LASIURUS. 593 
noveboracus Bodd., Elench. Anim., 1, 1785, p. 71. 
rubellus Beauv., Cat. Peale’s Mus., 1796, p. 204. 
rubra Ord, Guthr., Geog., 2d. Amer. ed., 11, 1815, p. 291. 
tesselatus Rafin., Am. Month. Mag., 111, 1818, p. 445. 
monachus Rafin., Am. Month. Mag., 111, 1818, p. 445. 
rufus Warden, Desc. Etats Unis. Am., v, 1820, p. 606. 
junebris Fitzin. Sitzungb. K. Akad. Wiss. Wein, Lx1I, 1870, p. 46. 
borealis (Lasiurus), Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 411. 
Rep Bart. 
Type locality. State of New York. 
Geogr. Distr. North America through Mexico to Panama, and 
south to Brazil and Chili. West Indies. 
Genl. Char. Size small; ears reaching half-way between mouth 
and nostril; tragus triangular; wing and membranes from base of 
toes; no fur tuft at proximal end of forearm. Skull: rostrum broad; 
zygomata spreading; teeth large. 
Color. Variable, ranging from yellowish red and fawn to yel- 
lowish gray; whitish space in front of shoulders. 
Measurements. Total length, 103-110; tail vertebra, 47.5-52.7; 
tibia, 18.6-19.6; foot, 7.4-7.9; forearm, 38.5—40.6; thumb, 6.3-7.3; 
longest finger, 79.3—-82.8; ear from meatus, 10-11.9; tragus, 6.5—7. 
Skull: occipito-nasal length, 11; zygomatic width, 9; interorbital 
constriction, 4.5; mastoid width, 7.5; palatal length, 3.5; length of 
mandible, 8.5. 
a.—‘pfeifferi (Atalapha), Gundl., Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 
Berl,, .1862,°p. 152: 
PFEIFFER’S Rep Bat. 
Type locality. Cuba. 
Geogr. Distr. Island of Cuba. 
Genl. Char. Similar to L. borealis, but slightly larger, and has a 
larger first upper premolar, and the interfemoral membrane poste- 
riorly is thinly covered with hair. 
Color. General hue deep cherry red. 
Measurements. Total length, 95.5; tail, 44.4; forearm, 44.7; 
third finger, 80.; fifth finger, 54.6; tibia, 20.3; foot, 8.6. 
b.—teliotis (Atalapha), H. Allen, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., xxix, 1891, 
358 
borealis teliotis (Lasiurus), Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., rgor, 
Di ae 3. 
*For giving preference to pjeiffert over blossevillit see Allen, Proc. Biol. 
Soc. Wash., XIII, 1900, p. 165. 
