86 
The above characterization, by Dr. Coues, includes}a group of bats 
agreeing in the absence, when adult, of median upper incisors, and so 
differing from the species of Vespertilio. Regarding the name Atalapha, 
the same author says: “Among Rafinesque’s names we adopt Atalapha, 
which he says contains ‘bats without fore teeth ” (i. e., lacking the mid- 
dle upper incisors)—an expression, it is true, not accurate, but still in- 
telligible; and, in the case of this writer’s work, we have generally to 
choose between inaccuracy and unintelligibility, excepting when what 
he says is both erroneous and enigmatical.” | | 
ATALAPHA (LASIURUS) NOVEBORACENSIS (Erxl.): Coues. 
Rep Bat; New Yor« Bat. 
1777.  Vespertilio novebdoracensis, Kirxleben, Syst. Anim., 1777, 1384.—Har- 
lan, Fn. Amer., 1825, 20.—Godmin, Am. Nat. Hist., i, 1831, 68. 
—Cooper, Ann. Lye. N. Y., 1837, 57.—DeKay, Nat. Hist. N. Y.. 
1842, 6, pl. ii—LeConte, Proc. Phila. Acad., 1855, 432. 
1788. Vespertilio laswwrus, Gmelin, S. N., 1738, 50. 
1796.  Vespertelio rubellus, Beauvois, Cat. Peale’s Mus., 1796. 
1806.  Vespertilio villossisimus, Geoffroy, Ann. Mus., viii, 1805, 478. 
1817. Vespertilis monachus and tesselatus, Raf., Au. Month. Mag., iv, 1817, 
445, 
1825. Taphyzous rufus, Harlan, Fn. Am., 1825, 23. 
1829. Vespertelro blossevillti, Less. et Garn., Bull. Sc. Nat., viii, 95. 
1831. Nycticeyus noveboracensis, LeConte, McMurtrie’s Cay., 1831, 432. 
1835.  Nycticeyus varvus, Poeppig, Reise Chili, 1, 1835, 451. 
1842. Lasiurus rufus, Gray, List. Mamm. Br. Mus., 1843, 32. 
1855. Nycticejus lasturus, Wagner, Suppl. Schreb., v, 1855, 772. 
1857. Lasturus noveboracensis, ‘Tomes, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1857, 34.—Allen, 
Monog., 16. . 
1875. Atalapha (Lasiurus) noveboracensis, Coues and Yarrow, Geog. and 
Geolog. Expl. and Surv. West 100th Merid., v, 1875, 87. 
Red Bat, Wilson; New York Bat, Pennant. 
Description.—Length about 3.75 inches; tail 1.75 to 2.00; extent of 
wings 10.50 to 12.00; shin .75; arm 1.66; longest finger 3.33; ear .33 to .50 
high. Teeth 32; molars 2; front upper premolars hidden by. being 
wedged between the next and the canine ; upper incisors small, strongly 
convergent ; lower ones crowded ; lower canines pointing backward. Tail 
entirely included in femoral membrane ; head and face hairy ; nose blunt, 
rounded, with semi-lateral nostrils. Hars nearly circular ; tragus half as 
high as auricle, straight on inner border, the end obtuse and abruptly 
tuined. Wings furry in patches; body fur extending to base of third 
