. Bulletin - United States National Museum. s thehaica collectedby Dr. W. L. Abbott on Kihmanjaro. These specimens can notnow be found, but are doubtless mislaid in the collection. There is an unfortunate and wholly avoidable confusion regardingthe generic name for the group of bats here called Petalia. AlthoughMr, Gerrit S. Miller long ago called attention to the fact thatNycteris Geoffroy and Cuvier, 1803, is preoccupied by Nycteris Bork-hausen, 1797, and is properly used only for a genus of AmericanVespertiUonidae,^ some authors insist upon retaining it, contrary tothe provisions of the Int
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. s thehaica collectedby Dr. W. L. Abbott on Kihmanjaro. These specimens can notnow be found, but are doubtless mislaid in the collection. There is an unfortunate and wholly avoidable confusion regardingthe generic name for the group of bats here called Petalia. AlthoughMr, Gerrit S. Miller long ago called attention to the fact thatNycteris Geoffroy and Cuvier, 1803, is preoccupied by Nycteris Bork-hausen, 1797, and is properly used only for a genus of AmericanVespertiUonidae,^ some authors insist upon retaining it, contrary tothe provisions of the International Code, for the old-world disregard for estabhshed rules is even encouraged by a memberof the International Commission, who in a recent paper uses Nycterisin place of Petalia.^ »Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., vol. 15, p. 469, 1892. « Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 22, p. 90. April 17, 1909. s J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mns. Nat. Hist., vol. 37, pp. 425-427. September 29, 1917. EAST AFRICAN MAMMALS IN NATIONAL MUSEUM. 75 •i. ^ 3 > e £ 1 t! £ b S s O s c c is o E C . 1 6 ? o 1 j: a 5 c 1 c 1 ^ a E- EH fpperoothw, in-udingnine. ^ i-t u: ?«? t^ ^ - •^ P-goS s e^ (O ?» o 1 c M ^ CO 5«S 115 5C 5 pxi :>«5 r. t-^ OC 00 •o e>) 00 1 o =c S§ 5 cc Ph S IT S S c5 p s eo 5* w3 05 g S? :? 55 i2s ^ o S t> 30 O 5 CO ^ t£ <o tc O ] ^ W*^ M 3 » c a c 6 CO s ?c •o £ s S !? S d o ID ;c to N e^ es :? « oo OC 00 r-. e 1o .2 o ~ .5 S a !« C9 a o c ?^ c (^ .. C •. » * s c o rs ca C C ft M » PQ i series, a smalllarge southernand Wrough- Family MEGADERMID^. Genus LAVIA Gray. 1838. Lavia Okay, Mag. Zool. andBot.,, () The yellow-winged bat is wellrepresented in the collection bynumerous specimens from manylo
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