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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



VOL. XXVII. 



NYCTICEIUS CUBANUS (Gundlach). 



1861. Vesperus cubanus Gundlach, Monatsber. k. Preuss. Akad. Wissensch. Ber- 

 lin, p. 150; near Cardenas, Cuba. 



1897. Nycticeius humeraUs cubanus Miller, North America Fauna, no. 13, p. 

 120, October 16, 1897. 



Twenty-six specimens (16 skins) from Pinar del Kio, and one skin 

 from Cabanas. This series makes a satisfactory comparison of the 

 Cuban jVi/eticeius with its mainland representative for the first time 

 possible. The Cuban animal proves to be, as Gundlach's description 

 indicates, considerably^ smaller than Nycticeius humeralis^ but in color 

 the two species are identical, and in external form the only difference 

 that I can detect is the slightly less breadth of the ear and tragus in 

 N. ciibanus. The skull and teeth are conspicuously smaller in the 

 Cuban bat, but in form there appears to be perfect agreement. For 

 measurements see table below. 



Field notes. — The specimens from Pinar del Rio were all taken from 

 the eaves of a tiled roof where several species of bats of different genera 

 spent the day. In the evening they usually began to fl}" when it was 

 quite dark, so that one was seldom seen on the wing. The single 

 specimen from Cabanas was captured in a ruined house. — W. Palmer. 



Measurements of Vespertilio cubensis, Nycticeius cubanus, and N humeralis. 



Vespertilio c«- 

 bensis. 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Nycticeius cu- 

 banus. 

 Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Nycticeius hu- 

 meralis. 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Locality. 



Pinar del 



Rio. 

 El Guama. 



do .... 



El Cobre . . 

 Cabanas .. 



Pinar del 

 Rio. 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



Lemon 

 Cltv, Fla. 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



Num- 

 ber. 



103809 



103810 

 103807 

 113851 

 103797 



1037S1 



103782 

 103783 

 103786 

 103789 

 103784 

 103-785 

 103787 

 103788 

 103799 

 103801 

 103802 

 1037O8 

 103''99 

 103800 

 103803 

 103804 

 103805 

 102710 



102711 

 102712 

 102713 

 102709 



Female . 



Male ... 

 ....do.., 

 ....do... 

 Female 



....do.., 



....do... 

 ....do.., 

 ....do... 



...do... 



Male .., 

 ....do.., 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 

 ....do.., 



...do.., 



...do... 



Female, 

 ....do.., 

 ....do.., 



...do... 

 ....do.., 

 ....do.., 



Male .., 



....do.., 

 ....do.., 

 ....do.. 

 Female 



mm 

 105 



117 

 103 

 104 



78 



mm 

 47.0 



47.0 

 44.0 

 45.0 



mm 

 19.0 



19.0 



18.8 

 20.0 

 12.0 



26. 10. 



28.011.0 

 31.011.6 

 29.011.0 



28. 10. 

 30.011.0 

 30.011.0 



3 25. 11. 

 27.011.0 

 29.010.6 



29. Oj 9.0 

 30.010.0 

 32 010.0 

 33. 11. 4 

 31.011.0 

 33.011.0 

 29. OiO.6 

 30. 10. 4 

 39. 12. 



mm 

 10.0 



9.8 

 9.0 

 10.0 

 6.0 



m,m 

 47.0 



45.0 

 43. 6 

 44.0 

 32.0 



35. 12. 

 35.011.6 

 35. 12. 

 39.012.4 



6.2 31.0 



7.0 31.0 

 7.031.0 



7.0|30.6 

 7.0:32.0 

 7.0 30.01 

 6.0 29.0 

 6.4|29.0 

 6.8 30.0 

 6.0|28. 6, 

 6. 4 32. 

 5. 6,29. 6 

 5.631.0 

 6. 0|32. 4 

 6.4 32.0 

 5.4 31.0 

 5. 6 32. 

 6. 32. 

 8. 36. 



mm 

 45.0 



45.0 

 41.0 

 44.0 

 30.0 



29.0 



30.0 

 30.0 

 30.0 

 28.0 



33.6 

 35.' 6 



mm 

 9.0 



8.0 

 8.0 

 7.4 

 6.0 



6.0 



6.0 

 6.4 

 5.0 

 6.0 

 5. 27. 

 5. 27. 

 5. 4 28. 

 5,0 28.0 

 5. 4 28. 6 

 5. 4 28. 

 5.0 31.0 

 4.4 28.0 

 6. 29. 

 5.8 31.0 

 5. 6 29. 

 5. 30. 6 

 6. 28. 

 6. 6 35. 



34.0 

 35.0 

 33.0 

 34.0 



mm 

 80 



77 



75 

 81 

 55 



^ C 



mm mm 

 70 60 



54j 47: 



57 48' 



54' 48 



55, 47; 



54 48, 



52 46' 



55! 47, 



55| 47, 



52 44 



55! 50' 



15.4 



n.o 



39 



37 



35 ;.... 



38 ....!....... . 



37....''.... .... 



4211.0 8.0 7.0 

 39|l2.0 9.0 8.0 

 4011.0 8.2! 7.4 

 44,10.4 8.81 8.0 



4311.0 9.0 

 3911.810.0 

 4211.0 9.0 



12. 0| 9.4 

 13.0,10.6 



45 15. 10. 

 ... 13.010.0 

 49113.010.0 

 .5014.010.0 



8.0 

 7.4 

 7.6 

 8.0 

 10.0 



10.0 

 10.0 

 10.0 



