860 The American Naturalist. [September, 
with two or three rows of large maron spots. Head above maron, 
the plates pate bordered. Inferior surfaces pale reddish-yellow. 
Dength 124 mm. ; of head and body, 51 mm. 
This species is nearer to the X. vigilis than to the X. riversiana, but 
differs greatly in its proportions, and in numerous details of scutellation 
and in coloration. It is nearer to the Zablepsis henshavii Stjen., but 
besides the generic characters, that species has a shorter hind leg, a 
continuous series of lower labials, and a different coloration.—E. D. 
Cope. 
Bats of Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.— 
During the past two or three years several small collections of bats, 
numbering in all 12 specimens, have been sent me from the Queen 
Charlotte Islands. They were obtained at a place called Massett, at 
the north end of Graham Island, by the Rev. J. H. Keen, and were 
transmitted through the courtesy of Mr. James Fletcher, of Ottawa. 
All of these bats belong to the genus Vespertilio. They represent three 
very distinct specific or superspecific types, namely V. subulatus, V. lu- 
cifugus and V. nitidus. In each case the specimens differ in color from 
the typical form, being decidedly blackish instead of brownish. The 
ears, feet and membranes, are nearly black, and the color of the fur is 
very dark. 
The Queen Charlotte Islands representative of V. lucifugus differs 
further from the typical form (from the eastern United States) in hav- | 
ing decidedly larger feet and in the form of the ear conch, which is less 
emarginate posteriorily. It may be worthy of subspecific recognition. 
The representative of the big-eared V. subulatus is so different from 
the eastern animal that I am forced to describe it as new, and in so 
doing it gives me pleasure to associate with it the name of its collector, 
the Rev. J. H. Keen. It may be known by the following description : 
Vespertilio subulatus keenii subsp. nov.—Type from Massett, 
Queen Charlotte Islands, B. C. 
Type No. 72922 9 ad. U. S. National Museum, Department of Ag- 
riculture Collection. Collected by Rev. J. H. Keen, in summer of 
1894. 
General characters —Similar to V. subulatus, but with shorter, nar- 
rower wings, and larger ears; color blackish instead of brownish. Ears, 
feet, and membranes black except the under surfaces of the wing bones, 
leg bones, and tail vertebræ, which parts are flesh colored. Fur, black- 
ish, slightly washed,with brownish. Ears very long: laid forward they 
