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1^0 specimens of tbis species have been obtained by the field agents of 

 the Biological Survey, nor are any known to be in American museums. 



Average measnrements of North American forms of Pijnstrellus. 







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Washington: Almota 



1? 





32 



12 



6 



30 



4 



52 



12.4 



9 



5. 4 





California : Port Yuma . . . 



'Id" 



70 



28 



11 



5 



28 



3. 8 



48 



10 



8. 6 



4. 6 





Santa Ysabel . 



10 



72. 8 





11. 5 



5. 5 



31. 6 



4 



51. 4 



11. 6 



8. 7 



5. 2 





Colorado: GraudJunction 





74.6 



31 



12 



5.5 



31.3 



4 



52 



12.1 



9.3 



5.4 







3 



79 



34.5 



12.8 



5.4 



32.5 





55.5 



12.4 



9.6 



5.1 





Jalisco: Barranca Ibarra. 



V 



64 



28 



11.4 



5 



29 



4 



47 



10.4 



8.4 



5 





Barranca Ibarra . 





63. 2 



26. 8 



10.7 



5. 1 



28.6 



3. 9 



45 



10.7 



8 



4.5 



vercecrucis 



Vera Cruz: Las Vegas, 



n 



73.5 



36 



13. 5 



9 



31 



7.5 



58 







6 





Jalapa. 













Louisiana: Mer Eouge . . . 



10? 9 



85.1 



40.7 



15.3 



7.9 



34.6 



6.8 



60.8 



14.2 



9.8 



6.6 





Missouri: Marble Cave. . . 



10 



84. 0 



:;9. 8 



16. 1 



8.1 



33.7 



6. S 



00 



13.9 



9.5 



6.4 





District of Columbia: 



5?? 



84 



37.8 



15.2 



7.8 



34 



0.8 



62.8 



14 



9.6 



6.6 





Wasliingtou. 

























obscurtis 



New York: Lake George. 



10 



84.8 



38.9 



15.2 



8 



36 



6.8 



60.6 



14 



10 



6.8 



iType; measurements by original describer. 



Genus VESPERTILIO Linn^us. 



1758. VespertiUo LiuuaMis, Systeraa Natur;e, lOtli ed., I, pp. 31-32. Tyi^e by elimina- 



tiou Vespertilio mnrinns Liuiin'us (not mitr'nniH Scbieber, 1775). 

 1820. Eptesicus Rafinesqiie, Aunals of Nature, p. 2. Type Eptcsicas meJanops Rafi- 



nesque {=Vesi)ertU\o fuscas Beauvois). 

 1829. Cneplmus Kaup, Skizzirte. Ellt^Y.-(^escll. u. Natiirl, Syst. d. Europ. Thierw., I, p. 



103. Type Vespertilio serotinus Sclireber. 

 1839. Vesper ugo Keyserling & Blasius, Wiegmanu's Arcbi v f, Natiirgescb., 5ter Jahrg,, 



Bd.l,p.312 (part). 



1839. Vesperus Keyserliug &, Blasius, Wiegmann's Arcbiv f, Naturgesch., 5ter Jahrg., 



Bd. 1, p. 313. Based on the 32-tootbed species of ' Vesperiujo.' 

 1841. Noctula Bonaparte, Iconogi afia Fauna Italica, I, fasc. XXI, under Vespertilio 



alogtlwe. Type ' Vesperugo' serotinus. 

 1856. Cateorus Koleuati, Allgeni. Deutscb. Naturbist. Zeitg., Dresden, Neue Folge, 



II, pp. 131, 162-163. Tyx>e ^ Vesperugo' serotinus. 

 1856. Meteorns Koleuati, Allgem. Deutscb. Naturbist. Zeitg., Dresden, Neue Folge, 



II, pp. 131, 167-169 (included nilssoni, discolor, savii, leucippe, aristippe). 

 1864. Scotophilus H. Allen, Monogr. N.Am. Bats, p. 27 (part). 

 1878. Vesperugo Dobson, Catal. Cbiroptera Brit. Mus., p. 183 (part). 



1892. Adelomjcteris H. Alleu, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. PMla. (1891), p. 466, Jan. 19, 1892. 



(Proposed as a substitute for Vesperus, preoccupied in Entomology). 



1893. Adelongcteris H. Allen, Monogr. Bats, N. Am., p. 111. 



Type species. — Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus {=y. discolor batterer) 

 — not Y. murinus Scbreber. 



Geographic (list rib irtiou. — Boreal, Austral and i)arts of Tropical re- 

 gions in both lieinisplieres. 



