114 Palmer — Notes on the Nomenclature of the Chiroptera. 



group. The genus may therefore he called Dobsonia in honor 

 of the late Dr. George E. Dohson who devoted much attention to 

 the study of the Chiroptera. 



Thomas has recently adopted Uronycteris to replace Harpy ia,* 

 but this name was based on Cynopterus albiventer Gray, which, 

 according to Dobson, is synonymous with Vespertilio cephalotes. 

 Uronycteris is therefore a synonym of Cephalotes Geoffroy. Trans- 

 ferring Cephalotes to the species to which it really belongs, the 

 forms usually referred to it will- stand Dobsonia peronii (Geoff.) 

 and Dobsonia minor (Dobson), while those usually placed in 

 Harpyia will stand, Cephalotes cephalotes (Pallas) and Cephalotes 

 major (Dobson). 



*Novitates Zoologies?, II, p. 163, 1895. 



