementii. — Type (old male): length, 1080 mm.: tail vertebrie,
330: length of hind foot, 160; ear above crown. .")(). Females average
about as follows: length, 950; caudal vertebr;e, 300; hind foot. 145; ear
above crown, .lO. Skulls: greatest diameters of largest male. 140 by 93:
largest female, 120 by 87.

Specimens e.ramiiied. — Seventeen, from the following localities: Fort
Clark. Kinney County, Texas, 1; Eagle Pass, Texas, 2: Fort Ringgold,
Texas, 1; Brownsville. Texas. 0: Matamoras. State of Tamaulipas,
Mexico, 7.

Vol. XIV, pp. 149-151 August 9, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

\'

^^

TWO NEW CATS OF THP: EYRA GROLTP FROM
NORTH AMERICA.

BY EJXiAR A M EARNS.

Oil t'()m))arisi)ii of the very distinct iieM' species of eyra cat
here described as TeUa fossato with the descriptions of Felis
eyra Fischer (1814, based on Azara), the former was found to
be a much larger animal, the bare skull measuring one-lialf inch
more in length than the entire head of FeltK fi/r<i, according to
the measurements given l)y Dr. J. R. Rengger,* an extremely
careful naturalist. Rengger's external measurements of eyra
cats from Paraguay are slightly greater than those given by
Azara. The animal described and figured by Baird as I'^lh
eyra,\ belonged to a species as large as Fdis fossata^ conse-
quently much larger than FeVis eyra Fischer. The Avater-color
drawing, taken from Dr. Berlandier's original, from which
Baird's colored figure was reproduced, depicts the animal "as a
uniform light reddish-brown, without any spots whatever, and
no lightening of tints beneath. The ears are rather pointed.
The tail is slender and tapering gently to the tip, which is not
tufted. Tlie tail is rather longer than the body, by about half

*Natur.2:eschichte der Saeugethiere von Paraguay, 1830, p. 20!).

filammals of North America, lS.i7, p. 88, pi. LXII. fig. 1 (animal),
pi. LXXIII. tig. 2 (skull): Report United States and Mexican Boundary
Survey, II, 18.")!), p. 10, pi. II. tig. 1 (animal), pi. XIII, fig. 2 (skull).
29— BIOL. See. WASH. VOL. XIV, 1901. (149)

150 JIcco'us — Ttcu S^eic Catf^ of lhe Kijra Gw>ip.

the length of the neck. The iigure also represents tlie pupil as
vei'tical; other authors describe the i)upil of 7'^. eijra as round."
(Baird.) On account of the larger size of this animal, and the
absence oi the white or whitish markings on the head, described
by Azara,* Fischer, Rengger, and other authors in their ac-
counts of Fells €i/ra, the animal described by Baird under that
name must be considered a distinct species, esj)ecially now that
another specif 8 of the eyra {Felis /oftsattf) has been found in-
habiting Central America. I ])r()pose the name Fclis ajyache
for the eyra cat of Tamaulipas, described by Berlandier and
Baird in the works cited. The type will be skull No. 1373,
United States National Museum: a youngish-adult female, col-
lected by Dr. Berlandier, at Matamoras in the State of Tamau-
lipas, Mexico.

Felis fossata sp. nov.

YUCATAN EYRA CAT.

Ti/2^^- — Xo. TOrjfi. United States Xalioiuil Museum: skull of adult from
Merida, Yucatan, collected by D. Schott.

Crdiiial fJn(r((ct( ri<. — Skull narrow, ils greatest diameters !>1 by (>0
mm.: convex posteriorly, flattened supraorbitally, witli marked declina-
tion forwards from middle of nasals: interfrontal region with a deep
fossa, V-shaped on section, 8 mm. in length, between the anterior ex-
tremity of the interfrontal suture and the nasal bones, which latter are
similarly infolded, continuing the fossa forward to the extremit}- of the
nasals as a groove which gradually decreases in depth towards their ex-
tremity: orbit relatively small: nasal bones narrow, elongated at sides,
pointed posteriorly where they are bent downward to form the anterior
portion of the frontal fossa: anterior narial opening high and narrow:
infraorbital foramen single, and round: interorbital region narrow; jugal
broad; posterior narial fossa wide, with a scarcely-perceptible postpala-
lal notch: audital bulhe elongate, high, pointed anteriorly, scarcely con-

*Azara gives the following: "Length, thirty-one inches: tail, eleven
inches and a half, more bushy than that of the cat; and the other meas-
urements proportioned to those of the preceding species [yagiiarundi^] .
The whole coat is of a red colour, except the lower jaw, the mustachios,
and a small spot on each side of the the nose, which are white. Its fiu-
does not yield in softness to that of the preceding species {Felis yagiiar-
undi~\, and would be highly esteemed by furriers." (London edition of
Azara's Natural History of the Quadrupeds of Paraguay and the River
La Plata, 18:5i, pp. 22.5-G.)

Jfe(/n)s — Tiro ]\'^eic C<ifx of the Kyni Groiqy. 151

stricted laterally: sagittal and occipital crests moderately developed;
dentition heavy, as compared with Felix dpurhc.

Compiiriaon <nul i-nt/iial tinii!<iirf>i/nif.'<. —VAWoi's account ot the cranial
characters of Fidi« tifr<( Fischer,- based on specimen No. 1226, British
Museum Collection (locality not given), contains, besides nonessentials,
the foUowiuii': "nasals are broad, and on a line with the processes of the
maxillas at their articulation with the frontal bone. * * * Au<litory
bulhe prominent, oblong: mastoid foramen of a triangular shape. Zy-
goma well arched. Canines moderate." No cranial measurements are
given. The skull of the type and only specimen of Felix f(isx(( fa differs
from the above in having the nasals bones narrow, audital bulhe pointed,
mastoid foramen oval, zygoma slightly arched, canines large. The
skull of 7^<'^/.v '/;>'/'7/f' is readily distinguished from that of F. foxxata by
the absence of a frontal fossa, the marked lateral constriction of the au-
dital bulla', the narrowness of the posterior narial fossa, and the small
size of the teeth. It is also noted that the infraorbital foramina are
double. The two species are of similar size. The following dimensions
of the type skull of Fdixfuxxatu are followed by those of the type of F.
(ijiKi'lic. in parenthesis: basilar length of Ilensel, 78 mm. (7(>): zygomatic
breadth, (10 ((iO): least interorbital breadth, Ki (li)): intertemporal
breadth, :!() (:{2): breadth of braincase above auditory meatus, 42 (41);
palate, length from henselion to posterior edge, excluding meflian notch,
:il{.7 (;)2.2): greatest iliameter of orl)it, 2:! (2(>): greatest length of nasal
bone, 2*5 (2t)); breadth of nasal bones opposite end of nasal processes of
frontals, 7 (8..")): anterior narial orifice, 14 by 12 (12 by 11); breadth of
jugal, 10 (7): audital bulla, 20 by 12 (18 by 10): breadth between outer
corners of carnassials, 157.2 (:5)>): bre;ulth of posterior narial fossa, I'i
(12): front of upper canine to back of carnassial, 27..") (2.^): length of
upper carnassial, 12.2 (11); length of lower cai-nassial, 9.4 (8.8).

*Monograph of the Felidie, 188:!, p. (m.

Vol. XIV, pp. 153-155 August 9, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

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ON THE MAINLAND FORMS OF THE EASTERN

DEERMOUSE, PEBOMYSCUS LEVCOPUS

(RAFINESQUE).

BY EDGAR A. MEARNS.

Peromyscus leacoj^ns was originally described by Raiinesque
from specimens taken during a journey through ''the lower
parts of the Ohio, the Wabash, Green River, Barrens, Prairies,
and the states of Indiana, Illinois, &e." Kentucky is genei-al-
ly considered to be the type locality.* Specimens from Lex-
ington, Kentucky, collected by the writer and assumed to be
typical, are found to agree with those from other |»arts of the
austral zone east of the Mississippi River; but, in the transi-
tion zone, fairly well-marked geographical races occur in New
York and New England in the East, and in Minnesota in the
West. The range of the species does not extend beyond the
northern boun<lary of the transition zone, but meets with that
of Peronn/xrns (•diuidensis at the lower vi.V^v of the boreal zone.
In these forms, which may be recognized by the following de-
scriptions, the under surfaces are white with more or less gi'ay

*In a letter "ddteil at Louixdlli; Fallx of Ohio, -IWh .Julii, 1S18", pub-
lished in the American Monthly Magazine, Vol. Ill, September, 1818, p.
354, Rafinesque states respecting ''Qiiadrupfdf'-. "I have discovered
and described ."5 new species: 1. Mittsrulux hucopus; 2. Gerbillun Sylvati-
cux; and, 3. Nurtilio myittdx. Rat". "

30— BIOL. SOC. WASH. VOL. XIV, 1901. (153)

154 MeaniH — Jfainhnid J^onns of Jtlasteni Deermouse.

at the base of the hair, and the general color above is broccoli-
brown in summer, and cinnamon or yellowish wood-brown fine-
ly sprinkled with black in winter.

Peromyscus leucopus leucopus (Rafinesque).

KENTTTKY nRERMOUSR.

In summer coated with short liairs: color broccoli-brown above, finely
sprinkled with black, sparsely on the sides and thickly in a broad
median dorsal area: ears scantily coated, hair brown, with scarcely percep-
tible hoary edi^es: eyelids bordered with black: feet scantily coated, the
skin appearing between the hairs: tail plainly showing annuli above and
below, and so scantily coated that it does not appear distinctly bicolored
or slightly penciled at tip: uiiderparts gray partly concealed by wiiite
tips to the hairs.

In iciiitff more heavily coated: color yellowish wood-brown above,
white below, with the gray underfur appearing between the white tips
of the hairs: tail very slightly penciled, not very sharply bicolored. and
with annuli seldom wholly concealed: feet and ears not well coated.

Measure iiu'iiti^. — Total length. ISO mm.: caudal vertebrae, SO: hind
foot, 21: ear above crown. 12. ;i.

Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis (Fischer).

NRW YORK DEERMOUSE.

In summer the whole animal is more heavily coated than in true leu-
copus, the skin of the feet being concealed by the hair; tail bicolor, with
annuli usually concealed, and the tip well penciled: ears also a little
more heavily coated: upperparts wood-brown instead of broccoli-brown.

In winter the coat is very full and long: tail moderately penciled,
sharply bicolor, heavily coated, with the annuli entirely concealed:
ears and feet well coated, the former with hoary edges and almost bushy
at base, and the latter pure white: upperparts yellowish w^ood-brown:
ears and upperparts generally more decidedly lined with black; pelage
of underparts very dense, and white almost to the base.

Me<(surevients.~\j('\\^^{\-\, 1S5 mm.; tail vertpbr;i', 85; hind foot, 21; ear
above crown, 13.;").

Peromyscus leucopus minnesotae subsp. nov.

MINNESOTA DEERMOTTSK.

Type.—lso. 82,717, United States National Museum Collection. Adult
female, collected at Fort Snelling, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Novem-
ber 30, 1890, by Edgar A. Mearns. Original No. 1181.

Meai'ns — 3L(inl<i)id Forma of E^iMeri) Uecrmonse. 155

Chartirters. — Form stout: ears small, hairy ou anterior half of outer
surface: color decidedly paler than in the eastern forms: a whitish tuft,
in winter, at anterior base of ear: pelage intermediate in length between
the two eastern forms: skull as in the typical form.

Color in xiimmcr. — Upperparts light bistre, sparingly lined with black
hairs: ears with outer surface sepia, hairy anteriorly and almost naked
posteriorly, thinly coated with grayish hairs on inner surface, and faint-
ly hoary on edge: feet and tail so scantily clothed that the skin and an-
nuli are visible between the hairs: tail slightly penciled: gray of under-
]>arts jiartiftlly concealed by white-tipped hairs.

In trinter the upperparts are cinnamon, coarsely but sparsely lined with
black: ears light brown instead of sepia, with a slight tuft of whitish
hair at the base anteriorly, and with faint hoary rims; underparts white,
the gray underfur being concealed: feel and tail moderately hairy, the
latter slightly penciled.

Young mouse-gray above, grayish white below: ears slate-black on
anterior band, grayish posteriorly, very faintly edged with hoary: tail
hair-brow above, white below. ■

Medsurenwnts. — Length, 175 mm.: tail vertebra-, 75: hind foot, 21.5;
ear above crown, 11.5.

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DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW ASIATIC SIIREAVS.*

BY GERKIT S. MILLER, Jk.

Among the Asiatic shrews in tlie United States National Mu-
seum are two species that ai)i)ear to have not yet been named.
A tliird was recently sul)milted to me for determination by Mr.
Oldtield Thomas.

