Vol. 31, pp. 39-40 May 16, 1918 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



THREE NEW BATS FROM HAITI AND SANTO DOMINGO. 

 BY GERRIT S. MILLER, Jr. 



Owl-pellets collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in a small cave 

 near Port de Paix, Haiti, contain the remains of five species of 

 bats: Erophylla santacristobalensis (Elliot), Phyllops haitiensis 

 (J. A. Allen), Artibeus jamaicensis jamaicensis (Gosse), and a 

 Brachyphylla and Eptesicus representing new local forms. Dr. 

 Abbott also took a specimen of the Eptesicus at Constanza, Santo 

 Domingo. Near Jeremie, Haiti, he secured a new local form 

 of Monophyllus. 



Brachyphylla pumila, sp. nov. 



Type. — Skull (lacking roof of braincase and all the teeth except pm 4 and 

 m 1 ) No. 218354 U. S. National Museum. Collected in a small cave 

 ( ' ' Trou de Bon Dieu " ) near Port de Paix, Haiti, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Characters. — Like the Cuban Brachyphilla nana, but first upper molar 

 with inner portion of crown narrower, the protocone rising abruptly 

 from posterior margin to summit, its base noticeably wider in proportion 

 length than in any other known member of the genus. 



Measurements. — Condylobasal length, 25.2 (24.2)*; zygomatic breadth, 

 14.8(14.4); interorbital constriction, 6.3 (6.7); lachrymal breadth, 8.6 

 ( — ) ; breadth of braincase, 11.6(11.7); depth of braincase at middle, 

 (9.0); maxillary toothrow (exclusive of incisors), 9.2 (8.9). 



Specimens examined. — Two, both from the type locality. 



Remarks. — The Brachyphilla of Haiti is very different from the large 

 B. cavernarum of Porto Rico. It is nearly related to the Cuban repre- 

 sentative of the genus, but the characters of the first molar indicate its 

 specific distinctness. 



Eptesicus hispaniolas, sp. nov. 



Type.— Adult male (in alcohol), No. 217207 TJ. S. National Museum. 

 Collected at Constanza, Santo Domingo, September 22, 1916, by Dr. W. L. 

 Abbott. 



* Measurements in parenthesis are those of a second specimen from the type locality. 



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