, non-pregnant females were 6.8
(5.2-8.0). Females taken on March 25 and 26 were not pregnant; one
obtained on June 20 was lactating. Funds for financing field work were
made available by the Kansas University Endowment Association and the
National Science Foundation.
_Measurements._--Measurements, in millimeters, of the holotype and
another female (No. 55111 KU) from the type locality and 3 females (Nos.
44726, 44729-30 KU) from Coahuila, respectively, are: total length, 94,
93, 97, 86, 96; length of tail vertebrae, 43, 42, 41, 39, 45; length of
hind foot, 9.5, 9, 10, 10, 8; height of ear from notch, 20, 20, 20, 18,
20; length of forearm, 37.9, 38.4, 40.2, 37.3, 38.5; greatest length of
skull, 16.1, 16.4, 16.2, 15.8, 16.1; condylobasal length, 15.4, 15.4,
15.6, 15.0, 15.4; zygomatic breadth, 9.7, 9.9, 10.1, 9.4, 9.9; least
interorbital constriction, 3.9, 3.8, 3.9, 3.7, 3.7; breadth of
braincase, 7.5, 7.6, 7.5, 7.5, 7.6; occipital depth, 5.9, 5.9, 5.5, 5.7,
5.6; palatal length, 8.5, 8.7, 8.7, 8.7, 8.9; mastoid breadth, 8.2, 8.4,
8.3, 8.2, 8.3; breadth across third upper molars, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.1,
6.1; length of maxillary tooth-row, 6.5, 6.5, 6.7, 6.6, 6.6; length of
mandible, 11.5, 11.8, 11.9, 11.2, 11.7; length of mandibular tooth-row,
8.0, 8.0, 8.1, 8.1, 8.1.
_Specimens examined._--Total, 8, all in the University of Kansas Museum
of Natural History. Coahuila: 4 mi. W Hacienda La Mariposa, 2300 ft., 5
(2 alcoholics). Nuevo Leon: Iturbide, 5000 ft., Sierra Madre Oriental,
1. Tamaulipas: 10 mi. W and 2 mi. S Piedra, 1200 ft., Sierra de
Tamaulipas, 2.
_Transmitted April 16, 1955._
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