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Genus MOLOSSUS Geoffrey. 



1805. Molossus Geoffroy, Aim. mus. hist. nat. Paris, vol. 6, 

 p. 151. Type, Molossus rufus (a^OYYnoY . 



*Molossus crassicaudatus Geoffroy. 



1805. Molossus crassicaudatus Geoffroy, Ann. mus. hist. nat. 

 Paris, vol. 6, p. 156. 

 Type Locality. — Paraguay. (Ranges north to Panama and the 

 Lesser Antilles. See G. M. Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. ZooL, vol. 52, 

 p. 59, Jul}^ 1908.) 



•|-*Molossus nigricans Miller. 



1885. Molossus rufus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (1884), 

 p. 603. 1885. (Part.) 



1902. Molossus nigricans Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, p. 395. September 12, 1902. 



Type Locality. — Acaponeta, Tepic, Mexico. 



*Molossus sinaloae Allen. 



1906. Molossus sinalose Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 22, p. 236. July 25, 1906. 

 Type Locality. — Escuinapa, Sinaloa, Mexico. 



*Molossus obscurus Geoffroy. 



1805. Molossus ohscurus Geoffroy, Ann. m«us. hist. nat. Paris, 



vol. 6, p. 155. 

 Type Locality. — Surinam (see G. M. Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp, 



ZooL, vol. 52, p. 58, July, 1908). Ranges north to Mexico and 



the Lesser Antilles. 



*Molossus coibensis Allen. 



1904. Molossus coibensis Allen, Bu'U. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 20, p. 227. June 29, 1904. 

 Type Locality. — Coiba Island, Panama. 



*Molossus tropidorhynchus Gray. 



1839. Molossus tropidorJiyncJius Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, 



p. 6. September, 1839. 

 1904. Molossus tropidorhynchus Miller, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



vol. 27, p. 339. January 23, 1904. 

 Type Locality. — Cuba. 



Molossus verrilli Allen. 



1908. Molossus verrilli Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 24, p. 581. September 11, 1908. 

 Type Locality. — Samana, Santo Domingo. 



