Vol. XVIII, pp. 253-256 December 9, 1905 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



4XL 



GENERAL NOTES. 



A SECOND SPECIMEN OF ODONTONYCTERIS MF.YERl 



JENTINK.* 



Among some mammals collected by Dr. Ed^ar A. Mearns, on the island 

 of Cagayan Sulu, in February, 190-i, is an adult male (No. 125,316, United 

 States National Museum) of the bat described by Dr. Jentink as Odonlo- 

 nijcterh meyevi.t The type, hithei-to the only known representative of the 

 genus and sjjecies, came from the Sangi Islands, about 500 miles southeast 

 of Cagayan Sulu. The measurements of the second specimen are as follows 

 (thoseof the type in parenthesis): Head and body, 83; tibia, 16; foot, 10.6; 

 calcar, 3.8; forearm, 40 (39); thumb, 16; second finger, 31 (29); third 

 finger, 80 (78) ; fourth finger, 64 (63) ; fifth finger, 62 (56) ; ear from 

 meatus, 15.8 ; ear from crown, 12.8 ; width of ear, ll.~~Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 



NEW NAME FOR PONTOLEON. 



In naming the fossil sea-lion from Oregon, described by me in the Smith- 

 sonian Miscellaneous Collections, Quarterly Issue, Vol. 48, pt. 1, No. 1577, 

 May 13, 1905, I failed to observe that the generic designation Fontoleon 

 proposed for it differed only in the final letter from Pontoleo Gloger, 1841. 

 Those who do not consider this a sufficient distinction, might use the desig- 

 nation Pontolis for Fontoleon. The matter is, perhaps, of little importance 

 as Gloger's name is a synonym for the earlier Otaria, and can never be used. 

 As the case is perfectly understood, no one is likely to be led astray. — 

 F. W. True. 



*By permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 t Notes from the Leyden Museum, XXIII, p. 140, July 15, 1902. 



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