126 Mr. O. Thomas on 



The localities at wliicli the collection was mafle were as 

 follows, tlie positions and altitudes being taken from 

 ^Ir. l^inions's sketch-map of the district : — 



'I'apacari (3000 m,), Paratani (25()0 m.), and Cochabamba 

 (2400 m.), in tiie Cochabamba Valley and on the higher 

 ground westward of the town. 



Alisuni (2G00 m.), Clioro (3500 ni.), and Clioquecamate 

 (4000 ni.), on the high paramos north and north-west of 

 Cochabamba, surrounding on the west and south the sources 

 of the Rio ISecurd, wliich flows northward to join the Mamove 

 and ultimately the Amazon. 



Charuplaya (1300 m.), on the Secur^, just north of 1G°S., 

 comparatively low, with an Amazonian fauna. 



1. My Otis sp. 



$ . Paratani, 2600 m. 9th April, 1901. 

 Allied to M. ruber, Geoff. 



Mr. Simons labels all the bats with the native name of 

 " Chilli," in addition to tiie usual Spanish word "Murcielago." 



2. Vespertilio sp. 



S. Choro, 8600 m. 8th May, 1901. 

 V. Ililairei group. 



3. Desmodus rotundus, Geoff. 

 4 c? , 4 ? . Paratani, 2600 m. 5th to 9th April, 1901. 



4. SpeotJios venaticusy Lund. 



^ ? . Rio Blanco, Charuplaya, 1300 m. 27th June, 

 1901. 



All immature. 



" Four of them came trotting by my camp at Rio Blanco 

 about 9 A.M. One got into the jungle while I was shooting 

 the others, and ran away barking like a dog." — P. 0, S. 



5. Conepatus chorensis, sp. n. 



1 ^ and an odd S ?kull, 3 ? . Ciioro, 3500 m. 10th 

 May to 27th July, 1901. 



Size rather less than C. areqm'pce, but tail slightly longer. 

 Fur long, thick, and close. Hairs of nape directed back- 

 wards, not reversed. White connecting-stripe on crown ^ to 

 I inch broad. White longitudinal bands well developed, 

 about 1 to 1^ inch broad where broadest, reaching back 



