﻿NOMENCLATURE. 



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Atalapha Eafinesque, 1814 (Precis des Decouv. et Travaux Somio- 

 logiques, p. 12), is clearly based od a Sicilian bat.^ The use of the 

 name for a genus confined to America is therefore impossible. 



Brachyotus Kolenati, 1856 (Allgem. Deutsch. Naturhist. Zeitg., Dres- 

 den, Neue Folge, II, pp. l.*^!, 174-177), is a subgeneric name based on 

 three European species of ^ Vesper tilio' {mystacinus^ daubentonii, and 

 dasycneme) with ears shorter than head. 



Cateorus Kolenati, 1856 (Allgem. Deutsch. Naturhist. Zeitg., Dresden, 

 Xeue Folge, II, pp. 131, 162-163), a subgeneric name based on ' Yesperus^ 

 serotinus^ is a synonym of Vespertilio Linnteus. 



Cnephseus Kaup, 1829 (Skizzirte Entw.-Gesch. u. Natiirl. Syst. d. 

 Europ. Thierw., Ister Theil, p. 103), is a generic name based on Vesj^er- 

 tilio serotinus Schreber, a species congeneric with Yespertilio fiiscas of 

 America. The name is a synonym of Yespertilio. 



Cnephaiophilus Fitzinger, 1870 (Sitzungsber. K. Akad. Wiss., Wien, 

 LXII, Abth. I, p. 81), is a genus composed of very heterogeneous ele- 

 ments among which no tyi)e is mentioned. The species referred to it 

 are macellus ^om^o'') ^ pellucidus (' S. E. Asia, Philippines'), /err/^^i- 

 (^Mittel-Amerika, Surinam'), and thei^'orth American noctivagans. 

 Whether or not the name may be available for some of the other spe- 

 cies, it certainly is not for the one which comes within the limits of the 

 present paper, since this was already provided with the generic name 

 Lasionycteris. 



Comastes Fitzinger, 1870 (Sitzungsber. Math.-Kat. CI. K. Akad. 

 Wiss., Wien, LXII, Abth. I, p. 565), is a synonym of Myotis Kaup, 

 unless it may eventually be shown that the species on which it was 

 based, capaccinii, megapodius^ dasycneme and li7nnophilus, are subgen- 

 erically distinct from Myotis myotis. 



Corynorhinus H. Allen, 1865 (Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila., p. 173), 

 Ijroposed as a generic name for Flecotus macrotis Le Conte and P. 

 townsendi Cooper, is the only available name for the group of which 

 Corynorhinus macrotis is the only known species. 



Dasypterus Peters, 1871 (Monatsber. K. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1870, p. 

 912, published 1871 ), was established as a subgenus of Atalapha {=Lasi- 

 unis) to contain the species intermedia, egregia, ega, and caudata. It 

 has recently been raised to full generic rank by Dr. Harrison Allen. 



Eptesicus Eafinesque, 1820 (Annals of Nature, p. 2), originally con- 



'II. Gr. ATALAPHA (Chanve-souris). Incisivesnullesaux deux machoires, canines 

 et uiachelieres aigues: aucune crete sur le nez. queue iiresqu'entierement unie aux 

 lueuibranes. 



2. Atalapha sicula. — Oreilles de la longueur de la tete, et auriculees, une verrue 

 sous la levre inf6rieure ; corps roux brunatre en dessus, roux cendr^ en dessous, ailes 

 et museau noiratre, queue saillante par une pointe obtuse. — Obs. J'ai observe cette 

 espece en Sicile, elle dilfere de V Atalapha americana {Vespertilio noreboracensis Lin.), 

 autre espece du meme genre, par ses deux premiers et son dernier caractere- 



