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of the under parts somewhat lightened by faintly paler hair-tips. A small but 

 very distinct whitish spot on shoulder at point where membrane joins body. 

 Ears and noseleaf light-brown. Membranes dark-brown throughout, except that 

 the antebrachium has a distinct pale border extending from base of thumb halfway 

 to shoulder. Bones of fingers and distal half of forearm much lighter than 

 membrane. 



The skull was described as "distinctly larger than that of . . . ni- 

 chollsi, but of essentially the same form throughout." The several 

 dental characters mentioned by Miller as distinctive in A. n. luciae 

 in comparison with A. n. nichollsi (bifid upper incisors, for example) 

 have been found individually variable in the sample of the latter now 

 available. 



A male from St. Vincent (FM 47718), the first member of the genus 

 to be reported from that island, is preserved in alcohol and the frag- 

 mentary skull has been removed. The specimen is in poor condition, 

 but all observable characters indicate that it is referable to the genus 

 Ardops. Fragments of the skull, including part of the upper toothrow, 

 are similar in size to corresponding parts of skulls of A. n. nichollsi 

 of Dominica. Both forearms are broken, but the right can be recon- 

 structed for an approximate measurement, which is 39. Judged by 

 this one specimen, bats on St. Vincent may be smaller than those of 

 any described race of A. nichollsi, and we have tentatively referred 

 FM 47718 to A. n. luciae on geographic grounds pending the acquisi- 

 tion of additional material from the island. 



Specimens examined. — 6. St. Lucia: no specific locality, 5 

 (USNM). St. Vincent: no specific locality, 1 (FM). 



Ardops nichollsi annectens Miller 



Ardops annectens Miller, 1913, p. 33. 



Holotype. — Adult female in spirits, skull removed, USNM 113, 

 502, from unknown locality on Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles. 



Distribution.- — Known only from Guadeloupe (see fig. 3). 



Measurements. — Some external measurements of an adult male 

 and the holotype (female), respectively, both in alcohol, were recorded 

 in the original description as follows: head and body [total length] 61, 

 68; length of hind foot 12.6, 14.6; length of ear 17, 18. The forearms 

 of three males measured 48.1, 48.1, 48.7; those of four females meas- 

 ured 48.4, 48.6, 48.7, and 49.8. See table 1 for cranial measurements. 



Remarks. — All eight specimens of A.n. annectens here recorded as ex- 

 amined have been reported previously (Miller, 1913, p. 33; G. M. Allen, 

 1942, p. 20). Differences between A. n. annectens and A. n. luciae are 

 discussed in the account of the latter subspecies ; comparisons between 

 A. n. annectens and the subspecies occurring on Martinique are made 

 in the following account. 



No information seems to be available concerning the means of 



