496 molossus. promops. 



Dusky Mastiff Bat. 



Type locality. Paraguay. 



Geogr. Distr. Guatemala, through Central America to Paraguay 

 and Bolivia, South America. West Indies. 



1189. Molossus coibensis Allen. 



Molossns obscurits Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1904, 

 p. 78. (nee E. Geoff roy.) 



Molossus coibensis Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1904, 

 p. 227. 

 CoiBA Island Bat. 



Type locality. Coiba Island, Panama. 



Geogr. Distr. Restricted to Coiba Island. 



Genl. Char. Similar to M . r. oh s cutms , hut smaller and blacker, 

 with heavier skull and dentition. 



Color. Above deep blackish brown, beneath lighter. 



Measurements. Forearm, 34.5-36; first metacarpal, 37. 



1190. Molossus tropidorhynchus Gray. 



Molossus tropidorhyncJms Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist., iv, 1839, p. 6. 



Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, 



Pt. II, 1904, p. 620. Zool. Ser. 

 Pug-nosed Mastiff Bat. 

 Type locality. Cuba. 

 Geogr. Distr. West Indian Islands. 



1191. Molossus nigricans Miller. 



Molossns nigricans Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1902, 

 p. 395. EUiot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 620. Zool. Ser. 

 Blackish Mastiff Bat. 



Type locality. Acaponeta, Territorio de Tepic, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Genus 173. Proinops. 



Promops Gerv., Exped. du Comte de Castelnau, Zool., Mamm., 11, 



1855, p. 58, pi. XII, figs. 3, 3a. Type Promops ursimis Gervais 

 = Molossus nasutiis Spix. 



1192. Promops nasutus (Spix). 



Molossns nasutns Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 60, pi. 



XXXV, fig. VII. 



Molossns fitmarins Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 60, 

 pi. XXXV, figs. V, VI. 



