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termination, fourth digit, I, 2.10; II, 0.5; III, 0.6; also a curved 

 nail curved in the reverse direction, fifth digit, I, 1.7; II, 0.35; 

 III, 0.35; femur, 0.8; tibia, 0.9; interfemoral spur, 0.75. 



The facial portion of the skull is much higher in the speci- 

 men figured than represented by Allen. Conspicuous is the 

 sharp downward spur of the molar process of the temporal, and 

 the downward inclination of the pterygoid. 



The last molar above is greatly compressed and the anterior 

 premolar may be absent. 



GENUS SCOTOPHILUS. 



(=Vesperus, Coues.) 

 Dental formula i. -f, c. }, ra. x2=32. 



The dental formula must alone be relied upon to distinguish 

 this and the next two following genera or sections for though 

 other characters exist they are not susceptible of exact formu- 

 lation, but consist rather in a peculiar habitus which must be 

 seen to be appreciated. 



8cotophilus fuscus BEAUVOIS. 

 BROWN BAT. 



Vespertilio fuscus BEAUVOIS. Cat- Peale's Mus., 1796. 



LECONTE. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1855. 

 Vtspertilio arcuatus SAY. Long's Exp. Rocky Mts., 1823. 

 Vespertilio phaiops RAFINESQUE. Am. Month. Mag., 1818. 



LECONTE. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1855. 



WAGNER. Schreb. Saug., 1855. 

 Vespertilio ursinus . TEMMINCK. Monog. Mam., 1835. 



MAX. Y. WIED. Archiv. Naturg. 1861. 

 Vespertilio gryphus FR. CUVIER. Ann. Mus. 1837. 



WAGNER, Schreber's Saug., 1875. 

 Vespertilio caroli LECONTE. Proc. Acad. Sci., 1855. 

 Scotophilus fuscus H. ALLEN. Monogr. N. Am. Bats.., 1864. 



J. A. ALLEN. Cat. Mam. Mass., 1869. 

 Scotophilus carolinensis GEOFFROY, HARLAN, GODMAN, LECONTE, COOPER, 



DEKAY, TEMMINCK, H. ALLEN, ETC/ 

 Vespertilio (Vesperus) fuscus COUES. Surv. 100th Mer., Zool., 1875. 



Head flat, nostrils large, separated by an emargination; ear 

 less than head, broad at the base, obtuse at tip; tragus about 

 one-half as high as the auricle, notched externally at base. 

 Interfemoral membrane ample, basal portion furred; terminal 

 segment of tail exserted. Wing membrane attached to base of 

 toes; spur well developed. Color on the back dusky brown, 



