496 molossus. fromops. 



Dusky Mastiff Bat. 



Type locality. Paraguay. 



Geogr. Distr. Guatemala, through Central America to Paraguay 

 and Bolivia, South America. "West Indies. 



1189. Molossus coibensis Allen. 



Molossus obscurtis Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1904, 

 p. 78. (nee E. Geoff roy.) 



Molossus coibensis Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1904, 

 p. 227. 

 CoiBA Island Bat. 



Type locality. Coiba Island, Panama. 



Geogr. Distr. Restricted to Coiba Island. 



Genl. Char. Similar to AI. r. obscurus,hnt smaller and blacker, 

 with heavier skull and dentition. 



Color. Above deep blackish brown, beneath lighter. 



Measurements. Forearm, 34.5-36; first metacarpal, 37. 



1190. Molossus tropidorhynchus Gray. 



Molossus tropidorhynchus Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist., iv, 1839, p. 6. 



Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, 



Pt. II, 1904, p. 620. Zool. Ser. 

 Pug-nosed Mastiff Bat. 

 Type locality. Cuba. 

 Geogr. Distr. West Indian Islands. 



1191. Molossus nigricans Miller. 



Molossus nigricans Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1902, 

 p. 395. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 620. Zool. Ser. 

 Blackish Mastiff Bat. 



Type locality. Acaponeta, Territorio de Tepic, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Genus 173. Proiiiops. 



Promops Gerv., Exp^d. du Comte de Castelnau, Zool., Mamm., 11, 

 1855, p. 58, pi. XII, figs. 3, 3a. Type Promops ursinus Gervais 

 = Molossus nasutus Spix. 



1192. Promops nasutus (Spix). 



Molossus nasutus Spix, Simiar.. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 60, pi. 



XXXV, fig. VII. 



Molossus fumarius Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 60, 

 pi. XXXV, figs. V, VI. 



