Four little- Jen own Names of Cluropteran Genera. 431 



A preliminary account of P. jiatiencei was read before the 

 Glasgow Natui-al History Society on January 28th, 1908. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVIII. 



rhiloscia patiencei, sp. n., $ , about 3 nun. in length. 



a'. Antennula;, 

 A. Antenna. 

 pl})^ . First pair of pleopoda, c^. 

 pip-. One of tlie second pair of pleopoda, c? . 

 prji' . Seventh peneopod, S . 

 M. Mandibles. 

 vip. Maxilliped. 

 m^. First maxilla. 

 vi^. Second uiaxilla. 

 ?</-. Uropoda. 

 ur*. Inner ramus more highly magnitied, viewed laterally. 



IJXNll. — On Four little-ktioion Names of Chiropteran 

 Genera. 13y Knud AnderSEN. 



Eidolon, Pteronotus, and Vampyrumj Raf. 



In his 'Analyse de la Nature' (Palermo, 1815), p. 54, 

 liatinesque gives the following arrangement of the order 

 " Chiroptcria" : — 



" II. 0. C/iiropteria. Les Chiropteves. 



4. Famille. Guleopin. Les Galeopieus. Doigts des membres an- 

 tiSrieurs pen allonges, pouce nou S(5pare ; point de canines. G. 1. 

 Oaleopus R. Galeojnthecuf Cnv. 



5. Famille. T'cspertilia. Les Vespertiliens. Doigts des mem- 

 bres anterieurs tres-allong^s, pouce s^par6 ; des dents canines. 



1. Sous-famille. Lophinia. Les Lophinieus. Des cretes ou ap- 

 pendices sur la tete. G. 1. Ii/iiiiolop/u<s Uiiv. 2. F/>i/llostomn Geo(. 

 h. Vantpyriim R. do. Geof. sans queue. 4. Meyaderma Geof. 



2. Sous-famille. Nijcteiia. Les Xvctericns. Aucunes cretes ni 

 appendices sur la tete. G. 5. Pteropu)> IJris. Frxl. G. Eidoloti R. do. 

 a queue. 7. IHeroiiotus R. do. sp. 8. Ceplialotes Geof. 9. Tadaris 

 II. 10. Vesjiertdio L.i^eof. 11. Ni/cterus Lxcoi. 12. Xorfdio Lreof. 

 13. MolossKS Geof, 14. Atalap/ia R." 



In p. 216 of the same book (under the heading " Abbrevia- 

 tions") it is explained that " Sp. do." stands for " Especes 

 du genre ))r6c6dent/' The words " y^ampyrum K. do. Cxoof. 

 sans queue'' are therefore a quasi-stenographic abbreviation 

 for : Vam]iyrum, Kafinesque, name proposed for those species 

 v{ the gi'nus Phyltoatoma, as understood by E. GeottVoy, 