Crocidura ilensis sp. no\ .

Type. — Adull female (skin and skull) collecled iu open grass country
at Kukturuk, (altitude, 5400 ft.) Hi, central Asia, October 12, 1899, by
P. Church. Original number, 4. Specimen to be presented to the
British Museum.

Characters. — In general similar to Kashmir specimens of Crocidura
vu/ouh's (Blanford), but smaller. Color distinctly paler than in the Kash-
mir animal, the feel nearly white. Skull with more slender rostrum
and smaller teeth.

Culor. — Dorsal surface pale drab, the hairs drab-gray subterminally
and a gray about matching Ridgway"s No. (5 (PI. II) at base. Ventral
surface silvery whitish gray in distinct but not sharply defined contrast
with color of back. Feet whitish gray. Tail indistinctly bicolor,
whitish gray below, drab above.

Skull and teeth. — The skull is distinctly smaller than that of C. myoides
and C. runsula, which are of essentially the same size. In form, how-

*Published here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution.

31— BiOL. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (157)

158 Millcr—Xcv Axiatir Shrews.

ever, it is not peculiar. Teotli as in C. myoideK but smaller thronjrhnut.
The unicuspid teeth resemble those of the Kashmir animal in their
smaller size and less terete form as compared with those of G. riistivln.

Measurement.'^. — External measurements of type: total length, 85; head
and body, 50: tail vertebrie, ;!0: hind foot. 11': hind foot without claws,
12.

Cranial measurements of type: greatest length. KJ.G: greatest postor-
bital breadth, 8.4: greatest antorbital breadth, (5: least interorbital
breadth. 4: mandible. 10: entire maxillary toothrow, 8.4; entire mandi-
bular toot brow, 8.

Specimen exa7mneih — One. the type.

Renun'kfi. — Crociduru ilensin agrees with C. liynicolor in size, but is very
dilTerent in color. In the latter character it is almost identical with 6'.
su'kIk, though lacking the faint broccoli-brown wash on the dorsal sur-
face. The skull is only a tritle smaller than that of <'. xicula and the
toothrow as a whole is of about the same length; but llu' unicuspid teeth
are much smaller.

Crocidura shantungensis sp. nov.

7'ype. — Adult (skin and skull) No. 8().151, United States National ^lu-
seum. Collected at Chimoh. Shantung, northern China. June, 1898, by
Paul I). Bergen.

('Jinracterx. — Size and general appearance as in Crocidura ik')ii<is, but
molar teeth both above and below distinctly smaller.

Color. —In color Crocidura .•<//aaf>nir/(/i-si.s closely resembles C. ilensis,
but the feet are less whitish and the dorsal surface is washed with broc-
coli-brown exactly as in C. dcula.

Skull and teeth. — The hinder part of the skull is broken away so that
the form cannot be compared with that of the allied species. The ros-
trum differs from that of C. ilen.si.t in greater relative breadth and depth.
The teeth are throughout smaller than those of ('. ilensis, but the dilfer-
ence is most noticeable in the molars. I can detect no tangible differ-
ences in form.

Measureinenfx. — External measurements of type (from skin): total
length, 87; head and body, ()2; tail vertebrae, 25; hind fool, K> (12).

Cranial measurements of type: entire maxillary toothrow. 7.8; great-
est antorbital breadth, 5.4; mandible, 9; entire mandibular toothrow, 7.

Specimen e.ramined. — One, the type.

lieniarks. — While this species exactly resembles C. xicuht in color, it
is readily distinguished by its shorter, more bristly tail. In this charac-
ter it differs from all the known European members of the genus and
agrees wit li the Asiatic C niyoides, C. ilensis, and C tif/nirofor.

Sorex macropygmseus sp. nov.

Type. — Adultr male (skin and skull) No. 84,012, United States National
Museum. No. 8019, Leonhard Stejneger. Collected at Petropaulski,
Kamchatka, September 23, 1897, by Mrs. Stejneger.

3 filler — N'e^l'l Asiatic SJirevs. 159

('hardftrrn. — In general appearance similar to Sore.r niinufus but size
considerably greater (hind foot, 1:5, greatest length of skull. 17).

Color. — Upperparts sepia, slightly darker across lumbar region, and
becoming paler on sides where a rather abrupt change takes place to the
broccoli-brown of the underparts. Tail distinctly bicolor, dark sepia
above and at tip. light shining broccoli-brown beneath. Feet like under
surface of tail.

Skull and tetf/t. — The skull throughout is larger than that of Sorcx
vdnutux, forming in this respect an exact intermediate between that of
the pigmy shrew and Sorr.r aruiwihf. in form it is not peculiar.

Teeth as in Sore.v minutxn except that the third and fourlh unicuspids
are svibeiiual when viewed from the side, that is the fourth is not dis-
tinctly smaller than the third as in the case in *S'. minutu-s.

M('ii.siirnii('/itx. — External measurements of type*: total length, 107:
head and body. 70: tail vertebrte, 3'7; hind foot, KJ (12).

Cranial measurements of type: greatest length, 17. (i (l.).4)t: greatest
postorbital breadth. 8.4 (7.t)): greatest antorbital breadth. 4.4 (4): least
interorbital breadth, 3.4 (2.8): mandible, 8 (().(5): entire maxillary tooth-
row, 7.0 (().8); entire mandibular loolhrow. 7 ((>).

SperiDienii cvamincd. — Three (one in alcohol), all from the type locality.

*From fresh specimen by collector.

jMeasurements in parenthesis are those of an adult Sorcv /iiinii(u$
from Upsala, Sweden.

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SOME NEW AND ADDITIONAL RECORDS OX THE
FLORA OF WEST VIRGINIA.

BY CHARLES L. POLLARD AND WILLIAM R. MAXON*.

In the latter part of August, 1899, the writers spent four days
in south central West Yirgiuia, nuiking collections of plants at
Quinnimont, Fayette Co., and at Lowell, Summers Co., both on
the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. In view of the
extensive additions to the known flora of the state recently pub-
lished by Mr. E. L. Morrisf, supplementing Millspaugh and
Nuttall's "Flora of West Virginia;]:," it is quite significant of
the work yet to be done that out of the total of 12.5 numbers of
our collection 30 should be new to the state, — the majority
being cryptogamous plants.

For tiie determination of the fungi we are indebted to Mrs.
Flora W. Patterson; for that of the lichens to the late Thomas
A. Williams; of the hepaticae to Dr. Marshall A. Howe; and
of the mosses, with one exception, to ]\Irs. E. (4. Britton. The
names of species new to the flora are printed in bold-face type;
those representing merely additional records, in small capitals.

*Published by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion.
fProc. Biol. Soe. Wash. 13: 171-182. 1900.
j:Fiekl Columb. Mas. Pub. (Bot. Series) i: G5-27G. 1896.

33— BIOL. Soc. WASH. VOL. XIV, 1901. (101)

162 Pollard and Mu-ou—Wtsf Vir(j!u!a Flora.

Thallophyta.

FUNGI.

Uromyces Howei Peck. On jUdeiriMs Sijrhn'a. Lowfll, August 2.").

(No. lao.)
Gnomonia ulmae (Sacc.) Thum. On (load leaves of Ulmus sp.
J.owell. August 2."). (No. IHl.)

Lichenes.

Coenogonium interpositum Nyl. Sterile; --TOwing wilh tliallus of

Clinhiiiiit ^\). (^)uinnim()iil. August 22. (No. 141.)
Lecidea speirea .\cii. <,)uinnim<)nt, AuuusI 21. (Xo. 1:M.)
Lecidea albocoerulescens (Wulf.) Scluier. (,)uiniiimi)nt. August 22.

(Xo. i:;s.)
Pertusaria corallina (L.) Fr. (,)uinniinont, August 22. (Xo. 110.)
Parmelia cetrata .\c]i.? .Sierile, but pnihably rcl>ral)]e to this species.

Lowell, August 2:!. (Xo. 14().)
Parmelia tiliacea (Holfm.) Fik. Lowell, August 2:5. (No. Ml.)
Cladonia squamosa Hoffm. guinnimont, August 22. (No. 14:!.)
Cladonia squamosa denticollis (Hotfm.) Flk. Quinnimont, Augusl

22. (Xo. 1. •!(■..)
Placodium rupestre (Scop.) Jir. ^V Rostr. Quiiuiimont, Augusl 2.'^.

(No. l.M.)

Theloschistes concolor effusa Tuckerm. Lowell. August 2."!. (No.

1. -)().)
Verrucaria fuscella iTum.) Acli. Lowell, August 2:!. (Xo. i:)4.)
Pyrenula punctella (Xyl.) Williams, comb. nov. [VcrrnrHria punc-

ti'Uit Xyl. Pyrenoc. 1(>. IS.IS.) Lowell, August 2:i. (X^o. I.IG.)

Bryophyta.

IIKPATK AK.

Jungermannia Schraderi :\Iai'l. (^linnimont, August 22. (Xo. li:!.)
Cephalozia Virginiana Spruce. Quinnimont. Augusl 22, (Xo. II.hmu
pan, which is mostly ('. rtirrifoUd.)

Musci.

Fissidens subbasilaris Hedw, Lowell, August 2:i, (Xo. 117.)
Ditrichum tortile (Sclirad.) Ilampe. Quinnimont, August 21. (No.

10.1.)
Thuidium delicatulum (L.) Mitt, (^liimimont, August 21. (No. 111.)
Thuidium minutulum (Hedw.) Wv. Ai Sch. (Determined by Dr. O. N.

P.est.) Lowell, August 2!!. (No. 118.)
Amblystegium fluviatile (Sw.) P,r. .^ Sch. Quinnimont, Autiust 21.

(Xo. 110.)

Pollard and Md-i'on — TFe.s'f Yirglnia Flora. 16^

Rynchostegium rusciforme (Neck.) Br. A: Sch. Quiunimont, August

21. (No. 109.)
Hypnum Haldanianum Grev. Quinnimont, August 22. (No. ll.').)

Pteridophyta.

PoLYPODiUM YULGARE DECEPTUM Maxoii, Pi'oc. U. S. Nat. ]Mns. 23:
028. lOni. Quinnimont. August 21. (No. 2.1.)

Spermatophyta.

Andropogon nutans avenaceus (Michx.) Hack. (Determined by Mr.

Carleton R. Ball.) Common in bottom lands of tbe New River.

Quinnimont, August 21. (No. :>().)
Tij.vuTVETTERiA Carolinexsis (Walt.) Vail. Quinnimont, August 21.

(No. 26.) Growing in some abiuidance along the banks of Laurel

Creek: this station confirms its existence in the State, as Doctor

Mills])augh ([uestioned the locality cited by him.
Chamaecrista nictitans commixta I'ollard, and Maxon var. nov.

Plant of low statute, very densely and divaricately branching, the
stems finely pubescent or puberulent: leaves resembling those of nicti-
tans, hut often with 'more numei'ous leaflets: petiolar gland cupulate or
truncate, usually nearly sessile; flowers and fruit as in <\ iiirfitanx.

Type in U. S. National Herbarium, No. 357,069, collected by Charles
L. Pollard and William R. Maxon in alluvial soil along the New River
at Quinnimont. AV. Va., August 21, 1899. (No. 31.)
Qalactia regularis (L.) B. S. P. Quinnimont, August 21. (No. 29.)

Bottom lands of the New River.
Strophostyles helvola (L.) l>ritton. (^)uinnimont, August 21. (No. 32.)

iiottom hinds of the New River.
Physalis heterophylla Nees. Quinnimont, August 21. (No. 38.)

Bottom lands of the New River.
Tagestes patula L. Quinnimont, August 21. (No. 20.) Escaped

from cidtivation along the railroad near Laurel Creek.
S()lii)A(u> neglecta Torr. it (Jray. Quinnimont, August 21. (Nos. 33

and 34.) liottom lands of the New River. Recently reported by

Doctor Millspaugh from another locality in the State.

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NEW AND LITTLK-KNOWK COCCID^E. I.
RIPEK8IELLA AND CEKOPUTO.

BY T. 1). A. COCKERELL.

Ripersiella Tinsley.

RipcrsUWi, Tinsley, in Cockerell, Canad. Entom., 1899, p. 274.

Daclyiopiine CoccitUe with antenna' of not more than six joints, placed
close together at the extreme anterior portion of the head. Type Itiper-
ttiella rumicis {=Eipersia rumiris, Maskell, Tr. N. Z. Inst., XXIV, B7}.

