15(5 (ii'in-i'dl jV(>ff\^. 



show that the animal differs widelj' from Vespertilio .serotinv,s. It is 

 slightly larger than the European species, (forearm 52, foot 12 (10.4), 

 tibia 22.4), the skull is broader anteriorly, the crowns of the upper 

 molars are less narrowed on the lingual side and the color is much paler. 

 Fur very silky in texture, about 3 mm. in length at middle of back. 

 Hairs of dorsal surface light broccolibrown from base nearly to tip, 

 then dark sepia, followed by silvery gray at extremity. The colors 

 blend insensibly into each other, and the whitish tips of the hairs pro- 

 duce a frosted effect nearly as distinct as that in V. rnurinus. Fur of ven- 

 tral surface very pale ecru drab at base, fading to whitish gray at tip; a 

 fairly defined line of demarkation between colors of upper and lower 

 surfaces. These characters are suflicient to distinguish Vexpertilio 

 pachyomuii specifically from V. serotinus. — Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 



A Bat of the genus Lichonycteris in South America. 



Lichonycteris obscuri/s, the only known representative of its genus, 

 was described in 1895 from a single adult female taken at Managua, 

 Nicaragua (Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 0th ser., XVI, pp. 55-57, 

 July, 1895). While identifying some old skins in the United States 

 National Museum I recently found a specimen of this species labeled 

 "Surinam, Edw. Koebel." It is without further history except that it 

 was entered m the Museum register, as No. 14815 on March 6, 1885. 

 The known range of the genus is thus greatly extended. In all respects 

 the Surinam specimen exactly agrees with the character given in the 

 original description. — Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 



The systematic name of the large noctule bat of Europe, 



The first notice of the Large Noctule of southern Europe appears to 

 have been published in 1869 by Fatio in the first volume of the "Faune 

 des Vertebres de la Suisse. Here specimens taken in the trunk of a 

 tree near Amsteg, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, were recorded as [ I'(.v- 

 peruf/o nortidd] var. vn(.viina (Mammiferes, p. 57). More recently the 

 animal has been considered identical with the Pterygistes lasiopten/s of 

 China and Japan (For references see Trouessart, Catalogus Mammalium, 

 I, p. 111). Two specimens from Pisa, Italy, recently obtained by the 

 United States National Museum differ noticeably from a pair of P. l(is-i- 

 optents collected some years ago by Mr. P. L. Jouy at Fusan, Corea. 

 They are distinctly larger (forearm, (^, 65, 9. 68, instead of c^, 60, 9. 

 61), and the skull, in addition to its larger size (greatest length 22 instead 

 of 20.4), differs in its more tumid rostrum, broader anterior nares, and 

 narrower interpterygoid space. The European animal which in all 

 probability is specifically distinct from Pteryj/istr.s hi.Kiojtteriis .should be 

 known as Pteryf/i.'<fi'x iii(i.iiiini.-< (Fatio). — Gerrit S. .)fillcr. Jr. 



