448 



8. DOBSONIA, Palmer. 



Cepliahies, Dobsou, Cat. Cbir. B. M. p. 91. 



Type. 

 181"). rteronotus, Rajtiiesfjue, Anal. Nat. p. o4 (nom. 



mid.) [D. " palliala."] 



1828. Hypoderma, E. Geoffroy, Cuiirs Hist. Nat. 



Manmi., 13 le^on (for 27 June, 1828*), p. 28 

 [nee Hypoderma, Latreille, 1825, a genus of 

 Diptera] D. " palliata." 



1829. Tribonophorus, Burnett, Quart. J. Set. Lit. Art, 



April-June, 1829, p. 269 (nom. nud.) [D. " palliata."] 



1898. Dobsoiiia, Palmer, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. xii. 



p. 114 (30 April, 1898) D. pevoiii. 



Pteropu.s, third section, "Roussettes a ailea sur le dos," J?. Gcoffroy, 



Ann. Mus. d' Hist. Nat. xv. p. 98 (1810). 

 Cepbalotes, E. Geofrot/, A7m. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. xv. p. 104 (pt.) (1810) ; 



Temniinck, Man. Mavini. ii. pp. 50, 103 (1837) ; Gray, Mar/. Znol. 



cV Bot. ii. p. 504 (1838) ; id., Voi/'. ' Sulphur,'' Zool. i. p. 29 (1844) ; 



id., Zoul. ' Samaram/,' Vert. p. 13 (1849); Peters, MB. Ahiid. 



Berlin, 18G5, p. 256 \ Gray, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 64 ; Peters, MB. 



Aknd. Berlin, 1867, p. 871 ; Gray, Cat. Monk. ^-c. p. 119 (1870) ; 



Dubson, Ann. c^- M<u/. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 354 (1875) ; id.. Cat. 



Chir. B. M. p. 91 (1878); Flou-er 4'- Li/dekker, Manun. }>. 65 ■> 



(1891) ; Winye, E Mus. Lundii, ii. pt. i.'pp. 24, 27, 28, 56 (1892 : 



affinities ; dental formula) ; Matschie, Meqaehir. p. 85 (1899). 

 Ptevonotus, K. Andersen, .inn. ^- May. N. H. (8) i. p. 432 (1908 : 



identification). 

 Ilvpoderma, Is. Geofroy, Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 707 (Sept. 



'1828) ; id., Ann. »/. Nut. xv., (Dot. 1828, pp. 192, 195 ; Wayner, 



Schrebcrs Siiny., Suppl. i. p. 371 (1839) ; Blyth, Cuvier's An. 



Kinqd. p. 69 f (1840) ; Waqner, Schreber's Siinq., Stqjpl. v. p. 612 



(1853-55). 

 Tribonnpborus, Palmer, ItuJ. Gen. Mamyn. pp. 6S8, 805 (1904 : 



identification) ; K. Andersen, Afin. ^' May. N. H. (8) i. p. 432, 



footnote (1908: identification). 

 Dob.souia, Thomas, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. xv. p. 198 (1902); 



Miller, Earn, l^ Gen. Bats, p. 63 (1907: character.s; affinities); 



K. Andersen, Ann. ^- May. N. II. (8) iv. p. 528 (1909 : revision 



of genus). 



Diagnosis. — Cranial rostrum sboitcned, front of orbit to tip of 

 nasals never much more tlian, often subequal to, lachrymal 

 breadth ; premaxillse much reduced, subvertical. Incisors J — \ ; 

 npper incisors between (not in front of) canines ; upper canines 

 slanted forward, lower canines closely approximated or in perfect 



* E. Geoffrey's Coiirs de I'liistoire nnturelle des iiiaminiferes (" Lemons 

 stenograpliique.s "), though dated on the titlepage of the complete voliuue 1829, 

 was issued in 20 livraisons in the course of the year 1828 (Is. Geoffrey, 

 A'ie A't.t. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, p. 4i^2. 1847). In Dict.Class. d'Hist. Nat. 

 •vol. xiv. (dated Sept. 1828), p. 70t), Is. Geoifroy refers to bis father's "Lemons 

 stenoo-rapliiqiies " (or in any case to the 13th lc9on here under consideriitioii) 

 as " un travail public tout receniment," therefore evidently before Sept. 1828. 



■\ Miswritten llypodermis. 