Prof. Tinsley had intended to liive an account of this genus, but he
has been prevented by other duties, and at his suggestion I here set forth
its characters. The appearance of the species is very peculiar, and
anyone who has seen them alive is sure to be convinced of the validity
of the genus.

liipersieWx maritiina (=liipi'i'Ki(( i//(iritini((. C'kll., Insect Life, VII, 42)
and R. Icucoxatua come nearer to Ripernia than the other two species.
R. Kdhxjfji (Ehrh. & Ckll.) from Mountain View, California, depart-s
farthest from the Ripersia type, having .)-jointed antenn;e only about
7.1 /.I long, and 15 /.i apart, the second to fourth joints each about twace
as broad as long.

Ripersiella leucosoma sp. n.

9 . Perfectly, white elongated, the largest about 3 mm. long; caudal
lobes low and rounded, not at all prominent, with a couple of bristles
like those of the anal ring: abdominal segments very convex on lateral
margins; legs and antennte pale reddish-brown; pairs of legs about 400
It apart: hind legs about 1100 /< from end of body: hind legs with t'e-
33— BiOL. See. WASH. VOL. XIV, 1901, (165)

^

166 CorlrrcJI — Xew (Did L!tth' Krinirn CocriJd-.

mar 4" trochanter uboul 140//. tibia alxnit i)0, tarsus about W; anienniv
at extreme anterior end of IjoiIn . which is somewhat pointed; antenn;e
()-jointed, about 120// apart, and aboul lS()/< long; antenna! joints in//,
(1.) 30-:i9, (2.) 18-24, (:}.) 80. (4.) 18-21, (.">.) 18-21, (G.) 42-48: joints 4 and
.") about as broad as long, willi convex sides; formula 0 (31) 2 (45) or 613
(245); mouth-parts (excluding rostrjil tilanien(s) aboul 220// long; labi-
um narrow but not very long, about 100// long and .■)0 wide.

ILth. Las Vegas. New Mexico, (ilOO ft. alt., under rocks with Ldgiuti
(nnericanux; first fouiul by Wilmatte P. Cockerell. April 11, 1901. A
larger insect than A*. iiKiritiiini, but closely allied.

Ripersiella kelloggi Elirhorn i'^ Ckll., sp. n.

This species was found by Mr. Ehrliorn on roots of bunch grass at
Mountain View, California, in December. 1898, but no description has
yet been published. It is easily recognized by the characters mentioned
above. The length of the last antenna! joint is about :')(>//. T!ie moutli
parts are ordinary, t!ie labium not elongated.

Ceroputo Su!c.

Tlie genus Vcropnio, Sulc. was founded in 1897 for a species found in
Boliemia, named ('. pUottdbv, Sulc. It lias never l^een recognized as
American, but after a study of its cliaraclers, I find tliat tlie species of
the group of Phendcorcus yucnc are certainly congeneric. Tlie genus is
a fairly distinct one by tlie large size and spiny skin, witli a frequent
development of waxy !amel!;e resembling those of Orthezia. Tlie Amer-
ican forms are Ceraputo ijikuuc {Pxendorofciix yucca\ Coquillett, W. Am.
Sci., 1890, p. 44), ('. iiiicra' mcricdii lis {Ddrtylopius )ne,vir(iniis, Civ!!., Ann.
Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) XII, p. 49), ('. harbcri {Phendvovcux ijurca' hurheri;
Cldl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) XVI. p. (il), ('. bahia- {PhenKcocnisbitMa',
Klirliorn. Can. Ent., 1900, p. 314), and C culcitectuK [Pheiuii-occuit caki-
tectus, Ckll.. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) VI!, p. 334).

In C. bdvberi the last tliree antenna! joints are decidedly longer tlian
in C. yucca'. To tlie al)ove must now be added t!ie following;

Ceroputo lasiorum sp. n.

9 . About 4 mm. long, 2.^ broad, almost white, with a faint greenisli
tinge, covered witli wliite secretion. The dense secretion covering t!ie
dorsum loolvs lilce m'oo!, instead of having a chalky appearance as in C.
ralcitertus; it is also not separable info distinct lamellae, nor are the
hindmost lamelhe at- all prolonged (in calritectus they form two tails);
in young individuals the lateral tufts are distinct. Legs pale reddisli-
brown; sepia brown in mounted specimens. Boiled in liquor potassff,
the 5 turns pink, but does not stain the liquid.

Cockerell — N^ew mid Little Khoi'-ii (JuccUla-. 167

Skill with many round glands, and small spines; sides with large
brownish patches of spines: anal rini^- with six hairs, flaw with denti-
cle on inner side: no tarsal digitules.

Adult. Measurements of antenna' and leys in //: Antennal segments:
(1.) !>(). (2.) !l(). (:!.) loB. (4.) !)<■>, (").)'•*!*• ('».)!»<>. (7.)!'-. (8.) »!», (!).) MI.
Formula :{'.)( 124r)()7S).

Middle leg: femur -|- trochanter <i4d; tibia -Kid: tarsus (without claw)
200. Tarsal bristles about (iO n.

Pcnultiiiuttf xt(((if. Measurements in/r. Antennal segments: (1.) about
1)0, (2.) 90, (:J.) 12(), (4.) 75. (.i.) 7."), ((>.) 7.i, (7.) 7.), (8.) 12(5. Only S joints.
Anterior legs; femur -[- trochanter, 440; tibia 300; tarsus (without claw)
200.

Middle legs: femur -\- trochanter 400; tibia 400. Posterior legs: fe-
mur-|- ti'ochanter 48(t: tibia 470: tarsus 200.

Ildlj. — Las Vegas, >»'. M., iVpril, in nests of L((xiiix iiitcrjcrt ux under
rocks. {WiUiKitt,' P. Cockortt.)

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DE8CKIPTI0XS OF A NEW GENUS AND ELEVEN
NEW SPECIES ANT) SUBSPECIES OF BIRDS

FPvOM mp:xico.

BY E. W. NELSON.

The following def^criptions iirc Iciscd iijiou materinl in tho
Biological Survey collection and iiiaijily upon specimens ob-
tained during a recent trip to tlie peninsula of ^'ucatan l)v Mr.
E. A. (ioldinan and myself. I am indebted to ^Ir. Ko1)ei't
Ridgway and Dr. Clias. AV. Richmond, Curator and Assistant
Curator of Birds in the National Museum, for theii- usual kind
assistance during the ])reparation of this paper.

All measurements are in millimetei-s.

Crypturus sall^ei goldmani, new subspecies. Yucatan Tiiiamou.

Tjipt' No. 107,71.'5, $ ad., U. S. National Museum, l^iolo<rical Survey
collection, from Chicken Itza. Yucatan, Mexico. Collected Feljruary 1,
1901. by E. W. Nelson and E. \. (ioldnian.

Dislribiitiiin. — Yucatan. Mexico.

Siibxjicrijir r/nir<irf( /-x. ~ $ . smaller than typical C. mlkfi \\\i\\ general-
ly paler coloration; l}acl< grayer: llie light transverse l^ars more strongly
marked and extending farther forward on back and wings: underparls
paler, more buffy (less rufous): 9- paler and more strongly and cxt(>n-
sively barred with light color on back and wings.

Dime ndonn of type. — Wing l.)2: tail Ki: culmen 2*': tarsus 14.

Remarks. — Tlie males of the i)resenl form difTer more from those of
C. Kcdlm Iwtb in size and color than do I he females.

34— BiOL. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (16y)

ITO XeiL' Species of J^irds from Me.rico.

Bubo virglnianus mayensis new subspecies. Yucuiku Horned Owl.

Type Xo. 107,727, 9 ad.. U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey
collection, from Chicken Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Collected February
1, 1901, by E. W. Nei.son and E. A. (ioldman.

Dutribution. — Peninsula of Yucatan.

Snbspecifir rharariers. — Most like B. Tirginianus pallescens but much
smaller with less clear gray and more dingy fulvous suffusion on entire
dorsal surface including tail: sides of body, Hanks and under tail coverts
rather regularly barred with narroAv dark bands, not crowded near tips
of feathers as usual in pnllesi'cn.s; sides of flanks with concealed sutfu-
sionof dull butl'y. middle of breast and belly dull white: lower half of
tarsus and feet dull white without markings.

Dimensions of type. — Wing 335: tail 178: culmen 44: tarsus (Hi.

Remarks. — This is the smallest of the subspecies of Bubo rirginianus
and is a pale race probably limited to the arid part of the peninsida of
Yucatan.

Crax chapmani new species. ('ha[)mau's Curassow.

Type 'So. 1()7.;!70, 9 ad., U. iS. National Museum, Biological Survey
collection, from Puerto Morelos, Eastern Yucatan, Mexico. Collected
March 28, 1901, by E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman.

Distribution. — Heavy forests of southern Campeche and southern and
eastern Y'ucatan, Mexico: probably ranging thence into adjacent parts
of Belize and Guatemala.

Description of type. — Head and throat dull white thickly and finely
speckled with black on lores and around eyes; sides of crown more
coarsely and sparingly black spotted; crest white with narrow black
tips finely bordered with white: bases of crest feathers on front of crown
with small black spots or incomplete bars: posteriorly crest feathers
only marked at ba.se with fine dark shafts or shaft streaks: neck all
around from head to body strongly barred black and white — black bars
broadest, and white bars on underside of neck more or less edged with
butfy; shoulders, upper surface of wings and tail broadly and regularlj'
barred with broad bands of blackish brown and slightly narrower bands
of golden buffy; dark bars approaching black on shoulders and on outer
half of tail; buffy bars with a decided grayish cast on outer half of tail:
primaries mainly butfy, paler than same color on secondaries and more
narrowly and irregularly barred and spotted with blackish and reddish
brown; middle of back and rump narrowly barred with same colors as
secondaries and tail; entire underparts including breast, abdomen, sides
of body, Hanks, thighs and undertail coverts uniform ochraceous butfy
— a few narrow irregularlj- placed transverse blackish brown marks oc-
curring on buffy feathers of fore breast; under side of tail black with
narrow golden buffy transverse bars.

Dimensions oftypc.—^N'mg 380; tail 368; culmen 51; tarsus 116.

jSfew Species of liirds from Mexico. 171

Bemarks. — The discovery of this mag'nificent bird, one of the largest
and handsomest of the genus, was a quite unexpected result of our work
in Yucatan. Only a single specimen could be secured by us, although
the feathers of others were seen about Indian camps in southern Cam-
peche in December, 1900, by Mr. Goldman, and I came on a hunter in
the forest in eastern Yucatan just after he had finished plucking one.
They were evidently much less common than Cra,v gloMcera, though
they frequent the same forests. Unfortunately we failed to secure a
male so this sex remains unknown. The ovaries of the type were be-
coming enlarged showing that the breeding season was near, at the date
of her capture.

The Maya Indians distinguisli this species from IheCambul {Cra.v
globireni) and call it Bolonchan or iU)l()nchan!i.

It gives me pleasure to dedicate this tine bird to ^Ir. F. M. Chapman
whose interesting 'Notes on Birds obser\ed in Yucatan" (Bull. Am. Mus.
Nat. Hist., VIII, 271-290, 189()) is the best local paper we luive ou the
birds of this region.

Nyctagreus* new genus.

Ti/pe. — Caprinndgus yufatnnicit.H Hartert, Cat. Birds British Museum,
XVI, 575, 1892.

Distribution. — Yucatan and Campeche, Mexico.

Generic rJiuractem. — Bill rather long and narrow; nostrils flattened
oval, slightly tubular, situated well forward on bill and opening later-
ally; rictal bristles coarse, scarcely curved at tips; tarsus a little longer
than middle toe without claw and bare of feathers except near proxi-
mal end. as in Phakcnoptilus; second and third primaries equal and
longest; fourth a trifle shorter; first about 10 mm. shorter than second
and about equal to fifth, thus giving a formula very close lo Otdpliduex;
tail slightly rounded and a little sliorler lliaii wini;-: plumage and color
pattern as in Antrnstiniiiix.

Nyctidromus aibicollis yucatanensis new subspecies.
Yucatan Paraucpie.

Type No. ]()7.(;S2, $ ad., U. S. National Museum, liiological Survey
collection, from Tunkas, Yucatan, Mexico. Collected February 17,
1901, by E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman.

Distribution. — Peninsula of Yucatan (including State of Campeche),
Mexico.

Subspecifie characters. — Larger and grayer than typical N. aibicollis;
a little smaller and darker grayish than N. aibicollis merrilli; otherwise
generally resembles latter in coloration but darker with smaller light

*i;i'|=night; 'a^p£L'g=liunter.

172 N^eio tSpccies of T)ir<lt from Mrxtco.

spots on w'wvjs. coverts: distal IikU' of outer web of next to outer tail
feather white witli border of darl< brown or biackisli. but never wholly
or mostly dark as usual in the other forins of this species.

