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Gundlach (see Peters, 1862, p. 153) notes a female with three 

 embryos at the beginning of May, and states that he obtained speci- 

 mens at Cardenas and in the Cienega de Zapata. 



The applicability of the generic name Nycteris in place of Lasiurus 

 seems not fully established. 



Lasiurus [vel Nycteris] borealis ? seminolus (Rhoads). 



Atalapha borealis seminola Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, 1895, p. 32. 



In a previous paper (1905, p. 67) I referred to this race, not with- 

 out some hesitation, a single specimen of a red bat, taken at Nassau, 

 New Providence, Bahamas. A second careful comparison with 

 the red bat of southern Florida fails to disclose any very striking 

 differences. The Bahaman specimen is apparently fully grown, but 

 not quite adult; and though its measurements otherwise agree very 

 well, that of the tibia seems slightly less than in Florida specimens. 

 The color is less reddish underneath, but this may be due in part to 

 other causes. Miller (N. Amer. Fauna, 1897, no. 13, p. 110) records 

 a skull only, from Nassau. These two specimens indicate that the 

 red bat is of regular occurrence at least in New 7 Providence. The 

 possibility of its introduction by vessels is perhaps not wholly out of 

 the question. On the other hand, further specimens may show that 

 the slight differences pointed out are constant, and sufficient to 

 characterize a Bahaman race. Its affinities seem to be nearer semi- 

 nolus than to pfeifferi. 



Miller (1897) has also recorded a skin of the red bat from Spanish- 

 town, Jamaica, but it was in such condition as to be unidentifiable 

 with certainty. It suffices however, to establish the occurrence of 

 the genus in Jamaica. 



MOLOSSIDAE. 



Nyctinomus brasiliensis musculus Gundlach. 



Nyciinomus musculus Gundlach, Monatsb. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss. 

 Berlin, 1861, p. 149. 



The type locality of the common Nyctinomus of the brasiliensis 

 group, occurring in the Greater Antilles, is Cuba, whence it was 

 described by Gundlach. Mr. G. S. Miller (1902b, p. 248) has pointed 

 out that it is "readily distinguishable from all of the known conti- 

 nental members of the Nyctinomus brasiliensis group by its smaller 

 size, shorter ear, and rudimentary, peg-like anterior upper premolar." 



