SCOTEOPS—SELENOCONUS. 627 
Scoteops (see Scotceops). Monotremata (Scoteopsidee) . 
Scotcecus THomas, 1901. Chiroptera, Vespertilionide. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., VII, 263-264, Mar., 1901. 
Type: Scotophilus albofuscus Thomas, from Bathurst, Gambia River, Gambia. 
Scolecus: Gicóros, darkness; ó:«£c to dwell—i. e. dwelling in darkness. 
Scotceops AxEcnrNo, 1887. Monotremata (Scoteopsidz). 
Enum. Sist. Especies Mamif. Fós. Patagonia Austral, p. 24, Dec., 1887. 
Scoteops AMEGHINO, Enum. Syn. Mamm. Foss. Éocénes Patagonie, 183, 1894. 
Type: Scoteops simplex Ameghino, from the Tertiary of southern Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Scotwops: Gkoraios, obscure; ow, aspect. 
Scotomanes (subgenus of Scotophilus) Dopson, 1875. Chiroptera, Vespertilionide. 
Proce. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, 371; Cat. Chiroptera Brit. Mus. 258, 1878; 
ANDERSON, Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus., I, 137, 1881. 
Type: Scotophilus ornatus (= Nycticejus ornatus Blyth), from India. 
Scotomanes: Gkóroc, darkness; j(&£v5c, slave—'slave of darkness,’ in allusion to 
its crepuscular habits. 
Scotonycteris Marscuin, 1894. Chiroptera, Pteropodidee. 
Sitzungs-Ber. Gesellsch. Naturforsch. Freunde, Berlin, No. 8, pp. 200-203, 1894. 
Type: Scotonycteris zenkeri Matschie, from the Yaunde Station in the southern 
Cameroon district, southwestern Africa, about S. lat. 3° 49’, E. lon. 11? 41’. 
Scotonycteris: eee darkness; vukrepts, bat—from its crepuscular habits. 
Scotophilus Lracn, 1821. Chiroptera, Vespertilionid:e. 
Trans. Linn. p» London, XIII, pt. 1, 69, 71-72, 1821; Dossoxw, Cat. Chiroptera 
Brit. Mus., 256-266, 1878. 
Scotophylus e Zool. Journ., II, 243, July, 1825. 
Scotophillus CvvikR, Dict. Sci. Nat., LIX, 417, 1829 
Type: Scotophilus kuhlii Leach. Locality unknown, possibly India. 
Name preoccupied by Scotophila Hiibner, 1816, a genus of Lepidoptera. 
Scotophilos: 6koros, darkness; Pidos, loving—from its crepuscular habits. 
Scotozous Dossow, 1875. Chiroptera, Vespertilionid:ze. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, 372-373; Cat. Chiroptera Brit. Mus., 243-244, 1878. 
Type: Scotozous dormeri Dobson, from the Bellary Hills, Madras, southern India. 
Scotozous: Gkoros, darkness; $o0c, living—i. e., living in darkness. 
Scrofa Gnav, 1868. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Suidee. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, 38; Cat. Carn., Pachyderm., & Edentate Mamm. 
Brit. Mus., 345—347, 1869. 
Type: Sus domesticus Brisson, ‘‘ domesticated in most parts of the inhabited world." 
See Scropha Gistel, 1848, a genus of Pisces. 
Scrofa: Lat., sow. 
Selatherium AwEcGniNo, 1894. Ungulata, Typotheria, Hegetotherid:e. 
Énum. Syn. Mamm. Foss. Form. Éocénes Patagonie 19-20, Feb., 1894. 
Species: Selatherium pachymorphum Ameghino, and S. remissum Ameghino, from 
the Eocene of Patagonia. 
Extinet. 
Selatherium: 6éA«sc, 6éA«os, light; 07piov, wild beast. 
Selenacodon Mansu, 1889. Allotheria, Plagiaulacidee. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., XX XVIII, 86-87, pl. 11 figs. 22-24, July, 1889. 
Type: Selenacodon fragilis Marsh, from the Cretaceous ( Laramie) of Wyoming. 
Extinct. Based on an upper molar. 
Selenacodon: 6£A17)v1, crescent; d», point; dd@v=ddovs, tooth—in allusion to 
the sharply pointed, crescentic cones of the upper molars. 
Selenoconus Amecuino, 1901. Ungulata, Condylarthra, Phenacodontid:e. 
Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Córdoba, X VI, 381-382, July, 1901 (sep. pp. 35-36). 