J)/)/n')iM/(>/ix of ti/pe. — "Win^- 176; tail Km; culmen 13: tarsus "iS.

l,'riiiiir/,x. The broad band of while next to shaft on outer web of
next to outer tail feather appears to be a constant character in this form
and iiives the readiest means of separating;- it from specimens of X. <i//>'-
ciiUiif whicli approach it in color.

Attila me.xicanus new siiecies.

Tyjx Xo. Kit;. i:n, $ ad., V. S. National Museum, liiolo.u'ical Survey
collection, from Frontera. Tabasco, Mexico. Collected April 27. 1000.
by E. \V. Nelson and E. A. Cioldman.

Dixtrihntion.—Twh-Anco. Eastern .Mexico (Metialloyuca. northeastern

l»uebla?).

Spfrifr rjidi-arti'i-x. — Aimihir lo J/^//'( citn'opfKiiiix h\\\ laryer: (,'rown
and malar area streaked with black: top and sides of neck and back,
to rump, dark russet brown: rump rich cinnamon brown shadinii' into
ochraceous on ui)per tail coverts; wiuf:- bars and ednin.iis like l>ack: up-
jier side of tail slii;iitly paler brown than back and darkest near tip: chin
and throat .urayish white streaked with blackish: fore breast liammu-
lated with dull brown streaks ed,i;ed with dull yellowish: abdomen
white with pale rusty shafts; sides of breast like back: sides of body
and t!aid<s raw sieinia. this color bordering' and sharpl\ contrastinji' with
color of abdomen: under tail coverts chrome yellow.

Diiiinixioiix ,,/ fi/pf. — Winu'iKS: tail S-i: culmen 'iS; tarsus 2(>.

/\'i iiKir/.x. — The type of Atfiln Nic.i-irifini.s is from the coast forests of
Tabasco and is the most slron^ily rufous of any species of the aenus
known north of Panama. A s[)ecimen in nur colliM-tion from Metlalto-
yuca, Puebla, is ecjually lariie but is more like .1. ritreopyyiux in general
appearance and prol)ably represents a sul)si)ecies of .1. iitf.ririnnix. A
specimen from J'alentiue, Chiapas, is \(M'y near to t\ pical ,1. citrtopy-
(/('iis in sj/e and color. Two males of the latter species in the National
Museum from tlu- Esconditio Uiver. Xicarauua. nu'asure as follows viz.:
Xo. l-iS.:!:!-2: Winu !»:*: tail 72: culmen •.'(>: tarsus -.M. Xo. 1--'S,:H:{:{: Wiiii;-
!l| ; lail ;i : culmen 1 1 : tarsus ".' i.

Myopagis yucatanensis new sjn'cies. Yucatan Flyc;itcher.

7'///)i Xo. l()7.5.')'i. 9 ad.. T. S. Xational .Museum, Biological Sursey
collection, from Ea N'eua. ^lu'ataii, .Mexico. Collected March 22. 1!M)1.
by E. W. .Nelson and E. A. (ioldman. •

JJixfriOiifio/i. — Known only from type localitx.

Sjin-ifir chiirdrterx. — Similar to Miinimijix jilnrmx in coloration but much
smaller, with entire crown dull broccoli brown overlying dull gray basal

^Ve^r jSjjecics of lilrds from ^Ic.i-lro. 1T3

color of feathers: concealed yellow crown patcli very smull and limited
to part adjoining;- nape.

Dimenxionx of fjipe. — Win.u' (i2; tail -"iO: cnlmen 10: tarsus 17.

Pachyrhamphus major itzensis new subspecies,
^'ucalan Pachyrhamphus.

'I'mK Xi). 1()(.7()(), 9 'i<h< ' • •^- Xalidiial Museum, liiolojiical Sur\'ev
colled ion. from Chichen Itza, Yucatan. Mexico. Collected January "2!),
1901, by K. W. Nelson and E. A. (ioldman.

Dhtrihution. — Xorthern Yucatan.

Suhnpecifir c/taractt-rn. — Smaller and paler than typical P. i/Kijor from
Jalapa, Vera t'ruz. Compared with P. rnajnr: $ , clearer white below,
especially on throat and abdomen, with black area on back restricted or
almost want in<;-. 9- back duller, more grayish brown: untlerparts
paler — a dingy primrose yellow.

Biinensionx ofti^pe. — Wing 77: tail 57: culmen 14; tarsus 21.

liemin-ks. — The males show rather stronger differences than the fe-
males.

Icterus cucullatus duplexus new subspecies. Island Oriole.

Ti/pc Xo. 1()7.()44. $ ad.. V. S. National Mu.seum, Biological Survey
colled ion. from Mujeres Island, Yucalan, Me.xico. (ollecied March 24,
1001. by E. W. Nelson and E. A. (ioldmau.

Di'itfribiitiiDi. — Mujeres Island and occasioiml on adjacent shore of
eastern Yucatan.

iJt'Kci-iption. — Male with close general resemblance to /. '•. hehinii but
smaller with slightly paler and more chrome yellow underparts: broad
frontal band of black boinlcring ijill: decidedly less white on wings.
Female: Dingy cadmium yellow like the female of T. c iy/ntix..

Diiiuitxiiins <if t(ipt'. — ^Ving SO: tail UO. culmen IS; tarsus 2;i.

Icterus cucullatus cozumelse new subspecies.
Co/.umel IIoode(l Oriole.

7'///" No. 1()7.().")2. 9 '^*1-- ^ ■ ^- National ^luseum, Biological Survey
collection, from ("ozumel Island, Yucalan. ]\Iexico. Collected .\]iril 11.
1!)01, by E. \\. Nelson and E. A. (ioldman.

Distvihutiori. — Cozumel Island, ^'ucalan.

Subspecijic r/iaructers. — Males similar in color to Icterus rricullatus
ii/neiin but rather smaller with larger bills. Females decidedly smaller
than those of /. c ir/nexx with underparts paler, duller yellow: middle
of back grayer; yellow on top of head and rump more greenish or oliva-
ceous.

174 y^h'ir /species of lairds from Mexico.

iJiiitnixioJi^ of type. — Wing 74; tail 7"); culmen 17; tarsus 23.
Remarks. — Both males and females of this form may be distinguished
from /. c. diiple.vux by their deeper coloration.

Stelgidopteryx ridgwayi sp. nov.
Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow.

Type No. 167,947, $ ad., U. S. National Museum, Hiological Survey
collection, from Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Collected January 29,
1901, by E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman.

Distribution. — Yucatan and other parts of Mexico south of the Isth-
mus of Tehuantepec, and probably adjacent part of Guatemala.

Description. — Lores with distinct grayish white spots just back of
nostrils; rest of upper parts blackish brown, darkest on wings and tail
and slightly paler on rump and tertiaries, latter narrowly edged with
grayish white (color of upper parts much darker than in *S'. serripennis);
throat, breast and sides of bodj' grayish brown, palest on throat, rest of
underparts of body white; under tail coverts white with broad black
tips to longest coverts; size larger than *S'. serripeitnix and tail much
more deeply emarginate.

Dimensi(>ns of type. — Wing 117; tail 57; culmen 9: tarsus 12.

Remarks. — This well marked species was common in Yucatan, living
in the caves in the sides of cenotes or natural wells. They were also
fovind about the foothills at Teapa, Tabasco. Its dark back and black
tips to under tail coverts render it easily separable from its nearest rela-
tive. Stelgidopteryx .<ierripennis.

Troglodytes peninsularis new species. Mangrove House Wren.

Type No. 168,11.1, $ ad., U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey
collection, from Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico. Collected March 'y. 1901,
by E. W. Nelson and E. A. (loldman.

Distribution. — The arid coastal belt of northern Yucatan.

Specific characters. — A pallid species with general resemblance to
Troglodytes aedon aztecus but with heavier bill and feet; shorter wqngs
and tail, and more reddish brown sufl'usion, especially on underparts.
I'pperparts dull bister brown, becoming paler and more reddish on rum])
and tail; throat, middle of breast and abdomen while, lightly suffused
with pale fulvous: sides of neck and body strongly suffused with dull
reddish brown, darkest on flaidvs; luider tail coverts whitish with narrow
blackish bars narrowly bordered with dull reddish brown.

Dimensions of type. — Wing 50; tail 38; culmen 14; tarsus 18.

Remarks. — We found this wren very common among the scattered
growth of mangroves over a broad salt Hat bordering the lagoon back of
Progreso. A few were seen in the brush-grown country adjoining the
flats but the latter were apparently their home. They w^ere in full song

JS'liic S2)ecies of JJinls from Jle-rico. iTo

the first of March and were about to breed. They were commonly seen
probin.y for food in the clay mud on the fiats and all the specimens
killed had their feet and bills (to the angle t)f the gape) coated with
dried mud.

. Merula plebeia differens new subspecies. Forest Kobin.

Type Xo. 142,532, $ ad., U. S. National Museum, IJiological Survey
collection, from Pinabete, Chiapas, Me.xico. Collected February 8,
189(5, by K. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman.

Distribution. — Known only from type locality in southern Chiapas.

Stifhsperifr rhdi'arter.s. — Entire upperparts including head, wings and
tail decidedly browner than in M. plebcin; lower parts more uniform and
darker brown; throat uniform with breast with scarcely a trace of dark
streaks: feet and bill darker than in J/, plebcin.

BimenKions of type. — Wing 141; tail 10;); culmen 23: tarsus :!.").

JiciiKO'h:^. — Seen only in the heavy forest above ToOO feet.

Vol. XIV, pp. 177-178 September 25. 1901

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GENERAL NOTES.

The bat genus Pteronotus renamed Dermonotus.

In lsl.5, Rafinesqup, in his 'Analyse de la Nature' (p. 54), substituted
Pteronotus in place of Pteropvti, apparently simply because he did not
like the latter name. Of course there was no justification for such a
procedure and Pteronotiifi is a pure synonym of Ptrropus. Nevertheless,
the name was given and consequently its use for another genus pre-
cluded. However, (iray gave the same name in 1S:]8 to a genus of
Phyllostomoid bats, not knowing of its previous use by Rafinesque. As
no other has been given to exactly the same type, a new one must be
substituted and Dermonotus is appropriate, referring to the extension of
the skin of the wings and interfemoral membrane upon the back.

Those mammalogists who rank Pteronotus and f'hilont/rteris as sections
of one comprehensive genus for which the latter name has been used
will be more reconciled to the change when they consider that a less
serious one will be entailed. It has been generally overlooked that
Pteronotus was published a year earlier than f'/rilonyrteris (1838 instead
of 1839) and consetiuently that name would have to be used instead of
C/iiloni/rterts, generally employed for the genus. An examination of the
types of the two genera has led me to believe that the two groups should
be regarded as generically distinct, if current views as to generic differ-
entiation are to be adopted. — T/ieodore Gill.

An addition to the avifauna of the United States.

During the summers of 1892 and 1893, when accompanying the party
then engaged in surveying and re-marking the boundary line between
Mexico and the United States, Mr. Frank X. Ilolzner and I found the
35— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (177)

178 (ireneral Wotes.

Mexican Cliff Swallow, Petrochelidon melanogaster (Swainson), in abund-
ance in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico. It also crossed
into Arizona, along the San Bernardino and Santa Crviz rivers, breeding
on both sides of the international boundary line. Five or six specimens
including adults of both sexes and young recently from the nest, were
collected in Arizona, and are now in the United States National Muse-
um.— Edgar A. Mearns.

A new Cypripedium.

Cypripediiim veganvm, n. sp. — Allied to C. pvhescens and C. paniflor-
um. Differs from both, but especially from parviflorum, by the oblong
stigma, rounded and almost truncate at the end. Agrees with puhescens
in the large flowers, but the lip is very bright yellow as \n parvifldrum.
Leaves and stems glabrous, with only a few scattered gland-hairs.
Flowers very slightly fragrant.

Upper sepals as long as the lip; lower much shorter; petals narrow,
longer than the lip, usually twisted. Lip much inflated, laterally com-
pressed, pubescent at base within, speckled with dvill red within, faintly
speckled on outside above towards the apex; sterile stamen triangular,
spotted like the lip. Leaves lanceolate. Stems a foot to a foot-and-a-
half high.

Measurements in millimeters: — Upper sepals, length 35-45; lower,
length 32-40; breadth, (two united) 15-19; petals, length 45-57; greatest
breadth, 7: lip, length, 33-41; breadth, 14-19; sterile stamen, length, 14,
breadth, 6.

Leaves with about 6 prominent and 0 weaker veins; average of the
larger leaves, length, 135, breadth, 40.

Ilab. — Sapello Canyon, Las Vegas Range, N. M., about 8000 ft. (Cana-
dian Zone); in full flower in June. Many specimens examined. The
type will be placed in U. S. National Museum. — T. T). A. Coch-cn II and
P. and M. B((rl(r.

A new name for Mus obscurus Miller.

