270 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



* Noctilio leporinus mastivus ( Dahl) . 



1797. Yespertilio mastivus Dahl, Skrifter af naturhist. Sel- 



skabet, Kjobenhavn, iv, p. 132. 

 1885. JVbctilio leporinus mastious True, Proc. U. S. nat. 



raus., VII (1884), p. 603. 1885. 

 Type locality. — Island of St. Croix, West Indies. 



Subfamily Molossinae. 



Genus MOLOSSUS E. Geoffroy. 



1805. Jlolossiis E. Geoffroy. Ann. nius. d'bist. nat., Paris, vi, 

 p. 151. Type. — By elimination, J/olossus rufus E. Geoffroy. 



* Molossus rufus E. Geoffroy. 



1805. Jlolossiis rufus E. Geoffroy, Ann. mus. d'hist. nat,, 



Paris, VI, p. 155. 

 1885. Molossus rufus True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii (1884), 



p. 603. 1885. 

 Type locality. — Paraguay. 



Molossi^s rufus obscurus (E. Geoffroy). 



1805. Jlolossiis obscurus E. Geoffroy, Ann. mus, d'hist. nat., 



Paris, VI, p. 155, 

 1897. \_Molossvs rufus] ohscuru.^ Trouessart, Catal. mamm., 



pt. I, p. 143. 

 Type locality. — Paraguay. 

 Regarded by Miller (Proc. biol. soc. Washington, xiii, p. 162, 

 October 31, 1900) as a distinct species. 



Genus PROMOPS Gervais, 



1855. Promops Gervais, Exp^d. du Comte de Castelnau, zool., 

 mamm., p. 58. Tj'pe. — Promops ursiuus Gebvais == Jlolossiis 

 7ia$nUis Spix. 



