36 Miller — New GlossoplKujine Bafsfroiii flic Wed Indies. 



tooth row (exclusive of incisors) 8.4; inaudible 16.4 ; mandibular tooth 

 row (exclusive of incisors) 9. 



Teelli. — The teeth are slightly larger than in P. sesekornl or J\ buinhi- 

 frons. Crown of first upper molar nearly equal in length to that of sec- 

 ond and third together. First upper premolar minute, usually closely 

 wedged between canine and second premolar. Second pi-emolar larger 

 than second molar. Finst lower molar nearly double as long as first lowf r 

 premolar ; second premolar slightly larger than first, which is about equal 

 to third molar. 



Measurements (tyjie specimen). — Total length 78 ; tail vertebrae 17 ; tibia 

 22; foot 14; forearm 47 ; thumb 12; second finger 35; third finger 82; 

 fourth finger 62 ; fifth finger 64 ; ear from meatus 19 ; ear from crown 15 ; 

 widthof ear 13.6; tragus8.2; widthof tragus at anterior base 2 2; height 

 of noseleaf from upper lip 4.6 ; width of noseleaf 5. 



Specimens examined. — One hundred and twenty-four (2 skins), all from 

 the same limestone cave a few miles from the city of Nassau. 



Phyllonycteris bombifrons sp. nov. 



Type, adult (^ (in alcohol), No. 86274, United States National Museum, 

 collected in a limestone cave near Bayamon, Province of San Juan, Puerto 

 Kico, January 18, 1899, by Paul Beck with. 



General characters. — See synopsis. 



Ears. — In size and form the ears are as in F. planifrons. Tragus shorter 

 and broader than in P. pUmifrons, the anterior border strongly convex, 

 and with from one to three pointed outgrowths above middle. Posterior 

 border nmch more conspicuously denticulate than in I', planifrons. 



Muzzle and cliin. — The muzzle and chin are essentially as in tlie I'aha- 

 man species, but the ridge back of the noseleaf is sej^arated from the latter 

 by a much broader groove, and the fleshy outgrowths from the sides of 

 the groove in chin are more conspicuous. 



Membranes, feel, tail, and fur as in P. planifrons. 



Color. — Botli fur and membranes are much darker than in P. planifrons. 

 In a specimen (No. 86270) skinned after only two months' innnersion in 

 formalin and alcohol, the fur of the dorsal surface is whitish gray through 

 basal two thirds, then mars brown to tip. Ventral surface pale wood 

 brown. Ears, feet, and membranes dark brown. 



*S7.-'(//. — The skull of Phijllonycteris Iiomhifrons differs from that of P. plani- 

 frons ill its shorter, narrower, more rounded rostrum, and larger, much 

 more highly arched braincase. The proencephalon rises above the plain 

 of the rostrum at an angle of about 30°. Lachrymal swellings well de- 

 veloped. Audital bulbe smaller than in P. planifrons, the greatest diam- 

 eter of each considerably less than least width of palate between second 

 premolars. /7^'r/.//o/(/.s- slightly shorter than in P. jilanifrons. Kim of ex- 

 ternal iiares thin and noticeably flaring. Mandible slender. 



Tiie skull of the type measures: greatest length 24.4; basal length 22; 

 basilar length 19.8; zygomatic breadth 12; inteiorbital breadth 5 ; lach- 

 rymal breadth 6 ; mastoid breadth 11.4; fronto-palatal depth 3; depth 