The name Mtis obsvurus which I recently applied to a small rat from
Tioman Island, off the east coast of the Malay Peninsula (Proc. Wash-
ington Acad. Sci., II, p. 213, August 20, 1900) is preoccupied by Mus
ohsrurii.t Waterhouse (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, Y, p. 19, 1S37). It may
therefore be replaced by Mufi pulluH. — Gn'rit S. Miller, J?-.

Vol XIV, pp. 179-180 September 25, 1901

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TWO NEW SUBTEERANEAN CRUSTACEANS FROM
THE UNITED STATES.

P.Y W. P. HAY.

During a recent visit to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky,
and Nickajack Cave in Tennessee, the writer was fortunate
enough to obtain from the former twelve specimens of a small
eyeless shrimp, and from the latter about as many specimens of
an Isopod crustacean belonging to the genus Cmcidotea Pack-
ard.

The shrimp on examination proves to be so distinct from all
the PahemoindiB hitherto described as to necessitate the erec-
tion of a new genus. The Isopod, as it came from the type
locality of Cmcidotea nlckajackensis Packard was at first
thought to be that species, but a careful comparison with Dr.
Packard's description and figures and with specimens of C
/tickajaekensis from wells at Metcalf, Georgia, shows that it is
distinct.

The new genus and the two new species may be desci-ibed as
follows:

Palsemonias "-en. nov.

Similar to Pakemonetes in form and in the absence of a mandibular
palpus. Gills four and a rudiment on each side. Rostrum long, slender

36— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (179)

180 Ilf'y — -New iSiihtry'rancaii Cri(Htii('eaii,s.

and .serrate above and below. Antero-lateral margin of carapace with
two spines. First two pairs of ambulatory appendages sub-equal in size
and similar in form; chelate and with large bunches of pectinate bris-
tles on the distal extremities of the fingers. The articulation of the
hand with the carpal segment is at a point on the lower siarface of the
hand some distance from the proximal end; and the prominent knob-
like extremit}' fits, when the limb is fully extended, into a broad sinus
formed by the margin of a plate-like expansion of the carpus.

Palaemonias ganteri sp. nov.

Carapace about one third the total length, very thin and delicate.
Rostrum as long as the antennal scale, its upper surface with about
fovirteen small teeth, lower surface with two or three teeth. Eye stalks
rudimentary and without pigment. Antennules bi-tlagellate. Antenn;e
longer than the body. Color in alcohol white; in life nearly transparent.
Length about one inch and a quarter.

Named for Mr. H. C. Ganter, the manager of the cave, who through
his deep interest in the scientific study of its fauna and flora was led to
afford me exceptional facilities for making my investigations.

Caecidotea richardson^e sp. nov.

Body slender but broader than in eitiier C. Ktygia or C. nirlaijdckeiisis.
Margins of the head, body segments and telson hairy. Antennules as
long as the peduncle of the antennae, the flagellum with fifteen seg-
ments. Antennae long and very slender, the flagellum with about sixty-
five segments. Legs much longer than in the other species of this
genus. Uropods of nearly uniform diameter throughout, slender, about
one half as long as the body and thickly beset with short stitf hairs.

Color in life and in alcohol white.

Named for Miss Harriet Richardson, whose papers on North Ameri-
can Isopods are well known.

Vol. XIV, pp. 181-182 December 12. 1901

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THE PROPER GENERIC NAMES OF THE VISCACHA,
CHINCHILLAS, AND THEIR ALLIES.

BY J. A. ALLEN.

In ;i recent paper entitled, 'The Name of the Viseacha"',* Mr.
Oldtield Thomas leaves in doubt the proper allocation of the
genus Callomi/s D'Orbigny and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. As
the application of the generic names given to the different
species of the Chinchillida? is involved in some obscurity, a
brief history of the case may serve to throw a little light on
some of the intricate points.

The first distinctive generic name applied to any member of
the group appears to be Viscaccia Schinz, given in 1825 to the
Viscacha of the pampas of the La Plata. The next in order is
the name LagostomKs, given by Brooks in 1828 to the same
animal, which name thus becomes a synonym of Viscaccia
Schinz. In 1829 Bennett used the name ChinchiUa in a generic
sense for the Chinchillas of the Chilian Andes. In 1830 Lich-
tenstein gave the name Oi'iomys also to the sanre animals. The
other of the three generic groups of this family was named
LagkUiim by Meyen in March, 1833, and Lagotis by Bennett
a few months later in the same year. Regarding the appli-
cation of these names there is, apparently, no question. The

*Proc. Biol. See. Wash. XIV, p. 25. April 2, 1901.

37— BIOL. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (181)

182 Allen — Generic JVames of ChincMllid<f=.

case, however, is different with CdUomijs D'Orbigny and Geof-
froy Saint-Hi laire mentioned above.

The authors of this genus included in it three species only,
namely, Callomys viscaccia, Callomys laniger, and Ccdlomys
aureus. The first had already been assigned to the genus Ms-
caccia by Schinz, and upon the second the name CldnchiUa had
been bestowed by Brooks. This leaves the Callomys aureus
only for consideration. Callomys aureus is based on furrier's
skins, lacking the feet, the ears and the tail, and, of course, the
skull; consequently the species may be treated as indetermina-
ble and consequently Callomys is indeterminable. Waterhouse
and others have considered Callomys aurexis as referable to the
genus Lagidium, but it would seem an unwarranted jjroceeding
to displace Lagidium with the name Callomys on the basis of a
species so imperfectly described as C. aureus. It hence seems
proper to recognize for the three genera of the Chinchillidm the
names Viscaccia., Chinchilla, and Lagidimn.

Vol. XIV, pp. 183-185 December 12, 1901

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NOTE ON THE NAMES OF A FEW SOUTH
AMERICAN MAMMALS.

HY J. A. ALLEN.

A recent ex.amination of G. Fischer's 'Zoognosia' (VoL III,
1814), shows that a number of the names currently attributed to
later authors originated with Fischer; also that a few of Fisch-
er's names for South American mammals antedate those of Wied
and Schinz. Among the former may be mentioned Felis eyro,
JSFasua rit/a, and N'asua fusca, usually attributed to Desniarest,
1820, but all date from Fischer 1814; also Dasypus villosus,
attributed to Desmarest 1819, dates from Fischer 1814. N'asua
fioeiah's Wied, 1826, is antedated by JVasua sociabilis Schinz,
182L

JJasypus cil/iati(s Fischer, 1814, antedates DasyitKs patagon-
icKS Demarest 1819. This species will consequently stand as
Zaedyus cilliatiis (G. Fischer).

A comparison of Schinz's 'Thierreich', 1821, with Wied's
'Reise nach Brasilien', 1822, and Wied's Beitriige zur Natur-
geschicte von Brasilien' (II, 1826) shows that Schinz was the
first to publish a number of the names attributed by him to
Wied, and since thus generally accredited. Ap])arently not
only Schinz, Kuhl, and Temminck had access to Wied's col-
lections but in many cases adopted and published his manu-
script names several years befoi-e Wied published them himself,
38— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (18.3)

184 allien — N^mnes of South American Mmnmals.

so that the author for tlie name is, in many eases, not Wied, as
usually given, but Schinz, Kuhl, or Temminek. In some cases,
however, the names used by these authors differ from those
adopted later by Wied; for example, Desmodus rufus Wied is
antedated by RJnnolojyJvus ecmidatus Schinz, so that the name
Desmodus rufus Wied should give place to Desmodus ecavdatits
(Schinz). Felis ?/i«W?' Schinz, 1821, antedates Felis macro ura
Wied, 1826. Canis azaro' Wied, 1826, is also antedated by
Canis brasiliensis Schinz, 1821, although the name (Jams
brasiliensis is attributed by Schinz to "Neuwied". Schinz also
employes the name Felis hrasdievsis (ex Wied) for the Black
Jaguar, previously named Felis rii(/ra by Erxleben which Wied
finally did not see fit to designate by a technical name. But
Felis hrasiliensis Schinz renders untenable Felis hrasilienxis F.
Cuvier, 1828, applied to another animal.

It may be further noted in this connection that in all pi'oba-
bility Vespertilio villosissi/nus E. (leoffroy, 1807, based on the
Chauve-souris septieme of Azara, will have to be adopted for
the Bat named Ves2yertilio honariensis Lesson & Garnot, 1820,
and now commonly known as Lasiur'us Ixniariensis, but which
should stand as Dasiurus villosissimifs. That Azara's Chauve-
souris septieme is not referable to the Dasiurus cinereus group,
as stated by Mr. Thomas (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) Vol.
VIII, Nov., 1901, p. 435), is evident from its small size, which
barely equals that of an average example of X. borealis.

As is well known, Dr. J. E. Gray gives many new names to
mammals in Volume V (1827) of Grittith's 'Animal Kingdom',
most of which are duly cited in synonomy, but some appear to
have escaped notice. Gray divided the genus 1^amj)i/rus into
three genera, which he named Yampyrus, Istiophorus, and
'Tonatia. T^?m/)y?•^^s is restricted to Y. spiectrum;, IsPiophnnis
is preoccupied by Lacepede for a genus of fishes, and has been
replaced by Gray's latter name Trachops; Tonatio has for its
type and only species Y. bidens Spix, and is thus the exact
equivalent of Mr. Thomas's subgenus Yampi/ressa (1900).
These divisions of Yainptjrus established by Gray in 1827 ap-
pear to have been overlooked by later systematic writers.*

*Since writing the above my attention has been called to the fact that
Dr. T. S. Palmer, in 1898, called attention to Gray's treatment of Vam-
pyrus (rf. Proc. Biol. See. Wash. XII, 1898, p. 111).

Allen — AM/nets of ISoutli American Mcmiuuils. 185

Another name proposed by Gray in the same work (CTriffith's
An. King. V, 1827, 228), is /Sicista, which has as its type and
only species Mks stihtibts Pallas, which is also the type of the
later tSmint/ms Keys. & Bl., 1840. The species currently re-
ferred to Smi/Uhifs will thus stand as follows: (1) Slcista suh-
^i(7y^s' (Pallas); (2) ISicista concohir (Y^\\(ihn)\ (3) tSicista lathemi
(Thomas); (4) >Sieista flainix (True). It also follows that the
subfamily named Sminthina? must give place to Sicistinae.

Vol. XIV, pp. 187-188 - December 12, 1901

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SEVEN NEW BIRDS FROM PARAGUAY

BY HARRY C. OBERHOLSER.

A small collection of birds from Sapucay, Paraguay, col-
lected by Mr. William T. Foster for the United States National
Museum contains the following apparently new species, de-
scriptions of which, through the courtesy of the authorities of
the National Museum, are here published. Full details of these
together with various other critical notes will appear in a paper
now in course of preparation.

Anabazenops acritus sp. nov.

Similar to Anabazenops cdeagmei/s but decidedly darker, particularly
below; the color throughout greenish olive instead of olive brown: the
throat more yellowish: the light areas of the lower surface more greenish.

Leptopogon amaurocephalus icastus subsj). nov.

Similar to Leptopngon amavrdcrpJuilus trixtis, but larger; less purely
yellow below; crown rather more brownish; the wing-bands pale ochra-
ceous; instead of clear yellow.

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188 Oherholser — Herr Birds from Paraguay.

Arremon callistus sp. nov.

Similar to Arremon poUonotus but upper parts darker; wings with
hardly any indication of a greenish yellow humeral patch; edge of wing
at bend, white; black jugular band wider.

Cyanocompsa sterea sp. nov.

Resembling Cyanocompsa cyanea but bill much smaller; blue of fore-
head less purplish; female much darker, less rufescent brown.

Thamnophilus ochrus sp. nov.

Resembles Thamnophilus cae/rulescens, but the female is very much
paler both above and below, with the breast pale grayish ochraceous,
the middle of abdomen buffy white, and all the superior wing-coverts
black tipped with white.

Basileuterus leucoblepharus calus subsp. nov.

Similar to Basilenterus UucohlephartiK leucoblepliarvs, bvit tianks grayish:
crissum very pale yellowish; sides and breast heavily shaded with slate
gray; back and rump less yellowish olive green.

Picolaptes tenuirostris apolhetus subsp. nov.

Similar to Picolaptes tenuirnstris tenvirostru but mvich smaller: the
shaft streaks on back decidedlv narrower.

Vol. XIV, pp. 189-191 December 12, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THB

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

DIAGNOSES OF EIGHT NEW BATRACHIANS AND
REPTILES FROM THE RIU KIU ARCHI-
PELAGO, JAPAN.

BY LEOXHARI) STE.TNEGER.

BATRACHIA SALIENTIA.
Microhyla okinavensis new species.

