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n that the specimens in question probably were collected in Nebraska; but since Allen listed no exact localities or dates of collection and since the specimens and data pertaining to them are not now available, we have not included them here as Nebraskan records. In the first comprehensive account of Nebraskan mammals, Myron H. Swenk (1908:137-139) listed six kinds of bats, _Myotis evotis_, _Myotis californicus ciliolabrum_ [= _Myotis subulatus subulatus_], _Lasionycteris noctivagans_, _Eptesicus fuscus_, _Lasiurus borealis_, and _Lasiurus cinereus_, as occurring within the state. Zimmer (1913:665) recorded _Nyctinomus mexicanus_ [= _Tadarida mexicana_] from Nebraska. Subsequently, Swenk (1915:854) reported _Myotis lucifugus lucifugus_ in the state and three years later (1918:411) he reported _Eptesicus fuscus pallidus_ for the first time. The report of _M. l. lucifugus_ seemingly was not substantiated by any actual specimens. The addition of _Myotis volans interior_ (Quay, 1948:181) brought to ten the number of species and subspecies of bats reported from the state. In the present paper, _Myotis keenii septentrionalis_, _Myotis lucifugus carissima_, and _Pipistrellus subflavus subflavus_ are reported from Nebraska for the first time. Also, the first authentic record of _Myotis lucifugus lucifugus_ is presented, along with additional information on previously reported species. A total number of 169 specimens from Nebraska was available for the present study. This includes almost all of the known specimens preserved in all collections as well as material obtained by us in the past six years. Nebraska has no natural caves or caverns; however, there are two extensive man-made limestone caves near Louisville, in Cass and Sarpy counties, where four kinds of bats have been found. Two of these are here reported as new to Nebraska. The quarries, one on either side of the Platte River Valley, are in a horizontal stratum of limestone 40 feet in thickness, and are of the room and pillar type; that is to say, the stone has been quarried away leaving rooms having supporting pillars approximately every 50 feet. The average temperatures in summer and winter within these tunnels, recorded over a period of several years by the Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Company of Louisville, are 65 deg. F. and 50 deg. F. respectively. The Kiewit Stone Quarry, abandoned since 1936, is one-half mile west of Meadow, Sarpy County, and has one
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