VOL. XIII, PP. 33-37 MAY 29, 1899 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



TWO NEW GLOSSOPHAGINK BATS FROM THE 

 WEST INDIES.* 



BY GERRIT S. MILLER, JR. 



Examination of material in the United States National Mu 

 seum proves that there are at least three species of the Glos- 

 sophagine genus Phyllonycteris in addition to the slightly known 

 P. poeyi One of these, P. sezekorni Gundlach,f is confined to 

 Cuba, the second occurs in the Bahamas, and the third is thus 

 far known from Puerto Rico only.J To the kindness of Dr. J. A . 

 Allen I owe the opportunity of examining two skulls of Phyllo- 

 nycteris sezekorni. 



The three species may be distinguished by the following 

 synopsis : 



Zygomatic arch incomplete ; braincase high but forming no 

 angle with dorsal outline of rostrum ; rim of anterior 

 nares thick, not flaring ; no distinct lachrymal swellings; 

 depth of mandible about one-sixth length ; crown of first 

 lower molar only slightly longer than that of first p re- 

 molar ; color light yellowish brown P. sezekorni. 



* Published by permission of Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



fMonatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin (1860), p. 818, December, 

 1860. 



\ Since this paper has been in press, Mr. D. G. Elliot has sent me for 

 examination the Phyllonycteris from San Cristobal, Santo Domingo, which 

 he recorded in 1896 as P, poeyi (Field Columbian Museum Publication 

 11, Zoological Series, I, No. 3, p. 82, May, 1896). The tingle skin repre 

 sents a species closely related to P. bombifrons of Puerto Rico, but prob. 

 ably distinct. In the absence of satisfactory material it would be useless 

 to attempt to define the form. 



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