BiagnoHiH. — Toes not dilated at tip, distinctly webbed at base; meta-
tarsal tubercles rather large. Otherwise like Microliyla finsipeti.
Habitat. — Okinawa Shima, Riu Kiu Archipelago.
Type. — Science College Museum, Tokyo. No. 2.5a.

Rana narina new species.

Diagnosis, — No glandular dorso-lateral I'old; tips of toes dilated into
very small discs much smaller than tympanum which is perfectly dis-
tinct; no free papilla on middle of tongue; toes more than half web-
bed; vomerine teeth in two nearly straight series between the choanal";
belly smooth; inner metatarsal tubercle narrow, very slightly promi-
nent, less than one half the length of inner toe; no outer tubercle; tibio-
tarsal joint extends considerably beyond snout: snout long, nostrils near
end of snout.

Hahitdt. — Okinawa Shima, Rivi Kiu Archipelago.

Type. — Science College Museum, Tokyo, No. 19a.

40— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (189)

190 Steineger — JSTexv Batrachlans (ind Mejjtiles.

Rana namiyei iieAv sppcies.

Diagnoxix. — Xo jjlandular dorsol- lateral fold: tips of toes slifjhtiy di-
lated at tips; no free papilla on middle of tongue; lower jaw with a pair
of tooth-like bony prominences in front; toes webbed to extreme tips:
interorbital width much greater than width of eyelid; vomerine teeth in
two rather large, very oblique groups behind the choanfe; inner meta-
tarsal tubercle prominent, nearly as long as diameter of eje; fourth toe
nearly one-third longer than fifth.

Habitat. — Okinawa Shima, Riu Kin Archipelago.

Type. — Science College Museum, Tokyo, No. 31a.

Named for Mr. M. Namiye oi' the Imperial University, Tokyo.

Buergeria ijimse new species.

Dingno-nx. — Color brownish; fingers free; first finger longer than
second: upper surface nearly smooth: tibia more than one-half the total
length of head and body.

Habitat. — Okinawa Shima, Uiu Kiu Archipelago.

Type.—^cwnc^ College Museum, Tokyo, No. 19(914).

Named in honor of Prof. Isao Ijima, Imperial University. Tokyo.

Buergeria ishikawae new species.

Diagno>fi^. — Color brownish: fingers free; first finger longer than
second; upper surface excessively warty, the warts grouped in round
clusters'of smaller ones surrounding a larger: tibia not more than one-
half the total length of head and body.

Habitat. — Okinawa Shima, Riu Kiu Archipelago.

Type. — National Museum, Uyeno Park, Tokyo, No. 30.

Named in honor of Prof. C. Ishikawa, of the Imperial University.
Tokyo.

REPTILIA.

SAl KIA.

Eumeces kishinouyei new species.

Diagnosis. — 24 to 2i5 scale rows round the middle of the body: usiially
a post-nasal: first supralabial forming sutures with nasals and second
labia! oidy; two impaired posl-mentals; lower temporal of second row
largest, wedge-shaped: soles with two series of enlarged tubercles be-

^Stcjnet/cr — JS^ew J3atrachians (Did MeptUes. 191

tween heel and base of third and fourth toes: normally three pairs of
nuflials.

Ildbitdt. — Islands of Yayeyama yroup, Riu Kiu Archipelago.

2'ype. — Science College Museum, Tokyo, No. 22.

Named for Dr. K. Kishinouye. Imperial Fisheries Bureau. Tokyo.

SICRI'HXTICS.

Calamaria pfefferi new species.

Diiigiioxix. — Four supralabials, hrst slightly shorter than second: first
pair of infralabials forming a suture behind mental; no azygos shield
between anterior chin-shields; frontal longer than broad, about four
times as broad as supraocular; one preocular; tail pointed: subcauxlals
15-26 pairs: no light or dark colored collar: no spot on upper side of tail:
ventral surface light-colored with two irregular rows of very distinct
dark brown spots: tail underneath with a median brown longitudinal
band.

Scale fonnnhi. — 18 scale rows: l.iS-lOO ventrals: x|-f| subcaudals.

Habitat. — Miyako Shima, Yayeyama group, Riu Kiu Archipelago.

l^ype. — Science College Museum, Tokyo, No. 14.

Named in honor of Dr. G. Pfeffer, curator in the Natural History
Museum, Hamburg.

Disteira orientalis new species.

BiagnosiK. — Maxillary teeth all grooved; two pairs of chin-shields in
contact; 28 to 25 scales round the neck, 32 to 35 round the body: frontal
shield more than twice as long as broad, longer than its distance from
rostral and equalling the parietals; a single anterior temporal; rostral
slightly broader than deep; ventrals 32f) to 341: one or two postoculars:
scales stronglv keeled: ventrals, except the most anterior ones, bituber-
culate. Yellow with black rings wider on the back and belly, and con-
tinent on the anterior third of the latter into a black ventral band; head
black with irregular yellow marks on anterior half and behind eyes.

Habitat. — Riu Kiu Seas.

Tirpe. — Science C'ollege Museum, Tokyo. No. 2!). Collected in Okina-
wa Shima.

Rfin((rhx. — I have examined two additional specimens in the Hamburg-
Museum (Nos. 2574, a-b) collected by Mr. Lenz on Iriomote Shima, Ya-
yeyama group, on March 13, 1897. Also a specimen in the Leyden Mu-
seum (No. 1483) collected by von Siebold in "Japan".

Vol. XIV, pp. 193-194 ' December 12, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

i__ . : -

A NEW WHITE-FOOTED MOL^SE FROM CALIFORNIA.
BY WILFRED H. OSGOOD.

The mouse here described is a slightly characterized form of the
'■axisterus-canadensis group' which is oue of several in the genus
Peromyscus well known to be very much in need of thorough
revision. Until such revision can be made it seems best to
treat this form as a subspecies of Peromyscus oreas*' which is
apparently its nearest relative. It occupies the humid coast
strip of northern California, having a range coinciding with
that of a number of mammals and birds belonging to groups
which reach their highest development farther north. It is
thus the only member of the a ifstenrs-canadensis group found
within the State of Californi;i.

Peromyscus oreas rubidus subsp. nov.

Type from Mendocino Citj', Mendocino Co., California. No. 91,650
Hiolo.aical Survey Coll.. ? y.g--ad. Collected Nov. 17. 1897 by .T. A.
Ijorin<i'. Orig. No. 4,92.>.

Dixtribvti(i)i. — Coast region of northern California and southern Oregon,
extending south at least as far as Cazadero, California, or nearly through
the redwood strip.

('harnrtfrx. — Similar to I'rriDin/sriis oi'ras but with shorter tail and
smaller hind foot; general color, particularly in summer, shades of ruddy
brown or chocolate instead of shades of brown tinged with yellowish.
Similar to Pfrojirytfcva av.stcrns but somewhat larger and lighter in color.
Skull similar to that of P. oreafi, well distinguished from that of P.

<i llstfl'iln.

Color. — Tyx>e. (in worn summer pelage): Upperparts brownish fawn

* Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. XII, 83-84, Mar. 24. 1898.

41— BioT.. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV. 1901. (193)

1 94 Osgood — White-footed Mouse from Crdifoni la.

with an evident dark median dorsal line, sides brownish fawn, being- of
a shade somewhat between the chocolate and fawn color of Ridgway
(PL III, figs. 2 and 22): ears lightly edged with whitish, lanuginous tufts
usually with a few white or whitish hairs; dark spot at base of whiskers
nearly obsolete; underparts white; tail sharply bicolor.

Skull. — Not definitely distinguishable from that of Peromifscvs oreas;\
decidedly larger and heavier than in P. a u titer us; braincase fuller and
wider; rostrum and infraorbital region heavier; audital bulla" larger.

Measurements. — Although the skull of P. rubidus is not appreciably
smaller than that of oreas the hind foot is constantly smaller and the
tail shorter. The following table indicates this difference.

Per amy sens oreas.

Number.

Sex.

?

3,696^

3,694t

d

89,861

9

89,863

9

89,870

+

90,077

J'

Locality.

Mt. Baker Range, B. C.
Mt. Rainier, Wash

Average, 6 adults.

Length.

Tail.
101

200

207

114

206

112

204

118 !

210

117

197

107

204

111

1

Hind
foot.

24
24
24
23
23
23

23.5

J'eroi// (/.•«■ lift (/rf((s rubidus.

Number.

Sex.

9

91,650

91,648

9

91,647

d

98,401

9

98,402

d"

97,232

9

Locality.
Mendocino, Calif

Briceland, Calif

Hoopa Valley, Calif.

Average, 6 adults

Length. Tail.

193

203

99

21

189

99

21

190

95

22

200

100

22

180

90

21

200

96

96

Hind

foot.

21.5

fin the series before me the nasals are very slightly longer in oreas than
in rubidus but it does not seem safe to assume that this slight difference
is constant.

^Coll. of E. A. and O. Bangs.

INDEX

New names are printed ia lieavy ty|>e.

A

Page

Acalypha graoilens 68

Acer pseudo-platanus 69

saccharum 69

Achroanthes unifolia 60

Acnida tamariscina 61

Aconituni uncinatum 62

Aenotheria pumila 11

sinuata 11

Agrimonia bicknellii 65

Agrostis elata 19

intermedia 52

Aira caryophyliea : 20

Alchemilla arvensis 11. 65

Allen. J. A.: Note on the names of
a few South American mam-
mals 183-185

The generic names Myrmeco-

j)haga and Tamandua, and the
specific names of the opossums

of the genus Didelphis 91-93

The proper names of the Vis-

cacha. Chinchillas, and their al-
lies 181-182

Aletris farinosa 17

Allium tricoccum 17

Amaranthus albus 15

talitoides 61

chlorostachys 15

graecizans- 61

Amblystegium fiuviatile 162

Amelanchier spicata 65

Ammannia humilis 11

Amorpha fruticosa 66

Ampelanus albidus 74

Anabazenops acritii!>» 187

Anagallis arvensis 14

Andropogon avenaceus 163

elliottii 50

halepensis 50

macrourus 21

Anemone canadensis 62

Antennaria alsinoides 12

arnoglossa 12

decipiens 12

fallax 12

neglecta 12

Antilocapra niextcana 31

Apocynum medium 14

Arabis patens 64

Aralia nudicaulis 11

quinquefolia 12

racemosa 72

spinosa 11

Arctium tomentosum 86

Arctocephalus 134

Arenaria michauxii 10

Aristida gracilis ; 51

purpurascens 19

Aristolochia serpentaria 16

Arnica acaulis 86

nudicaulis 13

Artemisia annua S(i

vulgaris 13,86

Arremon calllstus 188

42— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV,

' Page

Arrhenatherum elatius 52

Asarum ambiguum 61

Asclepias purpurascens 74

quadrifolia : 14. 74

rubra 14'^ 74

Ashmead, W. H. : An entomologist '

in the Sandwich Islands x

Hymenoptera of the Harri-

man Alaska Expedition viii

Asperugo procumbens 75

Asperula arvensis 79

Aspidium cristatum 21

Asplenium angustifolium 21

ebenoides 21

pinnatifidum 21

Aster acutidens 84

alvearius 83

elodes 84

flrmus 84

laterifiorus 84

loriformis 83

novae-angliae : 84

persaliens 83

phlogifolius 84

potomacensis 84

prenanthoides 84

radula 84

salicifolius 84

schreberi' 83

Attila iiiexioaiiiis 172

A.zaleahispida 73

B

Bailey, Vernon: Exhibition of a
plume hunters skin of a grebe... vii

Land connection between N.

America and Asia viii

The little deer of the Chisos

Mountains. Texas xi

Barbarea barbarea. 64

^ti'ift'fl 64

Barker. P. and ivi. and T. D. A. Cock-

erell: A new Cyprijiedium 178

Bartonia tenella 14

virginica 74

Basileuterus calus 188

Bidens comosa 85

connata 13, 85

discoidea 85

lugens 13

vulgata. 13

sp 85

Botrychium dissectum 22

Brassica juncea 63

napus 63

Bromus incanus 53

inermis. 53

maximus 53

sterilis 20

unioloides 53

Bubo iiiayensls 170

Buchnera'americana 15

Buergeria ijiuiie 190

i!>>liikawie 190

1901. (195)

196

The Biological Society of Washington.

