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MOLOSSUS PULIGINOSDS Gray. 



1838. Molossus fuliginosus Gray, Mag. Zool. and Bot., vol. 2, p. 501. February, 

 1838. (Jamaica. See Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus., p. 413, 1878.) 



Like Molossus fortis from Porto Rico, but rostral portion of skull 

 obviously shortened; teeth normal. Confined to Jamaica. 



MOLOSSUS VERRH-H AUen. 



1908. Molossus verrilli Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hiat., vol. 24, p. 581. Sep- 

 tember 11, 1908. (Samana, Santo Domingo.) 



Agreeing with Molossus fuliginosus in general characters and in 

 form of rostrum, but molars decidedly reduced in size. Confined to 

 Santo Domingo; type specimen examined. 



MOLOSSUS MAJOR (Kerr). 



1792. V[espertilio] mollosstLs] major Kerr, Anim. Kingd., p. 97. Based on 



Schreber's plate 59, lower figure (=Bu£fon, vol. 10, pi. 19, fig. 2). Mar- 



tiuique. 

 1792. V[espertilio] viol[ossus] minor Kerr, Anim. Elingd., p. 97. Based on 



Schreber's plate 59, upper figure (==Buffon, vol. 10, pi. 19, fig. 1). Probably 



from Martinique. 

 1805. Molossus longicaudatus Geopfroy, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, vol. 6, 



p. 155. Based on the specimen represented by Buffon, vol. 10, pi. 19, fig. 2. 



(Martinique.) 

 1805. Molossus fusciventer Geopfroy, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, vol. 6, p. 155. 



Based on Buffon, vol. 10, pi. 19, fig. 1. (Probably from Martinique). 



Smaller than Molossus ohscurus and its immediate allies crassi- 

 caudatus and aztecus, lower leg and foot usually less than 21 mm. 

 (19-21.6 mm.); teeth normal. Specimens examined from Dominica, 

 Trinidad, and Venezuela (Macuto). 



MOLOSSUS D£Bn.IS, new species. 







Type.— Adult female (in alcohol) Cat. No. 110935, U. S. National 

 Museum. Collected on St. Kitts, Lesser Antilles, in 1901, by W. H. 

 Alexander. 



Like Molossus major but crown area of molars decidedly reduced. 

 Measurements of type: head and body, 56.6 mm.; tail, 36; tibia and 

 foot, 20.4; forearm, 38; third digit, 74; fifth digit, 42; greatest length 

 of skull, 15.4; condylobasal length, 14.0; breadth of braincase, 8.2; 

 mandible, 10.6; maxillary toothrow exclusive of incisors, 5.4; man- 

 dibular toothrow exclusive of incisors, 5.0. Specimens examined 

 from St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, and Montserrat. 



