40 VESPERTILIO ERYTHRODACTYLUS. 



above referred to is VespertUio erytlirodactylus , Temraiiiek; the 

 type specimens are described in Temminck's Monograpliies 

 de Mammalogie, II, p. 238. The only author who refers 

 to this species is Allen in his Monograph of the Bats of 

 North America, 1864, where he gives, p. 76, a transla- 

 tion of Temminck's description, without more, and p, 46 

 he enumerates V. erythrodartylas among the so-called spe- 

 cies of North America. It seems that Temminck himself 

 has hesitated whether his species was a good one, for he 

 says, p. 239, »cette espèce présumée nouvelle". 



And indeed, having now studied the type specimens in 

 our Museum, I am convinced that they belong to Vespe- 

 rugo georgianus F. Cuv., agreeing wholly with the descrip- 

 tions of this species given by Allen and Dobson. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. 11. 



