BRACHYPHYULA. 



ARTIBEUS. 



691 



FIG. CXXIII. BRACHYPHYLLA NANA. 

 No. 0946 Field Columbian Mus. Coll. Twice nat. size 



Measurements. Total length, head and body, 83; tibia, 25; foot, 

 15; forearm, 60; first finger, 12.4; second finger, 48; third finger, 102; 

 fourth finger, 80; fifth finger, 80; ear from meatus, 22.6; ear from 

 crown, 17; width of ear, 14. Skull: basal length, 22; basilar length, 

 21.6; median palatal length, 10.4; zygomatic breadth, 14.6; width of 

 braincase above roots of zygomata, 12; interorbital constriction, 6; 

 lachrymal breadth, 8.4; maxillary tooth row, 9; crown of first upper 

 molar, 3X2.6. 



The third group in this family, the STERXODERMAT^:, begins with 

 ARTIBEUS and ends with CENTURIO. Unlike the members of the 

 Glossophaga, they have short and broad muzzles. From the conclu- 

 sions of those who have observed these bats in their native wilds their 

 food appears to be almost wholly tree fruit. 



Subfam. IV. Sternoderxnatinae. 

 16O. *Artibeus. 



T 2 ~ 2 - r P 2 ~ 2 - M 2 ~ 2 - ?o 

 1 -P3> u i=I- r -i=5- M '3^-3- 



Artibeus Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xin, 1820, p. 75. Type 

 Artibeus jamaicensis Leach. 



Madatceus Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xm, 1820, p. 81. 



Pteroderma Gerv., Exp. Castlenau, Amer. Sud., Mamm., Zool., 

 1855, p. 34. 



Nostrils on surface of nose-leaf; palate extending behind last 



*/>r.', /3w= Artibeus. 



