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this was the auiiual that the Frciicli author had in hand. The evi- 

 dence is so strongly against this view that Le Conte's statement may be 

 safely disregarded.^ 



Greenii (Scotophilus). Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., p. 30, 1843. 

 Gray's Scotophilus greenii is a nomen nudum which refers without much 

 doubt, however, to Yespertilio fusciis. The name is introduced as fol- 

 lows: '^Green's Bat. Scotophilus Greenii. a In spirits. — ISTorth 

 America. Presented by Jacob Green, M.D." 



Gryphus (Vespertilio). F. Cuvier, Nouv. Ann. Mus. d'Hist. ISTat., I, p. 

 15, 1832. Dr. Harrison Allen has recently used the name ^YesperiiUo'' 

 gryphus for the ' T".' lucifugus and 'F.' suhulatus of his first monograph 

 which he unites as subspecies.^ The combination of characters; two 

 X)remolars in each jaw, light yellow color, and hairy lips,^ is not known 

 in any bat inhabiting the eastern United States. Hence the description 

 is wholly undeterminable. Le Conte refers the name to Yespertilio fus- 

 cusy'^ but this determination is very doubtful. 



Henshawii (Vespertilio nitidus). H. Allen, Monogr. Bats N. Am., p. 103, 

 1893. Yespertilio nUidus henshairii H. Allen is a synonym of j\lijotis 

 californicuSj based on irdle exam^des of the latter from near Wingate, 

 N. iviex. 



Hesperus (Scotophilus). H. Allen, IVFonogr. Am. Bats, p. 43, 1864. 

 This is the first name based on the common ripisfreJlus of the south, 

 western United States. 



Humeralis (Vespertilio). Eafinesque, American Monthly Mag., ITT, 

 p 445, 1818. While there is nothing absolutely diagnostic in tbe original 



'The original description of VesperiiJio grorfjitums is as follows: 



"Ala tete (les Miirinoules ; roreille est eeliauor('(>, et I'oreillou en aL'ue. Toutes 

 les parties supcrieiires dii corps sont coloroes par iin inolauge do uoir et de bloud 

 jaunatre. Le uoir paroit, parceque la points dcs poils qni est blende ne reconvre 

 pas, a cause de sa brcvite, le reste de la longueur do ccs poils qni est noir. Les par- 

 ties inforieures sont grises, mais niclaugoes de noir, par la niOme cause qui fait 

 paroitre cette couleur anx parties superienres. Ues moustacbes garnissent les cotes 

 des levres superienres, ot le dessous do Textremite de L-i niachoire inferieure. 



"Longueur du corps, du boift du niuseau a I'origine de la queue, 1 pouce 6 ligncs; 

 de la queue, 1 pouce 2 lignes; envcrgure, 7 ponces. 



"De Georgie. Du aux reclierclies de M. le major Leconte." 



^MonogT. Bats N. Am., p. 75, 1893. 



•^The description is as follows: 



"A la tete des Murinoides et deux fausses molaires anomales fort petites de chaque 

 cot6 des deux maclioires; I'oreille est ^cliancree et I'oreillon en conteau. Toutes les 

 parties superienres du corps sont d'un blond jaunatre, les parties inferioures sont 

 grises, mais les poils des uns et des autres sont noirs aleur extremite inferieure. Les 

 parties nues sont violatres. Des uioustaclies garnissent les cotes de la levre sup(;- 

 rieure et le dessous de I'extremite de la macboire inferieure. Longueur du corps, de 

 I'extremitc du museau a I'origine de la queue, 1 pouce 9 lignes ; de la queue, 1 pouce 

 2 lignes; envcrgure, 7 ponces 10 lignes. 



"Des environs de New York. Du aux recbercbes de M. Milbcrt." 



•«Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. VII (1854-55), p. 434, 1856. 



