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Glossophaga soricma. Prof, rctora (Monatsbor. Alcad. Wiss. Bcrl. 1805, 
p. 351) has given an historical account of the Vespertilio soricinus (Pallas), 
which has not been recognized by succeeding zoologists : — 
1. Geoffroy St. -Hilaire (Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. xiv. 1810, p. 179) first con- 
vinced himself of the correctness of Pallas’s description, having examined spe- 
cimens in spirits, which probably are the types, and which, originally in a 
Belgian museum, were transferred by the French to Paris. However, after- 
wards (Mem. Mus. iv. p. 418) he describes them as a distinct species of his 
genus Glossophaga, viz. as G. amplexicaudata, because Pallas’s description 
contains the words ^^caudre vestigiurii nullum.” But Pallas did not mean 
to express thereby the absolute absence of a tail, but merely the absence of a 
projecting tail, as is evident from his description. 
2. Gray proposes for the true Pallasian species the generic name of ThyU 
lophora, retaining Glossophaga for G. soricma of Geoffroy, which is a merely 
imaginary species. 
3. Blainville figures, in Osteogr. Cheiropt. pi. 7, under the erroneous name 
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of Glossojyhaga soricimim, a shiill which, in fact, is G. ecaudata j it has 
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molars, whilst G. soricina (Pall.) has molars only, as already described 
by Pallas. 
4. Gervais, in Casteln. Anim. noiiv. Cheiropt. p. 42, supposes that Vesper^ 
tilio soricinus (Pall.) may be identical with Ph. hrevicaudum (Wied) j but the 
tongue, admirably described by Pallas, is quite different. 
5. Phyllophora nigra (Gray, Voy. Sulph. pi. 6) does not show any cha- 
racters by which it ma}’^ bo distinguished from G. soricma. Phyllophora me- 
galotis (Gray) belongs, according to Gray, to the Vampyri. 
Chocronyctcris (Licht.) has a tail 7 millim. long, and there are molars ; it 
is therefore different from Anoura, and rather a subgenus of Glossophaga, 
Peters, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1805, p. 354. 
Monophyllus redmanii (Leach). On its habits see Osburn, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1865, p. 69. 
Phyllonycieris pocyi (Gundl.) is described, with notes on its habits, by Os- 
burn, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 81. 
Prof. Peters has given a short synopsis of the genera and 
speeies of Stenodermata in Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1865, 
pp. 356, 357, and 524. The genera are characterized and the 
species enumerated; three of the latter are new, and will be 
characterized at the end of the Synopsis : — 
1. Artiheus (Leach)*. 
A. Molars I-; Artiheus (s. st.) ; with A. pcrspicillatus (Geoff.) and 
A. jamaicensis (Leach). 
B. Molars j: Permanura (Gervais); with JD. einereum (Gerv.), 
? D. toltecuni (Sauss.), and P. quadrivittatum (sp, n.) 
* We give this synopsis in the form modified by a correction in the foot- 
note, p. 587. 
