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large colony was found on Great Abaco, some two hundred miles to 

 the northwest, in a limestone cave (G. M. Allen, 1905, p. 6S). 



Nyctiellus lepidus (Gervais). 



Vespertilio lepidus Gervais, in La Sagra's Hist. Fis. Pol. y Nat. de 

 la Isla de Cuba, 1838, part 2, 3, p. 32. 



Miller (1904, 1907) has pointed out the characters separating this 

 as the type and only known species of a genus distinct from Natalus, 

 though closely allied. He states that it is externally the least special- 

 ized member of the Natalidae, though "in the peculiar form of the 

 skull, and in the reduced size of the anterior canine and premolar 

 it represents a more advanced stage than any of the related genera." 



It was originally recorded from Cuba, and was obtained in 1900 

 by W. Palmer in the Isle of Pines, at Nueva Gerona. Its flight is 

 said to be very low, about bushes, and close to buildings. Gundlach 

 (1866-7, p. 52) speaks of it as common in certain parts of the island 

 of Cuba, as at Matanzas, Guines, and Cabo Cruz. 



Tomes (1861) referred to this species certain Jamaican specimens 

 which seem later to have been described by Dobson as Natalus 

 micro pus. 



VESPERTILIONID AE . 



Myotis dominicensis Miller. 



Myotis dominicensis Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 1902, 

 15, p. 243. 



This Myotis, recently described from the island of Dominica, is 

 nearest related to M. nigricans of South America, from which it differs 

 in its slightly smaller size, and in having the face-line of the skull 

 more abruptly elevated above the level of the rostrum. Its presence 

 in Dominica raises the presumption that the genus will eventually 

 be found on some at least of the islands to the south as well. 



Elliot (Field Columb. Mus. Publ., Zool. Ser., 1904, 4, p. 5S0) 

 includes "West Indies" in the range of Myotis lucifugus, but on 

 what grounds is not evident, for the genus seems to be as yet unknown 

 from any other of the Antilles. 



Eptesicus fuscus cubensis (Gray). 



Scotophilus cidmisis Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist., 1839, 4, p. 7. 



In his report on Cuban bats collected by W. Palmer, Mr. Miller 



