ai4 SMirUSOMAN ,\1 IM I I I \ \l (U .s I ol I lM.'l IONS \ Ol . (H) 



Spcciiucus examined: luKa ilo i uih\ i ; Im^IiIo. .| ; lU)t|iuMi>u. ^^ ' ; 

 IUi,i;;\l>a. l';(.aua, i ; *. hopii^ana. i ';rilui(i, i ' ; (. uK-hra, j'i^latuii. 

 1 : Krai \.\c Santa Alalia, ,^ ' ; San TaMo. i ; rahoinilla. j; rahos^a 

 Island. 1 ; I'aiMionna, J ' ; rapalisa, ^v' 



MYOTIS si>. iiniot. 



An aK-()lu>lii- sprv'iincn, with sknll u-inovt'd. in llu- Mnsonni oi 

 Conipatalixi' /tuiloj^y, \\ou\ San rablo. (.'anal /.one, belongs lo a 

 wiilely rai\!.;in!; j;ronp whieh Mr. (iovril S. Millor. Jr.. infotins nie 

 inehnlcs Myotis yuimumisis, M yi>lis olbcsccns, and other j.ieo.!i;raphio 

 races in both North and Soiith .\nieriea. Pbe exat\iple dilTers trotii 

 M. yitinonriisis in the dark e«)lor ol its pelaj;e, bnt the sknll is not 

 very ohvionslv nnlike (hose ol sever. d emrently reeoLjni/ed speeies, 

 ami in the present mneviseil condition ol tbi" j^enns the specimen 

 Ciumot satisr.ictoi il\ be determined. The foi"earn\ measnres ^^(v.4. 



Unm.N 1 rilSUlS K,»lmi\sviiic 

 The bio.id, ii.ikiil membi.nies con\bi\>ed with lari^er si/e i^lorearni 

 aboni .|o mdlnneUMs or more") sntVice to distini;uisb niembers ot the 

 i;emis J-f^lcsiins from other Taiiama representatives of the t.unily. 

 ■Phe sknll is llalttM- w ith broadei". heavier rostnnn than that of Myotis 

 .ind nior(> nearl\ leseiiib'.es tint oi Ixhoi^t'i'SSa in form. As in Myolis, 

 and imlike Khoi^risso, two pairs oi upper incisors are present, bvit a 

 departnre i\o\\\ the Myotis formnl.i resnlts from the redaction of the 

 nppiM pii-mol.os {o the sitti^le pair present in Ixlioi^ci'sso. The teeth 

 are ^>J in nnmluM . Two species avc known to iK'cnr within onr limits. 



KrTKSlCUS rKOriN(,)l)llS 0^t<i->!> 

 Trleis' lU.uk H.it 

 /' !*.</• «'»M.\' />»•«)/> III (/MM. f Pktkks. MonatsluM. k. prons.s. .\k.ul. \\'issonsol\. lU'ilin, 



iS,--. V- -'<*-• l.vp«' friMU .*^;ll\t.\ Is.ibrl. (.iuatonial.j. 

 This i.ither s\n.dl. d.uk biown. slenderly forn\eil species be.irs a 

 i>oner.d extern. d resembl.mce to Myotis nii^i iions. bnt is consivler.d>ly 

 larijer. The fiuearni measnres abont .\\ millimeters. 



'.rhe specitic ilistitictness oi ibis b.it from lifttrsicus fiisrus 

 (BeanviMs"). with which it h.ul been snbspecitically associated, has 

 been pinntetl ont by iViiood,' It is smaller and ditVers otherwise 



* Collection .\mot, Mus. X.it lH>t. 



'CoUcotion Mus. i.\M\ip. 7oo\. 



*0\w m co\\x.-c\'\o\\ Atupr. Mu.s. Nat. Ukst. 



*}Voc. Biol. Soc. \\ .isl>.. Vol. J7, p. 101, May n. i»> (, 



