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102761. Skin and skull. Adult male. La Guaira, Venezuela. 

 July 13, 1900. Collected by Wirt Robinson and M. W. Lyon, Jr. 

 Original number 106. 



Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



*Molossus pygmaeus Miller. 



Proc. Riol. Soc. Washington 13 : 1G2. Oct. 31, 1900. 

 102104. In alcohol (skull removed). Adult female. In an attic of 



a house near Willemstad, Curasao, off north coast of Venezuela. 



January IG, 1900. Collected by Leon J. Guthrie. 

 In good condition ; skull Grade A. 



Genus PROMOPS Gervais 



*Promops pamana Miller. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 26 : 33, Feb. 8, 1913. 

 105528. Skin only (in alcohol). Adult male. Hyutanaham, Upper 

 Purus River, Brazil. March 22, 1901. Collected by J. B. Steere. 

 In good condition, body has been skinned out. 



Genus TADARIDA Rafinesque 

 *Nyctinomus antillularum ISIiller. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 54: 398, Sept. 12. 1902. 

 = Tadarida aniilltilanim (Miller). See Miller, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 128: 85, 

 Apr. 29, 1924. 



113188. In alcohol (skull removed). Adult male. Roseau, Do- 

 minica, Lesser Antilles. August 5, 1901. Collected by Charles E. 

 Ashcraft, Jr. 



In good condition ; skull Grade A. 



*Dysopes aurispinosus Peale. 



U. S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Ornith.) : 21. 1848. 

 = Tad(irida aurispinosa (Peale). See Shamel, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 78 (19) : 

 11, May 6, 1931. 



3726. Skin preserved in alcohol. Adult male. Peale writes : "This 

 remarkable bat flew on board the U. S. ship Pedcock, off the coast 

 of Brazil, on the 18th of November, when the ship was about one 

 hundred miles from land, south of Cape St. Roque" {op. cit., pp. 

 22-23). This specimen is undoubtedly No. 3726, cataloged Decem- 

 ber 20, 1859, as Molossus aurispinosus from Brazil. It was re- 

 cataloged as No. 5476, October 31, 1861. There is no record of a 

 skull in either of the entries. U. S. Exploring Expedition (1838- 

 1842). 



