﻿FAMILY VESPERTILIONID^. 



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List , of North American Vespertilionidw, with type ?6»m7i//es — Continued. 



Name of species. '^yi'e locality. 



Vespertilio fuscus hahamensis subsp. nov. ..Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. 



Vespertilio fuscus cuherisis (Gray) Cuba. 



Vespertilio alhignlaris (Peters) Mexico. 



Lasiurtis horealis (Miiller) New York. 



Lasinrus horealis seminolns (Rhoads) Tarpon Springs, Florida. 



Lasiurus J)orealis pfeifferi (Gundlach) Cuba. 



Lasiurtis horealis telioiis (H. Allen) California. 



Lasiurus ho7'ealis mexicanas (^ansiinve) Mexico (probal)ly Vera Cruz, Puebla, or 



Oaxaca). 



Lasiurus clnereus (Boauvois) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



Dasj/pterus inteinnedius K Alh^i Matamoras, Tanianlipas, Mexico. 



Nycticeius hnmeralis Rahnes(iuo Kentucky. 



Nycticeins humeralis cuhauus (Gundlach) . . . Cuba. 



Hhogei'ssa tumida H. Allen Mirador, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Rlwfiel'ssa parvnJa^l. Allen Tres Marias Islands, Mexico. 



EJiof/e'c'ssa (/racilis sp. nov Piaxtla, Paebl.-i, Mexico. 



Bhogeessa alleni Thomas Santa Ro8alia,nearAutlan,. Jalisco, Mexico. 



DESCRIPTIONS. 



FAMILY VESPERTILIONID^. 



Characters. — Bats with tiirbiiial bones folded, bony ])a,late defective 

 anteriorly owing to tlio absence of x)ahital processes to the preniaxiihe 

 (iig. -!Z>); molars with consi)icuons W- 

 shaped cusps; tail included nearly to 

 tip in large interfemoral membrane; 

 muzzle and nostrils variable, but 

 former never provided with distinct 

 noseleaf. 



Uemarl's. — The family as thus de- 

 fined is represented in North Amer- 

 ica by three well-marked subordinate 

 groups, each of which may be ranked 

 as a sul)family. Specimens from the 

 region in question may be referred to their proper groups by the fol 

 lowing wholly artificial key. 



Fio. 2.— Anterior part of rostrum of species 

 of (a) Fhi/Uos(oin((ti(l(r and (b) Vrspfrtil- 

 ionichv ( , 3). 



KEY TO TIIK SUI5FAMILIES OF NORTH AMEEICAN VESPERTILIONID.T^. 



Lower incisors 4 .Autrozoina^ (p. 41) 



Lower incisors 0. 



Ears joined at anterior base riecotiua' (p. 46) 



Ears separate res2)rriilio)ihi(i' (p. 54) 



Subfamily ANTROZOIN^. 



This subfamily is represented by the genus Antrozons peculiar to 

 southwestern North America. Its members may therefore be recog- 

 nized by their generic characters. 



