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the teeth and color, as well as the measurements (forearm 40 mm.) 

 leave no doubt that this animal is identical with M. tniher (Geoffrey),. 

 1805. The type was from Capella Nova, Brazil. 



lanceolatus (Vespertilio) Maximilian zu Wied, Reise in das Innere 

 Nord-America, vol. 1, p. 364, footnote, 1839. The name was 

 based on two specimens of a small bat from Bethlehem, Pa. It 

 was originally proposed as a substitute for Vespertilio subulahiSy 

 should the bat which Maximilian so designated prove to be differ- 

 ent from Say's animal. Maximilian's subulatus, however, appears 

 to be the same as M. lucifugiis LeConte, 1836. 



Leibii {V espei^tilio) Audubon and Bachman, Journ. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 1, vol. 8, p. 284, 1842. These authors carefully 

 described a small bat from Erie County, then Michigan, now Ohio, 

 pointing out the obvious characters of small size, small foot, long tail,, 

 and contrasting black ears and wings that distinguish the small black- 

 faced bat of the eastern United States. The name has been considered 

 a synonym of Myotis lucifucjus^ though the original authors showed 

 their familiarity with that animal by redescribing it under the name 

 F. virgimmnus in the same paper. In recent years the discovery of 

 additional specimens of leihii proves that it is a valid form, the east- 

 ern race of Myotis subulatus Say, 1823 (not the subulatus of Harrison 

 Allen, 1864, and recent writers). The name, therefore, in the form 

 Myotis subulatus leibii, replaces Myotis winnemaiia Nelson, 1913. 



Leucogaster {Vespertilio) Maximilian zu Wied, Beitr. z. Naturg. 

 Brasil, vol. 2, p. 271, 1826. Wied's description as well as his excellent 

 colored figure in the Abbildungen zur Naturg. Brasil, pt. 13, 1829, 

 leave no doubt that this animal is the same as the V. albescens of E. 

 Geoffroy, 1805. His specimen was from the Moucouri River, Brazil. 



Longicrus {Vespertilio) True, Science, vol. 8, p. 588, December 24, 

 1886. This is the valid name for the dark subspecies of Myotis volans 

 occurring in the humid northwest coast district. The type came from 

 Puget Sound, Washington. 



Lucifugus {Vespertilio) LeConte, McMurtrie's Cuvier, Animal 

 Kingdom, vol. 1, p. 431, 1831. Though the original description con- 

 tains little that is useful for allocating this name, the later and more 

 detailed account (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1855, p. 436) 

 shows that LeConte had in mind the common small brown Myotis 

 of eastern North America, to which the name is currently applied 

 (see Miller, North Amer. Fauna, No. 13, p. 29, October 16, 1897). 

 The type locality is assumed to be Georgia, at or near LeConte's 

 home in the vicinity of Riceboro, Liberty County. 



Macropus {Vespertilio) H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel- 

 phia, 1866, p. 288. This name is a synonym of Myotis yimianensis 

 of the same author, published two years previously. The type was 



