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Austroriparius (Vespertilio lucifugus). Ehoads, Proc. Acad. Kat. Sci. 

 Philn., p. 227, May, 1897. Vesjjertilio hicifugus ausfro7i})an7(s Elioads 

 is a synonym of Myotis lucifiigus (Le Conte). The type, a two-thirds 

 grown young from Tarpon Spri-ngs, Florida, shows iiumerous characters 

 by which it may be distinguished from northern adults, but the full 

 grown lopotypes are, as originally determined by Dr. Harrison Allen 

 (see Ehoads, I.e.), indistinguishable from northern specimens of hicifu- 

 gus that have been immersed in alcohol for a similar period. Even if it 

 were assumed that the Tarpon Si)rings bat differed in some way not 

 now discoverable from the ' hicifugus of ]S"orth CaroliDa and northward,' 

 there could be little doubt that the southern form was the one originally 

 described by Le Conte. (See page 63). 



Bellii (Scotophilus). Gray, List Spec. ]\Jamm. Brit. Mus., p. 30, 1843. 

 ScotopliUus hellii Gray is a noinen nudum i^robably based on one of the 

 West Lidian forms of YesperiiUo fuscus. Gray's account is as follows: 

 "Bell's Bat. Scotophilus Bellii. In spirits. WestLidies. — Pre- 

 sented by Thomas Bell, Esq., F. E. S." 



Borealis (Vespertilio). Mliller, Natursyst. Suppl., p. 21, 1776. Miiller's 

 Vespertilio borealis is the lirst name based on the red bat, Lasiurics 

 horealis. 



Brevirostris (Vespertilio). Maximilian, Wiegmann's Archiv. f. Xatur- 

 geschichte, 18G1, Bd. I, p. 195. YesperiiJio hrerirosfyis of Maximilian is 

 probably Myotis hicifugus (Le Conte). The original measurements 

 are: Total length, 3'^; extent, 9" 4'" ; ear from crown, 5 J'" ; tragus, ly". 



Calcaratus (Vespertilio). Eafinesque, American Monthly Magazine, 

 III, p. 445, 1818. 'No known bat agrees with the description of Eaii- 

 nesque's YespeytiUo caJcaratiis, which is as follows: "Tail one-third, 

 body dark brown above, dark fallow beneath, wings black, shafts rose- 

 coloured, a spar at the inner side of the elbow, hind feet black. Length 

 4 inches, breadth 12." 



Californicus (Vespertilio). And. & Bachm., Journ. Acad, is at. Sci. 

 Phila., YIII, Pt. II, p. 285, 1842. This is the earliest name based on 

 the small western bat commonlj^ known as YespertiUo nitidus H. Allen. 

 The original description is as follows : ^ 



J'. caJifoniicus (Californian bat). — Y. fnsco lutescens, vellere longoet molli ; trago 

 loiigitudino diiuidiuiu anris excedente. 



Californian hat. — AVith long silky hairs; tragus more than half the length of the 

 ear; color light yellowish brown. 



Description. — Anterior npper fore teeth bilobate. Head small; nose sharp; ears 

 of moderate nize, erect, rather narrow, and pointed. Tragus linear, attenuated. AVings 

 of moderate length, whicli together with the ears are naked. Interfemoral nu mhrane 

 wWi a few scattered It airs; feet small; nails slightly booked. Tail projecting a little 

 beyond the interfemoral membrane. 



Color. — The pelage, whiclt is unusnalh/ long for the size of thehodij, and very soft and 

 glossy, is, on the upper surface, dark jylumheons from the lyase, and broadly tij)t with 



I bave italicized statements specially applicable to ' f. nitidns.' 



