Appendix. 



In order to enable the student to decide for liimself in regard to tlie 

 many doubtful or unidentified species of autliors cited in the foregoing- 

 pages, the descriptions themselves are reproduced in the present Ap- 



liendix. 



A. 



Rafinesque. — American Monthly Magazine, iii, 1818, 445. 



1. J'espertilio viystax. R. (Whisker bat.) Tail two-fifths of total length, upper 

 incisores none, lower 6, 2 warts at the lower jaw, body entirely fallow, top of the 

 head brownish, ears brown, auriculated, longer than the head. Length 5 inches, 

 breadth 14. 



2. Ti'spertilio humeralis. R. (Black shoulder bat.) Tail three-sevenths, upper 

 incisores 2, remote, lower 6, body dark browai above, shoulders black, gray beneath, 

 wiugs, tail, ears and snout blackish, eyes under the hair, ears longer than the head, 

 elliptical, auriculated. Length, 3 1-2 inches, breadth, 11. 



3. VespertHio fesselatus. R. (Netted bat.) Tail half of total length, hairy above, 

 upper incisores 2, remote, lower 6, body fallow above, head pale, dii'ty fulvous beneath, 

 with a faint fallow collar, shoulders white, wings hairy at the base, with 2 hairy 

 white spots above near the thumb, membrane blackish, netted of fulvous internally 

 and clotted of same externally, shafts fulvous, nose bilobate, ears nearly concealed 

 by the hair. Length 4 inches, breadth 12. 



4. Vespertilio ciianopierus. R. (Blue-wing bat.) Tail one-third, 2 incisores above, 

 6 beneath, body dark gray above, bluish gray beneath, wings of a dark bluish gray, 

 shafts black, ears auriculated, longer than the head. Length 3 inches, breadth 10. 



5. VespertHio melanotus. R. (Black back bat.) Tail one-third, brown above, gray 

 beneath, body blackish above, whitish l)eneath, wings dark gray, shafts black, ears 

 auriculated, rounded. Length 4 1-2 inches, breadth 12 1-2. 



6. T'cspertilio calearntus. R. (Spurred bat.) Tail one-third, body dark brown above, 

 dark fallow beneath, wings black, shafts rose-coloured, a spur at the inner side of the 

 elbow, hind feet black. Length 4 inches, breadth 12. 



7. Vespa-tilio monachus. R. (Monk bat.) Tail one-fourth, hairy above, fringed 

 laterally, body pale, fallow above and below, head and neck covered with a longer 

 fur of a dark red fallow, wings dark gray, shafts red, hind feet black, nose red, ears 

 concealed in the fur. Length 4 inches, breadth 12. 



8. Vespertilio phaiops. R. (Black faced bat.) Tail one-third of total length, 

 naked, mucronate, body dusky bay above, pale beneath, face, ears and wiusrs 

 blackish, 4 incisores in tlie upper Jaw, 2 on each side, divided by a large Hat wart, 

 unequal, the outside ones larger and bilobed, 6 small incisores at the lower jaw. 

 Length 4 1-2 inches, breadth 13. 



9. Vespertilio megalotis. R. (Big-eared bat.) Tail three-eighths of total length, 

 body dark gray above, pale gray beneath, ears very large, dniilicated, auricules 

 nearly as long. Length 4 inches, breadth 12 inches. 



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