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ous of repairiDg this loss as soou as possible, and of seudiiig at least 

 some speeimeus to the Exposition, in order to profit by the oppor- 

 tunity of having them exactly identified by comparison with specimens 

 in the rich collections of the United States, proceeded with all possible 

 activity to collect new material during the months of Cctober, Novem- 

 ber, December, and part of January. The collections thus obtained 

 were packed during the latter part of January and shipped about the 

 middle of February to New Orleans. At the Exposition the Grand 

 Diploma ot Honor was awarded to the Commission for the excellence 

 of its exhibit as a whole. 



In selecting the scientific establishment wherein to make the neces- 

 sary comparisons and identifications, the Director of the Commission 

 decided upon the United States National Museum, in charge of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, on account of its world-wide reputation, to the 

 great satisfaction of the present writer, who, had it rested with him 

 alone, should have made no other selection, attracted as he was by 

 the kind courtesies received from the celebrated Director of the above- 

 named establishment, Prof. S. F. Baird, who has provided the natural- 

 ists of the Commission with all the facilities at his command in order 

 to assist in the execution of our task. We profit by this opportunity 

 to express our profound gratitude for the very kind interest manifested 

 by him in our work. 



I.-MAMMALS. 

 By F. Ferrari-Perez. 



The difficulty of collecting and preserving mammals accounts for the 

 insignificant number of specimens which we were able to bring together 

 during the short time between the destruction of the original collection 

 by the conflagration and the opening of the exposition. All those num- 

 bered in the following brief list have been verified by Prof. Frederick 

 W. True, the curator of the department of mammals. 



Fam. EMBALLONUEID^. 



1. Molossus rufus Et. GeofiYoy. 



Molossus rufus Et. Geotfroy, Aun. du Mus., VI, 1605. p. 154. Alston, Biol. 

 Ceutr. Am. Mam., 1879-82, p. 31. 



Vulg. — Murcii^lago, Eaton viejo. 



Hah. — State of Chiapas: ? No. (5 $ ad., 8 9 juv., 9 ^juv. 



2. Molossus glaucinus (Wagner). 



Dysopcs {ilaucinus Natt., Wagner, Wiegm. Archiv, 1843, p. 368. 



21olossua glaucinus Dobson, P. Z. S., 1876, p. 714, fig. 2; Cat. Chirop. Brit. 



Mus., 1878, p. 417. 



Vulfj. — Murcielago, Eaton viejo. 



