166 General Notes. 



On the occurrence of a Bat of the genus Mormoops in the 



United States. 



An adult female of Mormoops rnvgalophylla Peters, a bat new to the 

 United States was taken by me at Fort Clark, Kinney County, Texas, 

 December 3, 1897. A lady called me to her house to see a 'very remark- 

 able bat' which had attached itself to the inner side of a door-screen. 

 I found this bat very much alive, at a season when all other bats of the 

 locality were dormant or had migrated. No other bats were seen until 

 «the following March, when the common NyctinomuH reappeared in the 

 usual abundance. This specimen (No. 84,801, collection of the United 

 States National Museum; original No. 4273) identified by Mr. Gerrit S. 

 Miller, Jr., presented the following measurements, taken from the fresh 

 specimen: Length, 90 mm.; length of caudal vertebra?, 28; alar expanse 

 373; longest finger, 90; head, 17; forearm, 5(5. — Edgar A. Menrnn. 



A Correction relative to the Tarsier. 



The specific name of the Tarsier is' generally published as tarmis, but 

 an examination of the original description (Erxleben, Systema Regni 

 Animalis, p. 71 , 1777), shows that tarsier is the original form. The correct 

 combination is Tarsius tarsier (Erxleben). — James A. O. llehn. 



An older Name for the Aard Vark. 



The n*me Myrmecupltaga afra was applied by Pallas (Miscellanea 

 Zoolgica, p. G4, 176(5) to the Aard Yark, as he calls the animal himself. 

 As the description is as accurate as that of cajwnsis Gmelin, it should 

 unquestionably replace the latter. The combination should be Orycter- 

 opus afi'a (Pallas). — James A. G. ReJm. 



An older Name for the Ogotona. 



In 1776 Pallas (Reise, Th. iii, bd. 2. p. 692) applied the name Lepus 

 davuricus to the Ogotona, and two years later he renamed the same 

 animal Lepnis ogotona (Nov. Sp. Glir., p. 65, 1778). As we should accept 

 the older name, the combination would be Oehotona davurieus (Pallas). — 

 James A. G. Rehn. 



The proper Name of the Viscacha. 



In 1786 a German edition of Molina was published by Brandis, entitled 

 'Versuch einer Naturgeschichte von Chili'. On page 272 he applies 

 the name Lepus viscareiea to 'La Viscacha' of Molina, and the descrip- 

 tion appended clearly shows that he had in view the same animal that 

 Blainville caljed IHpas mariiinis in 1817. Mr. Gerrit S. Miller. Jr., 



