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1918. Nyctinomus murinus Anthony, Mem. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., new ser., 

 vol. 2, pt. 2, pp. 363-364, October 12, 1918. 



Type locality. — Jamaica. Type specimen in the British Museum. 



Geographic distribution. — Jamaica. 



Diagnosis. — Size not so large as in the Bahaman animal; forearm, 

 40.0-42.5 mm.; tibia, 11.0-12.0 mm.; length of skull, 16.0-16.6 mm.; 

 the color is a reddish chocolate brown. Distinguished from T. 

 muscula and T. constanzae by its smaller ear, and from T. hahamensis 

 by its shorter tibia as well as shorter ear. 



Measurements. — For detailed measurements see tables, pages 20 

 and 26. 



Specimens examined. — Sixteen (including 10 alcoholics), all from 

 the island of Jamaica. 



TADARIDA CONSTANZAE, new species 



Type.— Adult male (in alcohol), No. 217205, U.S.N.M., collected 

 at Constanza, Dominican Republic, September 26, 1916, by Dr. W. 

 L. Abbott. 



Geographic distribution. — Haiti and the Dominican RepubUc. 



Diagnosis. — Next smaller in size to T. bahamensis of the West 

 Indian group. For measurement see pages 21 and 26. 



Measurements. — Type: Head and body, 54.2 mm.; tail, 32.2; 

 tibia, 11.4; foot, 8.6; forearm, 41.0; third metacarpal, 42.6; fifth 

 metacarpal, 24.2; ear from meatus, 17.2; ear from crown, 12.4; ear 

 width, 15.2; total length of skull, 16.5; zygomatic breath, 8.8; inter- 

 orbital breadth, 3.8; occipital depth, 5.8; breadth of braincase, 7.8; 

 basal length, 13.8; maxillary tooth row, 5.6; breadth at m^, 6.4; 

 breadth at canines, 3.8; length of mandible, 11.4; mandibular tooth 

 row, 6.2. 



Specimens examined. — Sixty-nine from the following locaUties: 

 Haiti: Bombardopolis, 1 skin, 1 alcoholic; St. Michel, 2 alcohohcs. 

 Dominican Republic : Constanza, 1 skin and 64 alcoholics. 



Remarks. — This species is separable from the Bahaman form by its 

 shorter tibia, slightly smaller skull, and darker color; from the 

 Cuban form by its longer forearm; and from the Jamaican form by its 

 larger ear as well as its sUghtly longer tibia. 



TADARIDA ANTILLULARUM (Miller) 



1902. Nyctinomus antillularum Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 



p. 398, September 3, 1902. 

 1911. Nyctinomus brasiliensis antillularum G. M. Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. 



Zool., vol. 54, p. 245, July, 1911. 

 1924. Tadarida antillularum Miller, N. Amer. Recent Mamm. 1923, Bull. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. 128, p. 85, April 29, 1924. 



Type-locality. — Roseau, Dominica, W. I. Type-specimen in United 

 States National Museum. 