C

Page

Cabomba caroliniana 62

Csecidotsea rioliardson^e 180

Calamagrostris canadensis 52

Calamaria plefFerl 191

Callitriche ausiini 11

Callomys 181

aureus 182

laniger 182

viscaccia 182

Callospermophilus trliiitatis 126

Callorhlnus 133

Callotaria 133

Calopogon pulchellus 16

Camelina miorocarpa 64

sativa 9

Cameron. Praok: The formation of

black alkali in plants vii

Campanula amerieana 80

rapuuculoides 80

sparinoides 80

Camptosorus rhizophyllus 21

Canis azaras 184

Capsicum sp 78

Cardamine arenicola 64

birsuta 9

parviflora 9, 64

pennsylvanica 9

sylvatica 9

Cardiospermum halicacabrum 69

Carduus odoratus 86

nutans 86

Carex absolutescens 58

alata 58

amphibola 56

angustata 55

angustifolia 19

atlantica ; 57

bromoides 58

buUata 55

Ciinescens 58

capillacea 57

careyana 19, 56

caroliniana 56

cephalaatba !■<

comosa -. 55

conjuncta : 57

costeihita 56

enervis 18

exundans 55

festucacea 58

fusca 55

glaucodea 18

graoillima 56

granularis 18

gravida 57

bystricina 55

interior 57

lanuginosa 55

laxiculmis 19

laxiflora 56

leavenworthii 57

lupulina 55

moniliformis 58

nigromarginata 19, 57

pallescens 56

penns.ylvanica 56

prasina 19

retroflexa 57

riparia 55

setacea 57

shortiana 18, 55

steudelii 18

stvloflfcxa 19

triceps 56

typhinoides 19, 55

umbellata 19

varians 19

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Carex vvildenovii 18

xanthocarpa 57

Carleton. M. A.: Characteristics and
distribution of xerophytic

wheats .' x

Carum carui 73

Catalpa kaempferi 78

Cauoalis anthriscus 72

Caulophyllum thalictroides 9

Celtis occidentalis 60

pumila 60

Cenchrus tribuloide's 21

Centaurea calcitrapa 86

Centuuculus minimus 14. 74

Cephalozia virginiana 162

Ceroputo la»!iioriiiii 166

Chaerophyllum bulbosum 72

Chaetochloa. perennis iii

verticillata 51

Chamaecrista r-oiiiiiiixt:i 163

Chamaenerion angustifolium 72

C'henopodium anthelminticum (il

boscianum (i|

botrys 61

murale 61

viride '. 61

Chilonycterus 177

Chinchilla 18I

Chrysanthemum balsamita 86

parthenium 86

Chrysosplenium americanum 11

Cicuta bulbifera 11

Cladonia denticollis 162

Cladonia squamosa 162

Clematis ochroleuca 63

virginiana 8

Cleome spinosa 64

Clethra alnifolia 73

Olitoria mariana 11

Cockerell, T. D. A. and P. and M.
Barker: Anew Cypripediuni ITS

New and little knowo Coc-

cida3. I. Ripernella and Cero-
puto 165-167

Coenogonium interposilum 162

Commelina hirtella IT

virginica IT

Conium maculatum T3

Conringia orienlalis 64

Convolvulus americanus 14

arvensis 14

spithamEeus 75

Cook, O. F.: A kinetic theory of
evolution x

The origin of the coeoanut... vii

Mor-e aljout the coeoanut viii

The shading of coffee ix

Coreopsis Ijidentoides 13

Coreopsis tinctoria S.i

tripteris 13

('ornus circinata 12. T3

Corylus amerieana 16

Cotoneaster pyracantha 66

Coville. v. v.: Land connection be-
tween N. America and Asia vii

Exhibition of specimens of

Alaska willows x

— Junrus coliimbianus an unde-

scribed rush from the Columbian
Plains 87-89

Ifibes coloradfrisp an unde-

scribed currant from the Rock.v

Mountains of Colorado 1-6

Crataegus oordata 65

flava 66

parviflora 11

rotundifolia 66

Crax cliapinanl ITO

Index

197

Page

Crepis pulchra f>0

Crocidura oaiidata 4'i

ileusi!!s 15"

lignicolor 15S

Crocidura iiiiniula 95

myoides 158

russula 96

islian tiingeiisls 158

isioiila 41. 158

Crotonopsis linearis <i8

Cryplurus "oldiiiani I<i9

Cuscuta polygonorum T5

Cyanocompsa sterea 188

Cyclopes 9-i

Cyperus calcaratus IT

eylindricus 54

diandrus IT

(Muta IT

erythrorhizos IT

flavescens IT

inflexus 53

microdontus- 53

rotundus 53

strisosus 53

viridescens ,. 53

Cypripedium veji'amiiu 1T8

Cystopterus bulbifera '-il

fragilis 21

D

Dall, W. H.: Exhibition of X-ray

photographs of shells vii

On land connections between

N. America and Asia vii

Danthonia sericea 30

Dasypus cilliatus 183

patagonicus 183

villosus 183

Decodon verticillatus 72

Delphinium tricorne 62

Deataria diphylla 9

heterophylla 9

Deriiionotiis ITT

Desmodium ciliare 10

marylandicum 10

Desmodus ecaudatus 184

rufus 184

Dicotyles labiatus 119

Didactvlesi 92

Didelphis 92

calif ornica 92

«'ozuiiielsie 101

karkinophaga. 93

marsupialis 92

virginiana 93

Diplopappus iimbellatus 12

Dipsacus sylvestris 12

Disteira orleiitalls 191

Ditrichum tortile lt>2

Dodecanthon meadia 14

Doellingeria humilis 84

inhrma 84

umbellata 84

Dolichos lablab 67

Dryacocephalum parviflorum 75

Dryopteris intermedia 48

spinulosa 48

Dyar, H. G. : Notes on mosquito
larvae xi

E

Eatonia dudleyi IT

obtusata 19

Echinodorus radicans 49

Eclipta procumbens 13

Page

Eleocharis capltata 54

engelmanni 54

glaucesens 54

intermedia 18

jejuna 54

obtusa 54

olivacea IT, 54

pallustris 54

tuberculosa 54

Eliomys eliicticaiKta 39

Eliisia nyctelea 14

Epilobium coloratUTi T2

P^quisetum robustum 48

Eragrostis eragrostis 52

frankii 20

minor 20

pilosa 52

purshii 20

reptans 20

Erigenia bulbosa H

Eriocaulon decangulare IT, 58

septangulare 58

Eryngium planum 72

Erysimum cheiranthoides 9, 64

Eiumeces kisliinouyel 190

Euonymus americanus 69

Elupatorium altissimum 12, 82

ageratoides 12

cannabiuum 82

linearifolium 12

maculatum 82

serotinum 82

Euphorbia commutata lt>

dentata "^

dictyosperma (J^

hirsuta V'

ipecacuanhae ''^

Evermann. B, W : Land connections
of N. America and Asia viii

Feeding habits of Coots and

other water birds viii

The activity of aquatic plants

iu winter viii

Birds in the dry season x

F

Falcata pitcheri "^

Fedia fagopyrum 1-

radiata ^~

Felis albescens 145

avaclie •••„■ 150

brasiliensis Ho, 184

centralis ■•••■ i^»

eyra 149, 18^

losisata j5U

S'oldnianl 14^

hernandesii 141

Ilmlti»i« 14^

macroura. 1°*

wiedi '°^

Festuca myurus *"

Filago germanica J-

Fimbristylis capillaris l«

laxa 1^

Fissidens subbasilaris lo'-

Foeniculum foeniculum <«

Fuirena squarrosa 1'

Fumaria officinalis "d

Q

Galactia regularis 163

Galactls canaster 1~9

Galinsoga parviflora l-^

198

The Biohxjiral Societi/ of Was/iinr/fon.

Page

Galium tinctorium TO

Gaultheria procumbens 13

Gaylussacia hirtella 73

Gentiana saponaria 74

Gerardia decemloba 15

holmiana 15

Geurn vernum 65

Gill. Theo. N.; Land connections of
N. America and Asia vii. viii

The mode of progression and

habits of some Dinosaurs ix

Difficulties of nomenclature

at the Zoological Congress x

The bat genus Pteronotus re-
named Derinonotus ITT

Gill Theo. N. and C. H. Townsend:

The largest deep sea fish xi

Glyceria fluitans 20

laxa 19

obtusa 20

Gnaphalium uliginosum 13

Gnomonia ulmas I'K

Gossypium herbaceum 69

Gratiola viscosa 78

Gyrostachys simplex 60

I

Page
Icterus eoziiiuela? 173

diiplexus 173

Ilysanthes attenuata 15, 78

gratioloides 15

Impatiens bifiora 69

Ipomoea hederacea 75

lacunosa 14

Iris pseudacorus 59

cristata 59

Iseotespaliiieri 49

reticulata 49

sacoharata 48

Istiophorus •. 1^4

J

Jeffersonia diphylla 9

Judd. S. D.: Bird food problems ix

Juncus brevicaudatus 58

bufonius 17

ooliiint>iaiiiis 87

torreyi 58

Jungermannia schraderi 163

H

Habenaria ciliaris 16, 59

clavellata .59

flava 59

lacera 16, (SO

peramoena 60

tridentata 16

Hartley, C. P.: Exhibition of mal-
formed ears of corn X

Hay, W. P.: The distribution and
classification of North American

crayfishes viii

Two new subterranean crus-
taceans from the U. S 179-180

Hedera helix 72

Helianthemum canadense 69

Helianthus angustifolius 13

decape talus 85

hirsutus 85

microcephalus 85

strumosus 85

Heliotropium europaeum 75

Hemicarpha micrantha 54

Hibiscus trionum 69

syriacus 69

Hieracium marianurtj 80

paniculatum SO

Holm, Theo.: Fifth list of additions

to the flora of Washington, D. C .7 t^-i
Holmes, W. H.: Finds of fossil re-
mains and indian relics in a

spring at Afton, Indian Terr xi

Hordeum murinum 58

Howard, L. O. : The original home

of the San Jose scale x

Howell, A. H.: Distribution and no-
menclature of North American

skunks viii

Humulus japonicus 61

lupulus 60

Hyatt, Alpheus: Land connections

of N. America and Asia viii

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides 11

Hydrophyllum canadense 14, 75

Hypericum densiflorum 10, 69

majus 69

Hypnum haldanianum 163

K

Kalmia angustifolia 73

Kearney, T. H. : The effect of alkali

salts on the growth of plants vii

Loebs investigations into the

action of ions upon animal
structures, as supplemented by

studies with seedling plants ix

Kneiffla longipedicillata 73

Koellia mutica 75

Kuhnia eupatoroides 82

Kyllinga pumila 17

L

Lacinaria graminifolia 83

scariosa 83

Lactuca hirsuta SO

Lagidium 181

viscacia 25

Lagostomus 181

Lagotis 181

Lamium purpureum 15

Lasiurus bonariensis 184

cinereus 184

vilosissimus 184

Lechea minor 69

tenuifolia 70

racemulosa "0

Leeidea albocoerulescens 163

speirea 162

Lemna minor.. 58

perpusilla 58

Leo marinus 134

Leontodon antumnalis 13

Lepidium apetalum 63

Leptochloa fascicularis 52

Leptopogou Icastus 187

Leptorchis loeslii 60

Lepus timidus 98

vurroiiiN 97

Lespedeza f rutescens 66

nuttallii 66

striata 10, 66

stuvei 1,0

T^HUcothoe racemosa 73

Liuaria elaline 14

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Linum medium 67

striatum 10

Lonicei'a japonica 79

Lophotocarpus calycinus 50

Lucas, F. A. : A fossil flightless auk vii

Former connections of North

America and Asia vii

Some restoraiions of Dino-
saurs ix

Lycium vulgare 14

Lycopodium dendroideum liS

lucidulum 23

Lycopsis arvensis To

Lycopus europaeus 77

rubellus 77

slierarcll 75

virginicus 7()

Lygodium palmatum 4<S

Lysimachia nummularia 14, 74

quadrifolia 73

stricta ' 14

M

Majanthemum canadense 17

Malus angustifolia 65

Martynia louisiaua 78

Maxon, W. R. and C. L. Pollard.:
Some new and additional records
on the flora of West Virginia 161-163

Mazama paiidora 105

Mearns, K. A. : A new poclietmouse
from southern California 135-136

The American jaguars 137-143

Description of a new ocelot

from Texas and northeastern
Mexico 145-148

Two new cats of the Eijra

group from North America.. .141-151

On the mainland forms of the

eastern deermouse, Peromymcus
leucofjus (Raf.). 153-1.55

An addition to the avifauna

of the United States 177

IVTeibomia arenicola 66

glabella (i6

Melampyrum americanum 15

latifolium 15

Melanthium vii-ginicum 59

Melilotus ofiicinalis 10

Mentha rotundifolia 77

piperita 77

Merriam, C. H.: Two new bighorns
and a new antelope from Mexico
and the United States 29-32

