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Molossus californicus Merriam, N.. Am. Fauna, 1890, p. 31; Elliot, 

 Check-List Mamm. N. Am. Cont. and West Indies, 1905, No. 

 1197, p. 498. 



Promops nanus Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. VI, yth Ser., 

 1900, p. 470; Elliot, Check-List Mamm. N. Am. Cont. and 

 West Indies, 1905, No. 1196, p. 498. 



Nyctinomus orthotis H. Allen, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., XXVI, 1889, 

 p. 561; Elliot, Check-List Mamm. N. Am. Cont. and West 

 Indies, 1905, No. 1194, p. 497. 



Characters. "Like Molossus but skull slender, with hour-glass 

 shaped or nearly cylindrical interorbital region and no distinct sagit- 

 tal crest; palate slightly arched but not domed; upper incisor with 

 slender, curved shaft higher than length of crown; lower incisors 

 2-2; upper premolars, 2-2, the small tooth (pm 2 ) normally well 

 formed and not deciduous; first and second upper molars with well 

 developed hypocone." (Miller, /. c.). 



Species: E. abrasus (Temminck); E. californicus (Merriam); 

 E. nanus (Miller); E. glaucinus (Wagner); E. orthotis (Allen), all 

 North American; E. maurus (Thomas); E. perotis (Wied), and E. 

 trumbulli (Thomas) ex South America. 



Family Phyllostomidae. 



Subfamily Chilonycterinae. 

 Genus Chilonycteris. 



Chilonycteris parnellii (Gray). 



Phyllodia parnellii Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1843, P- S- 

 Type locality. Island of Jamaica, West Indies. 



Subfamily Phyllostominae. 

 Genus Xenoctenes. 



Xenoctenes Miller, Fam. and Gen. of Bats, 1907, p. 124. Type 



Schistoma hirsutum Peters. 



A new genus proposed by Miller for Peters 's species given above, 

 the only member of the genus known. 



"Externally similar to Micronycteris, but with connecting band of 

 ears very low. Skull and teeth as in Micronycteris, except that the 

 incisors both above and below are notably peculiar." 



