Change of name of a genus of bats

Academy of Natural Sciences Change of Name of a Genus of Bats Author(s): Harrison Allen Source: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 43 (1891), p. 466 Published by: Academy of Natural Sciences Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4061758 . Accessed: 23/07/2013 08:11 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . Academy of Natural Sciences is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 128.103.149.52 on Tue, 23 Jul 2013 08:11:17 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 466 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1891. DECEMBER 1. Rev. H. C. MCCOOK, Vice-President, in the chair. Forty-seven persons present. A paper entitled " Echinoderms and Crustaceans collected by the West Greenland Expedition," by J. E. Ives, was presented for publication. DECEMBER 8. Mr. THOMAS MEEHAN, Vice-President, in the chair. Fifty-two persons present. A paper entitled " On some new Unionidae," by H. A. Pilsbiy, was presented for publication. The death of Dom Pedro de Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil, a correspondent, the 6th inst., was announced. Change of Name of a Genus of Bats.-Dr. Harrison Allen proposed that the name Vesperus should be restricted to the Lepidoptera and that the genus of bats that has heretofore been known by this name be in future designated as the genus Adelonyeteris. DECEMBER 15. Dr. CHARLES SCHAEFFER in the chair. Twenty-seven persons present. DECEMBER 22. Dr. GEO. H. HORN in the chair. Twenty-eight persons present. A paper entitled " Contributions to the Life-Histories of Plants, No. VII," by Thomas Meehan, was presented for publication. The death of Henry C. Gibson, a member, the 20th inst., was announced. DECEMBER 29. Rev. H. C. MCCOOK, D. D., Vice-President, in the chair. The following were ordered to be printed: This content downloaded from 128.103.149.52 on Tue, 23 Jul 2013 08:11:17 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions