114 Palmer Notes on the Nomenclature of the Chiroptera. 



group. The genus may therefore be called Dobsonia in honor 

 of the late Dr. George E. Dobson who devoted much attention to 

 the study of the Chiroptera. 



Thomas has recently adopted Uronycteris to replace Harpyia* 

 but this name was based on Cynopterus albiventer Gra} r , which, 

 according to Dobson, is synonymous with Vespertilio cephalotes. 

 Uronycteris is therefore a synonym of Cephalotes Geoffrey. Trans 

 ferring Cephalotes to the species to which it really belongs, the 

 forms usually referred to it will stand Dobsonia peronii (Geoff.) 

 and Dobsonia minor (Dobson), while those usually placed in 

 Harpyia will stand, Cephalotes cephalotes (Pallas) and Cephalotes 

 major (Dobson). 



*Novitates Zoologicse, II, p. 163, 1895. 



