1904.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 435 



tibia [7] 21.2 (20-23.5); calcaneiim [7] 10.4 (9.3-11); foot [8] 14.4 

 (13-16.8); tail [8] 30.9 (25-33.5). 



Skull of type: Total length 25 mm.; greatest zygomatic width 10.6; 

 interorbital 4.3; height at base of second premolar 4.1 ; height of brain- 

 case 8.6; breadth of brain-case above roots of zygomata 8.5; width'of 

 palatal constriction 2.3; length of palate 1 1 ; width of palate (includ- 

 ing teeth) 7.6; greatest length of mandible^ 17. 



Average of four skulls: Total length 25 rnm. (25-25.1); greatest. 

 zygomatic width 11.6 (10.6-12); interorbital width 4.3 (4.2-4.5),- 

 height at base of second premolar 4 (4-4.1); height of brain-case 8.3 

 (8-8.6); breadth of brain-case above roots of zygomata 9 (8.5-9.5);: 

 width of palatal constriction 2.2 (2.1-2.3); length of palate 10.6- 

 (10.5-11); width of palate (including teeth) 7.5 (7.5-7.6); greatest 

 length of mandible 16.9 (16.8-17). 



Remarks. — The Bahaman form in general appearances approaches 

 closer to true waterhousii than to w. jamaicensis, but the skull and teeth 

 are decidedly different from the Haitian type and approach the 

 Jamaican form. Taken as a whole, however, the Bahaman race is 

 quite distinct from any other form of the genus. 



Specimens Examined. — Nine ; five skins, four alcoholic specimens. 



Eleuthera, Bahamas. One [type]. (U. S. N. M.) 



Gregory town, Eleuthera, Bahamas. 



Georgetown, Eleuthera, Bahamas. 



Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. 



Conch Somid, Andros, Bahamas. One. (A. M. N. H.) ' ' 



Long Island, Bahamas. One. (U. S. N. M.) 



Macrotus waterhousii minor (Gundlach). 



1S64. Macrotus minor Gundlach, Monatsbr. K. Preuss. Akad. Wissensch 



Berlin, 1864, p. 382. [Cuba.] 

 1873. M[acrotus\ Waterhousci Gundlach, Anales Soc. Espan. Hist Nat I 



cuad. 3, p. 239. [Cuba.] (Not of Gray.) ' ' 



1878. Macrotus waterhousii Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus p 464 



(Part.) 

 1904. Macrotus waterhousii Miller, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXVII, p. 344. 



[Guanajay, El Cobre, Cuba; Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines.] (Not of Gray.) 



Type Locality. — Cuba. From remarks made by Gundlach in a later 

 paper {vide supra) we learn that his material was from western Cuba. 



Distribution. — Cuba and the Isle of Pines. Gundlach says it is a 

 common species in some warehouses and caves, where individuals 

 pass the day side by side suspended by the hind limbs. 



General Characters. — A member of the Macrotus icaterhousii group 

 but readily separated by the smaller size and the deeper coloration. 

 The Cuban form is such a distinct type, with small light skull and 

 weak teeth, that it hardly requires comparison. 



