Vol. XIII. pp. 123127 April 6, 1900 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



Tiri?EP: NEW BATS FROM THE ISLAND OF 



CURACAO.* 



r.y (iERRTT S. MILT;ER. .Tit. 



Mr. Leon J. (^iitliric. United States Weather Observer at 

 Willemstad, Curayao, West Indies, has obtained for the United 

 States National Museum a sniall collection of bats preserved in 

 formalin. Though representinty oidy a fraction of the probaV)le 

 bat fauna of the island, the three species taken are of s])ecial 

 interest, as all are new, while one is a mem])er of a genus not 



hitherto detected outside of Mexico. 



* 



Myotis nesopolus sp. no\'. 



Ti/pc adult male (skin and skull from specimen in formalin) No. 101,- 

 849, United States Xational Museum, collected near Willemstad, f'urayao, 

 West hidies, November 4, lS'.M).f 



Clun-acter. — Similar to Mi/ofix nii/n'riuix (Wied) from Colombia, but 

 paler in color, and slightly smaller. 



Co/iir. — Dorsal surface intermediate between the raw umber and 

 Prouts bnnvn of Rid.uway (Nomenclature of Colors. PI. Ill, Nos. 11 and 

 14), the bases of the hairs just perceptibly darker. Ventral surface 

 ochraceous buff, the basal half of the hairs slaty black. 



Sf.-iiU. — The skull exactly resembles that of Myntix /u't/r/'cdnx from 

 , Santa Marta, Colombia and Chiapas, Mexico. 



Meaminiiiritt.s. — External measurements of type: total lens'th. 70; tail 

 vertebric, ?A\\ tibia. 1."): foot. .").(): forearm, ?>\: thumb, 4: lon.iiesi finger, 



*Published here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Inst itiUion. 

 f "Caught bj' Mr. L. 1>. Smith in an attic in Punda." Collector's note. 

 27— Biol. See. Wash. Voi,. XIII. lOno. {Vl^) 



