no. 3634 ARDOPS — JONES AND SCHWARTZ 9 



present in both specimens from St. Eustatius although it is much less 

 distinct in the male than the female. Possibly Thomas overlooked a 

 similarly faint spot on the male from Montserrat. 



In the original description, Thomas alluded to the habits of Ardops 

 on Montserrat as follows: "This Bat is said to hang all day under the 

 branches of trees, and not to take refuge in holes and crannies as most 

 other species do." He also noted that it was thought to do "much 

 damage to the cacao plantations, " which we doubt. The two speci- 

 mens from St. Eustatius were collected by Clayton E. Ray and Robert 

 R. Allen on Mar. 9, 1963, at a steep-sided volcanic crater called "The 

 Quill." One was taken in a mist net placed across a path at the rim 

 of the crater; this net also captured Artibeus and Brachyphylla. The 

 other was netted in a small banana patch on the floor of the crater 

 (C. E. Ray, pers. comm.). The female carried a single embryo that 

 measured 15 in crown-rump length. 



Specimens examined. — 3. Montserrat: no specific locality, 1 

 (BMNH — examined for us by J. E. Hill). St. Eustatius: rim of 

 crater of The Quill, 1 (AMNH); floor of crater of The Quill, 1 

 (AMNH — to be deposited in University of Florida collection). 



Ardops nichollsi luciae (Miller) 



Stenoderma Ivciae Miller, 1902, p. 407. 

 A[rdops]. luciae. — Miller, 1906, p. 84. 



Holotype. — Adult female in spirits, skull removed, USNM 

 110,921, from unknown locality on St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles. 



Distribution. — Known from St. Lucia and tentatively recorded 

 also from St. Vincent (see fig. 3) . 



Measurements. — Some external measurements of the female 

 holotype, preserved in alcohol, were reported in the original descrip- 

 tion as: head and body [total length] 65; length of hind foot 12.6; 

 length of ear 18. Length of the forearm of a male and four females 

 from St. Lucia are, respectively: 47.0, 45.1, 48.1, approximately 45, 

 47.0. See table 1 for cranial measurements. 



Remarks. — Ardops nichollsi luciae is of medium size and most 

 closely resembles A. n. annectens of Guadeloupe among named sub- 

 species. Ardops n. luciae averages smaller than A. n. annectens in 

 length of forearm. Judging from the limited material available for 

 study, the skulls of the two races are essentially of the same overall 

 size, but skulls of A. n. annectens are broader (especially in zygomatic 

 breadth and mastoid breadth) when specimens of the same sex are 

 compared. 



Miller (1902, p. 407) described the color of A. n. luciae as follows: 



After a year's immersion in alcohol the color of the fur is a uniform clay color, 

 that of the back, limbs and membranes strongly washed with wood-brown, that 



