LASIURUS. 593 



noveboracus Bodd., Elench. Anim., i, 1785, p. 71. 



rubellus Beauv., Cat. Peale's Mus., 1796, p. 204. 



rubra Ord, Guthr., Geog., 2d. Amer. ed., n, 1815, p. 291. 



tesselatus Rafin., Am. Month. Mag., in, 1818, p. 445. 



monachus Rafin., Am. Month. Mag., in, 1818, p. 445. 



rtijus Warden, Desc. Etats Unis. Am., v, 1820, p. 606. 



funebris Fitzin. Sitzungb. K. Akad. Wiss. Wein, LXII, 1870, p. 46. 



borealis (Lasiurus), Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 411. 

 RED BAT. 



Type locality. State of New York. 



Geogr. Distr. North America through Mexico to Panama, and 

 south to Brazil and Chili. West Indies. 



Genl. Char. Size small; ears reaching half-way between mouth 

 and nostril; tragus triangular; wing and membranes from base of 

 toes ; no fur tuft at proximal end of forearm. Skull : rostrum broad ; 

 zygomata spreading; teeth large. 



Color. Variable, ranging from yellowish red and fawn to yel- 

 lowish gray; whitish space in front of shoulders. 



Measurements. Total length, 103-110; tail vertebrae, 47.5-52.7; 

 tibia, 18.6-19.6; foot, 7.4-7.9; forearm, 38.5-40.6; thumb, 6.3-7.3; 

 longest finger, 79.3-82.8; ear from meatus, 10-11.9; tragus, 6.5-7. 

 Skull: occipito-nasal length, n; zygomatic width, 9; interorbital 

 constriction, 4.5; mastoid width, 7.5; palatal length, 3.5; length of 

 mandible, 8.5. 



a. *pfeifferi (Atalapha), Gundl., Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 

 Berl., 1861, p. 152. 



PFEIFFER'S RED BAT. 



Type locality. Cuba. 



Geogr. Distr. Island of Cuba. 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. borealis, but slightly larger, and has a 

 larger first upper premolar, and the interfemoral membrane poste- 

 riorly is thinly covered with hair. 



Color. General hue deep cherry red. 



Measurements. Total length, 95.5; tail, 44.4; forearm, 44.7; 

 third finger, 80.; fifth finger, 54.6; tibia, 20.3; foot, 8.6. 



b. teliotis (Atalaphd), H. Allen, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., xxix, 1891, 



P- 5- 

 borealis teliotis (Lasiurus), Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, 



P-4I3- 



*For giving preference to pfeifferi over blossevillii see Allen, Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. Wash., xin, 1900, p. 165. 



