270 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



* Noctilio leporinus mastivus (Dahl). 



1797. Vespertilio mastivus DAHL, Skrifter af naturhist. Sel- 



skabet, Kjobenhavn, iv, p. 132. 

 1885. Noctilio leporinus mastivus TRUE, Proc. U. S. nat. 



mus., vii (1884), p. 603. 1885. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Island of St. Croix, West Indies. 



Subfamily MOLOSSINAE. 



Genus MOLOSSUS E. Geoffrey. 



1805. Molossus E. GEOFFROY, Ann. mus. d'hist. nat., Paris, vi, 

 p. 151. Type. By elimination, Molossus rufus E. GEOFFROY. 



* Molossus rufus E. Geoffroy. 



1805. Molossus rufus E. GEOFFROY, Ann. mus. d'hist. nat., 



Paris, vi, p. 155. 

 1885. Molossus rufus TRUE, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vn (1884), 



p. 603. 1885. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Paraguay. 



Molossus rufus obscurus (E. Geoffroy). 



1805. Molossus obscurus E. GEOFFROY, Ann. mus. d'hist. nat., 



Paris, vi, p. 155. 

 1897. [Molossus rufus\ obscurus TROUESSART, Catal. rnanim., 



pt. i, p. 143. 



TYPE LOCALITY. r Paraguay. 



Regarded by Miller (Proc. biol. soc. Washington, xm, p. 162, 

 October 31, 1900) as a distinct species. 



Genus PROMOPS Gervais. 



1855. Promops GERVAIS, Exp6d. du Conite de Castelnau, zool., 

 manim., p. 58. Type. Promops ursinus GERVAIS Molossus 

 nasutus SPIX. 



