Information Regarding Specimen Catalogue of Thomas J. Larson (Aitkin, Minn., U.S.A.) The following Catalogue of Tom Larson's African Collection is a proof-read copy of his original catalogue, which was not made up on M.V.Z. paper nor in the M.V.Z. style. Numbers 230 through 1542 (i.e., pages 1 thru 57) were copied by Tom Larson and sent to M.V.Z. It was noted that in some cases Larson added some information in the copy which did not occur in the original; at other times he frequently omitted information from the copy, primarily natural history observations, which was present in the original. Therefore: Larson's copy was proof-read against the original at M.V.Z. in Aug. 1951 by J. Cleveraid and P. Bloedel. It was our goal to accurately make the copy identical to the original as possible. Consequently, we added to the copy that additional information found in the original (including in many cases changes & errors as originally recorded and altered); we did not delete anything added by Larson; and, in many cases we added within brackets certain locality data and comments, known to be right but not stated in total by Larson either in the original or the copy. Note: Tom Larson's numbers 1 through 98 and new series numbers 1 through 227 were collected by him in Guatemala, Central America between Mar. 24, 1946 and July 20, 1946. The numbers 228 and 229 were collected and prepared at M.V.Z., Berkeley, Calif. in 1947. All are recorded in the same original catalogue by African specimens. Note 2: the front cover of Larson's original catalogue bears the following statements: "Field Journal of Mammals of E.E. Peters, Guatemala" "Mar. 24, 1946 - August 1946; ... "South" African Expedition, August 1947-July 1948." "Actually, these collections were made in 1948 but in 1951 (see)... (over)