Vol. XV, pp. 243-244 December 16, 1902 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THS 



^BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



A NEW BAT FROM THE ISLAND OF DOMINICA.* 



BY GERRIT S. MILLER, Ju. 



Among some West Indian bats collected for the United JStaten 

 National Museum by Mr. H. Selwyn Branch are twenty-five 

 specimens of a 3fyotis from Dominica which represent a species 

 related to M. nigricans and 31. nesopolus, but distinct from 

 either. It may be known as: 



Myotis dominicensis sp. nov. 



Ti/pe. — Adult male (in alcohol), No. 113,564, United States National 

 Museum. Collected on the Island of Dominica, West Indies, July 20, 

 1901, by H. Selwyn Branch. 



Charactej's. — Similar to Myotis nigricaiis from Brazil and Paraguay, 

 but smaller; skull with faceline more abruptly elevated above level of 

 rostrum. 



Color. — After immersion in alcohol for sixteen months the fur is uni- 

 form prouts brown above, and slightly tinged with burnt umber below, 

 the hairs of the back indistinctly blackish at extreme base, those of the 

 underparts slaty black through proximal half. Everywhere a wash of 

 broccoli brown is visible in certain lights. Ears dull brown: membranes 

 blackish. 



Skull and teeth. — The skull is distinctly smaller than that of 3Tyoii.f 

 nigricans, but in form the only tangible peculiarity appears to be the 



*Published here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



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