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tions the white shoulder marks characteristic of the species aud refers 

 to Schreber aud Pen ii ant. 



Obscurus (Vespertilio). H. A.llen, Proc. Acad. ^^at. Sci. Phila., p. 281, 

 1866. Yespertilio obscurus H. Alien, is one of the nLiinerous synonyms 

 of My Otis calif or ulcus. The type specimens came from Lower California. 



Oregonensis (Vespertilio). H. Allen, iMongr. Bats N. Am., p. 61, 1864. 

 The wording of Dr. Allen's account of Vespertilio oregonensis is so 

 aQibiguous as to leave some doubt as to whether he intended to apply 

 the name to specimens from Fort Yuma and Cape St. Lucas (^^os. 5105, 

 5537, and 5402) or to a skin labeled oregonensis by Le Conte. In either 

 case the name is a synonym of V. californicus Aud. & Bach. Under 

 V. nitidus he says : 



Nos. 5405, 5537, aud 5402, four specinieus in all, present the following peculiarities : 

 The fur is longer tlian in others of the collection. On the hack the hase of the hair 

 is hlackish; upper third pale yellow, turning to a delicate light-yellowish russet 

 hrown; on the helly the hair is dark brown at the hase, with light tips; the hairs on 

 the interferaoral membrane are also of a light color. In other respects the charac- 

 ters are the same as the other siieciiuens. The dried specimen. No. 5512, labeled by 

 Dr. Le Conte J^. oregonensis, though never described by him^ probably belongs to this 

 variet3^ If the individuals having the above coloration should be found to consti- 

 tute a new species, this name will be reserved for it. 



Pallidus (Vespertilio). Le Conte, Proc. Acad, is at. Sci. Phila., YII, 

 (1854-55) p. 437, 1856. Vespertilio pallidus Le Conte is the only name 

 based on the Eastern form of Antrozous^ the type of the genus. Le 

 Conte stated that his si)ecies came from California, but this is evidently 

 an error, as pointed out by Baird and Harrison Allen. The type, now 

 in the United States National Museum, is labeled Tort Clark, Texas.' 

 It agrees in all respects with skins taken in the same region by Dr. E. 

 A. Meariis. 



Parvula (Rhogeessa). H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., }). 285, 

 1866. Rhogel'ssa parvula H. Allen, from the Tres Marias Islands, Mexico, 

 is probably distinct from any of the members of the genus that occur 

 on the mainland. The type is now mislaid or lost. 



Pfeifferi (Atalapha). Gundlach, Monarsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., 

 Berlin, p. 152, 1861. Gundlach's Atalapha pfeiferi is the only name 

 based on the Cuban form of Lasiurus horealis. 



Phaiops (Vespertilio). Kaiinesque, American Monthly Mag., Ill, p. 415, 

 1818. Under the name Vespertilio phaiops, Eatinesque gave an accurate 

 description of Vespertilio /«sc»s Beauvois. He says: 



Tail one-third of total length, naked, mucronate, body dusky bay above, pale 

 beneath, face, ears and wings blackish, 4 incisores in the upper jaw, 2 on each side, 

 divided by a large Hat wart, unequal, the outside ones larger and bilobed, 6 small 

 incisores at the lower jaw." Length 41-2 inches, breadth 13. 



Priscus (Nyctitherium). Marsh, American Jouru. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., 

 IV, p. 128, 1872. Nyctitherium priscus Marsh is a name based on a 

 fragment of a fossil lower jaw from the Eocene or lower Miocene near 

 Henrys Fork, Wyoming. 



Propinquus (Vesperus). Peters, Mouatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., 

 2772— No. 13 3 



