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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[1898. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF FIVE NEW PHYLLOSTOME BATS. 

 BY GERRIT S. MILLER, JR. 



The greater part of the material on which are based the descrip- 

 tions of the following five new bats is contained in the United States 

 National Museum, and the descriptions are published here by per- 

 mission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. An impor- 

 tant collection from Jamaica, sent by the Museum of the Institute of 

 Jamaica to the United States Department of Agriculture, and sub- 

 mitted to me for determination by Dr. C. Hart Merriam, includes 

 topotypes of the little known Natalies micropus Dobson, and the 

 unique type of Reithronycteris aphylla. The type and only known 

 specimen of Glossophaga longirostris forms part of a small collection 

 of bats made by Mr. W. W. Brown, Jr., at Santa Marta, Colombia, 

 and referred to me for identification by Mr. Outram Bangs. Series 

 of specimens from each of these collections are to be presented to the 

 National Museum. 



CHILONATALUS subgen. nov. (Natalinae). 

 Type Natalus micropus Dobson. 



Subgeneric characters. — Similar to typical Natalus Gray, but with 

 conspicuous dermal outgrowths on chin and above nostrils. These 

 outgrowths, as pointed out by Dobson, produce a strong resemblance 



to Chilonycteris. Males with a large glandu- 

 lar swelling on forehead, between and slightly 

 in front of eyes (figure 1). 



General remarks. — Natulus micropus and N. 

 brevimanus differ so remarkably from the other 

 members of the genus that they must be re- 

 garded as forming at least a distinct subgenus. 

 The form of the glandular elevation above the 

 nostrils and the apparently double lower lip, 

 taken in connection with the other characters 

 pointed out by Harrison Allen in which the 



Fig. 1. — Head of Cldlo- Natalities resemble Chilonycteris and Mor- 

 natalus (a) and Nata- • j> . i i .• u: u_ 



lus (b) left ear re- moo P s > ma y indicate a closer relationship be- 



moved. (Slightly en- tween the two groups than has heretofore been 



larged). suspected. 



