lf)2 BULLETIN 43, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Fifth digit : 



Length of fifth metacarpal bone 45 



Length of first phalanx 7 



Length of second phalanx 9 



Length of head 24 



Height of ear ^ 15 



Height of tragus 8 



Length of thigh 16 



Length of tibia 22 



Length of foot 11 



Length of tail 47 



Measurements from first edition of Monograph. 



List of specimens. 



Cat. 

 Jvo. 



No. of 

 specimen. 



5280 

 6184 

 5286 

 5417 

 5421 

 .5281 

 5283 

 5328 

 5284 

 5422 

 4213 

 5415 



3768 

 5414 

 5282 

 4728 

 5286 

 5287 



Locality. 



Halifax,!^. S 



British America 



KimI River settlement 



Cleveland, Oliic 



Little 1 ilue, Kans 



St. Loui.s, Mo 



Grand Coteau, La 



Fort Pierre. N. Mex 



Near Fort Union, N. Mex. 



Fort Pierre. Xebr 



Neoslio Falls, Kans 



South Fork Platte 



La Boulo Kiver. Ttah. 

 Donna Anna, N. Mex. 



Matamoras 



"United States" 



Monterey, Cal 



Petaluiua, Cal 



Presented by — 



Dr. Gilpin 



R. Keiinicott 



D. Gunu 



Dr. Kirtland 



AV.S. Wood 



Dr. G . Engelmann 



St. Charles College 



D. J. Evans 



Dr. Hayden 



do 



B.F.Goss 



F. V. Hayden, juj., U. S. 

 A. ( n 



(?) 



Dr. T. C. Henry 



Lieut. Couch, Berlin College. 



A. S. Taylor 

 E. Samuels . 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



Alcoholic 



...do 



...do.... 



Dry 



do 



Alcoholic 

 ....do.... 

 ....do-... 



...do 



Drv 



....'do.... 

 ...do.... 



....do 



...do 



Alcoholic . 



Dry 



Alcoholic . 

 ...do 



Collection. 



U. S. N. M. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Group MOLOSSI. 



* MoLOSSl. — So intimate is the relation between this group and the Ve.'^pertilionida? 

 that I decline to give it the value of a family. The characteristics elsewhere noted are 

 here taxouomically arranged. It appears to be subordinated to the Vespertilionida', 

 and for the present, at least, I shall place it as an alliance thereto. The Moh>ssi, 

 like the Yespertili(jnid:e, are adapted to cosmopolitan range by the adaptation to 

 both terrestial aiid aeriel locomotion. The wing is stout, narrow, and muscular. 



With the Vespertiliouid;v the ethmoidal plates are volute, the trapezium is fur- 