Six new mammals from Coz-

umel Island. Yucatan 99-104

A new brocket from Yucatan

105-106

Descriptions of twenty-three

new pocket-gophers of the genus
Thomniinjs 107-117

Descriptions of four new pec-
caries from Mexico .119-1-24

Two new rodentis from north-
western California 12.5-12(>

Descriptions of three new

kangaroo mice of the genus .V(-
crodipodops 127-1'2,S

Merula clifrereii!i« 175

Micrampeiis lobata 80

Micranthemum micranthemoides.... 78

Microdipodops c-alifornfeiis 138

oreiionus 1-27

I>aIii(lH!i« 1-27

Microhyla okliiaveii!«l»« 189

Microstylis ophioglossoides 16

Mikania scandens 12

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Miller, G. S. : The subgenus Ehmos-
ciurus oi Trouessart 23

A new squirrel from Borneo 33-34

A new deer from Costa Rico 3.5-37

A new dormouse from Italy 39-40

Five new shrews from Eu-

fope 41-45

A new shrew from Switzer-
land 95-96

The alpine varying hare 97-98

Descriptions of three new

Asiatic shrews 157-159

A new name for Mus obxcurvfi Y,&

Monarda clinopodia 15

Morris, K. L,.: Exhibition of photo-
graphs of plant types viii

A correction of Vernonia gi-

gantea pubescens 25

Morus tatarica 60

Muhlenbergia capillaris 19

mexicana 51

palustris f)2

tenuiflora 50

Mus obscurus 178

l>llllll»ii 178

subtilis 185

Muscari botryoides 17

Myopagis yiicataiieiiNlii« 172

Myrmecophaga 91

jubata HI

tridactyla 91

N

Nabalus integrifolius go

Narcissus biflorus 59

Nasturtium hispidum 9

sylvestre 9

Nasua fusca. 183

nels«uui 100

rufa 183

sociabilis 183

socialis 183

Nelson, E. W. .\ naturalist in Yu-
catan xi

A new species of Oatictis

from Mexico 129-130

Descriptions of two n e w

squirrels from Mexico 131-1.32

I escriptions of a new genus

and eleven new species and sub-
species of birds from Mexico. .I(i9-175

Ngi mys iiiiiior 45

Nyc-taareiis 171

Nyctidromus yuoataiieiifiiiiti 171

o

Oberbolser, H. C : A naturalist in

theCatskills viii

Seven new birds from Para-
guay 187-188

Ochotona dauurica 24

Odocoileus costaricen^iiiitt 35

Oldenlandia uniflora 79

OlitloMi.*« 120

Onoclea strtithiopteris 22, 48

Ophioglossum vulgatum 22

Opuntia opuutia 71

Oriomys 181

Orton. W. A. • The wilt disease of

the cowpea and its control xi

Orycteropus afer 24

Oryzomys <-ozuiiielH> 103

Osgood, W. H.: A new white-footed
mouse from California 193-194

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Osmunda claytoniana -Zi

Otoes 133

alascanus 134

curilensis 134

ursinus Vii

Ovis andiiboiil 31

canadensis 29

cervina 29

■ii«xicaiiii!i 30

Oxalis corniculata <)~

cymosa 67

fllipes •>"

Kraudis 67

sti-icta. 67

Pachyrhamphus Itzeiisis 173

Palsi'iaoiiius jiaiiteri ISO

Palmer. Wm.: Exhibition of piaster
moulds of reptiles aud batrachi-

ans xi

A study of two ghosts xi

Palmer, T. S. : The earliest generic
name of the northern fur seal. 133-134

Pauicularia canadensis 53

rluitans 53

pallida 53

Panicum agrostoides 20, 50

commutatum 20

dichotomum 51

tlexile 51

gattiugeri 51

hispidum 21

hmguinosum 21

laxiflorum 20

linearifolium 21

longifolium 50

microcarpon 20

miliaceum 51

minimum 51

nitidum 21

philadelphicum 20

polyanthes 51

ramulosum 21

ravenelii 51

scribnerianum 51

sphaerocarpon 21, 50

walteri 50

Panthera ludoviciana 145

Papaver dubium 9, 63

Parietaria pennsylvanica 61

Parmelia tiliacea 162

Paronychia dichotoma 10

Pedicularis lanceolata 78

Peltandra virginica 58

Perognathus pallidum 135

Peromyscus canadensis 153

obziiiitelse 103

leucopus : 153, 1.54

iiiiiiiie!^otaae 1.54

musculoides 103

noveboracensis 1.54

oreas 194

I'libidiifii 193

Pertusaria corallina 16tJ

Petrochelidon melanogaster ITS

Petunia violacea 78

Phacelia dubia 75

purshii 75

Phalaiis arundinacea 51

Phaseolus diversifolius H

perennis 11

Phenacomys alttlpes 125

Phoca jubata 134

Phlox maculata 75

Phylanthus carolinensis 16, 68

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Physalis heterophylhi it)3

virginiana 77

Picolaptes apotlietiis is,s

Placodium rupestre lti2

Plantago aristata 15

PlQchea camphorata \i

Poa fiava hi

Pogonia verticillata id

Pollard, C. L: Some strange meth-
ods of plant naming ix

Notes on a trip to Mt. Mitch-
ell x

and W. R. Maxon: Some new

and additional records on the

flora of West Virginia 101-163

Polygala ambigua... 10

cruciata. 67

curtissii 68

iatifolia 68

nuttallii 10, 68

verticillata 10

viridescens 67

Polygonatum commutatum r9

Polygonium scandens Hi

cristatum ](i

hydropipeioides 16

Polymnia radiata 85

Polypodium deceptum 163

Polypremum procumbens 14, 74

Populus deltoides (10

grandidentata 60

Portulaca grandiflora 62

Potomogetou amplifolius 49

nuttallii. 49

Potentilla reptans 11

Poterium canadense 11

Procyon py!>iuH'us 101

Proechimys ;SiUaira; 27

Prunus avium 66

cuneata 66

raahaleb 66

Pteris pseudocaudata 48

Pteronotus 177

I'ycnanthemum lanceolatum 15

Pyrenula punctella 162

Pyrola chlorantha 14

Q

Quamoclit coccinea 74

quamoclit 74

Quercus heterophylla 16

macrocarpa 60

prinoides 60

R

Rana naiiiiyel 190

narina lS!t

Ranunculus acris 63

ambigens S

micranthus is, 63

obtusiusculus 63

piisillus S. 03

septentrionalis.... 9

Rhexia mariana 11

Rhinolophus ecaudatus 1H4

Rhiuosciurus 23

Rhododendron glaucum 14

nitidum 14

Rhus aromatica 68

Ribes oolovadense 3

hudsonianum. 2

laxiflorum 4

prostratum 4

variegatum 2

vlscossissimum 2

wolfl 1

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Richmond. C. W.: On the name Ves-

pertillio bloxserilli 24

Riper.sieUa kellogji,! ifitj

leufo»>oiiia.... 105

Roripa hispida 64

Rosa lucitfa 65

Rotahi ramosior 72

Rubus argutus 64

cuneiform Ls 11

enslenii 64

roi-ibaccus 65

trivialis 64

Rudbeckia triloba \?,

Kuellia ciliosa 7i)

strepens 78

Rumex patientia 61

verticil) at us 61

RynchONpora alba 54

cepiialantha 18

eymosa 18, 54

fusca IS

gracilenta 18, 54

niacrostachya 18. 54

Rynchostegium rusciforme 163

S

Sagina decumbeus 62

Sagittaria engelmanniana 50

lODgirostra 50

pubescens. .50

Sanlcula gregaria 72

marylandica 72

Salix purpuria 60

Scandix pectt u-veneris 11, 78

Scirpus debilis 18, ,54

planifolius IS

sylvaticus ,54

Sciurus balloliis 181

parvus 33

vivax 131

Scleranthus annuus 62

Scleria pauciflora 18, 55

pubescens 55

reticularis 18

triglomerata ,55

Scrophulaiia nodosa 15

Scutellaria incana 75

parvula 15, 75

sasatilis 75

Selaginella apus 22

Seriocarpus solidagineus 12

Sicista 185

concolor 185

flavus 185

lathemi 185

subtilis 185

Sida hermaphrodita 69

napaea 10

Silene alba 62

divaricata ■. 62

nivea 10

Simpson, C. B.: Some observations

on jack-rabbits x

Sisymbrium altissimum 9, 63

Sisyrinchium angustifolium ,59

atlanticum 59

Smilax glauca 59

Sminthus 185

Smith, E. F, : The bacterial diseases

of plants ix

Solanum dulcamara 77

pseudocapsicum 77

Solidago elliottii 83

flexicaulis S3

neglecta 83, 163

nemoralis 83

procera 83

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Solidago racemosa 13, 83

rigida 83

Sonchus arvensis 13

Sorex altlcola 43

eiironotus 44

iuacropyi2;iu9eii!ii 158

Spartina synosuroides 52

Spiraea salicifolia 64

Spiranthes gracilis 16

simplex ifi

Sporobolus vagiuKflorus 52

Steele, E, S. : Sixth list of additions
to the flora of Washington, D, C.

and vicinity 47-86

Steirouema lanceolatum 14, 74

quadriflorum 74

Stejneger, L.: Land connections of

N. America and Asia vii

Diagnoses of eight new rep-
tiles and batrachians from the
Riu Kiu Archipelago, .lapan.. 189-191

Stelgridopteryx rid^waj-i 174

Stellaria neglecta 10

^tenanthium robustum 58

Stenophyllus capillaris 54

Stiles, C, VV. : Investigations of dig-
eases of stock in Texas viii

The recent International Zo-
ological Congress x

Strophostyles helvola 163

Sus albirostris 119

T

Tagestes patula 163

Tamandua' 92

Tanacetum crispum 86

Taraxacum corniculatum 13

Tayassu angulatus 119

crassiis 124

Iiiiiueralis 122

naiiii!^ lo2

I'inu'eiis 121

sonorensis 120

yiicataiiensls 123

Thalictrum coriaceum 63

dioicum 63

purpurascens 63

Thamnophilus ocliriis 188

Theloschistes effusa 162

Thlaspi arvense 9, 63

perfoliatum 63

Thomas, Oldfield: The name of the

Ogotona 24

The name of the Aard Vark.. 24

The name of the Viscacha.., 25

A new spiny rat from La

Guaira, Venezuela 27

Thomomys baileyi 109

brldjierl 113

<'abezonfle 110

desertorum 114

li^nlierl Ill

<>.'o]diiiaiii 108

liesperus 116

idalioeii8ls« 114

latfrostris 107

liinosiis 116

iiiyops 112

naviis 112

■iel»$oiil 109

nlaer IIT

ociiiN 114

or«S'Oiiiis 115

patiicalis Ill

pertlitiis 108

perpes HI

pervagrus 110

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pygrinspiis 115

»iinaIoii- lOS

iiinta. 11-2

Thuidiiim miiiutulum lti-2

Tissa rubra ti'i

Tofleidia racemosa 58

Tonatia 184

Townsend, C. H. and Theo. Gill: The

largest deep sea fish xi

Trachops 184

Trautvetteria carolinensis 163

Tricu«pis pallida 19

Trifolium dubium fib

incarnatum fifi

hybridum 10

minus 10

Triosteum angustifolium 79

Troglodytes peniiisiilaris 174

u

Unifolium canadense 59

Uniola gracilis 20

Uroleptes 92

Uromyces howei 102

Urticii, dioica 16

Utricularia biflora 78

subulata 15. 78

V

Vaccinium antrococcum 73

Valeriana pauciflora 79

Valerianella radiata 80

Vampyressa 184

Vampyrus 184

bidens 184

spectrum 184

VanDeman. H. E.: Exhibition of

guavas from Florida x

Veratrum viride 17, 59

Veruonia glauca 81

noveboracensis 80

pubescens 25

Vernonica agrestis 15

chameedrys 15

scutellata 15, 78

Verrucaria fuscella 162

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Vespertilio blossevillii 24

bonariensis 184

villosissimus 184

Viburnum crassinoides 79

molle 79

Vieia hirsuta 67

sativa 67

tetrasperma 11, 67

villosa 66

Vij!na catjang 67

Vilfa aspera 19

vaginaefiora I9

Vincetoxicum hirsutum 74

obliquum, 74

Viola aftinis 9,70

brittoniana •. 70

cucullata 70

domestica 71

emarginata 10

labradorica 71

laetecerulaea 70

lanceolata 70

ovata 10

papilionacea 9

sororia 70

striata Id

villosa 9

Viscaccia 35, 181

Vitis rupestris 69

w

Waite, M. B.: Influence of vegeta-
tion on sand formations of the
Michigan lake shore viii

Webber. H.J. : Exhibition of dis-
eased pineapple x

A cowpea resistant to root

knot worm x

The strand flora of Florida., xi

Woodwardia virginica 21

X

Xanthium strumarium 80

Xyris fiexuosa 17

z

Zaedyus cilliatus 183

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