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ReTYiarks. — In the original description attention was directed to 

 the fact that the type-skull, the only one then known, lacked the 

 incisors. Two years later Dr. J. A. Allen reported of a series of 34 

 specimens from Bonda and Taguaga, Colombia, that, " in nearly one- 

 half . . . the incisors are all present in both jaws; in about one- 

 third of the series they are entirely absent in both jaws; in the 

 remainder some of the incisors are present and the alveoli of those . 

 lacking are clearly indicated."^ This tendency toward defectiveness 

 of the incisors in Colombian specimens may be due to some local 

 peculiarity in the conditions under which the animals live. I can 

 find no trace of it m the skulls of 18 individuals from the vicinity of 

 La Guaira, Venezuela, or in the same number of G. longirostris rostrata 

 from the Lesser Antilles. 



GLOSSOPHAGA L0NGIE0STRI8 KOSTBATA (MlUer). 



1908. Glossophaga longirostris G. M. Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 52, p. 35. 

 July, 1908. (Union Island and Carriacou.) Not of Miller, 1898. 



1911. Glossophaga longirostris G. M. Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 54, p. 229. 

 July, 1911. (Grenada and the Grenadines.) Not of Miller, 1898. 



1913. Glossophaga rostrata Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 26, p. 32. Febru- 

 ary 8, 1913. (Westerhall estate, Grenada.) 



Type-locality. — Westerhall estate, Grenada, Lesser Antilles. Tjrpe- 

 specimen in United States National Museum. 



Geographic distribution. — Grenada and the Grenadines (Union and 

 Carriacou), Lesser Antilles; Dominica ?2 



Diagnosis. — Braincase less inflated than in Glossophaga longirostris 

 longirostris and general size of skull slightly less; postero-external 

 projection of m^ and m^ narrower; m2 and nig relatively smaller, the 

 length of mg about twice width. 



Measurements. — For detailed measurements see table, page 429. 



Specimens examined. — Twenty-three from the following localities in 

 the Lesser Antilles : 



Grenada, 14 skins; Union Island, 1 skin (M. C. Z.); Carriacou, 5 

 skins, 3 extra skulls (M. C. Z.). 



Remarlcs. — Though individuals can be selected which are indistin- 

 guishable from certain specimens of true longirostris the appearance 

 of a series of skulls from the islands is sufficiently characteristic to 

 justify the recognition of this form. 



GLOSSOPHAGA ELONGATA Miller. 



1900. Glossophaga elongaia Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. "Washington, vol. 13, p. 124. April 

 6, 1900. 



Type-locality. — Willemstad, Curasao. Type-specimen in United 

 States National Museum. 



Geographic distribution. — The island of Curasao. 



1 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. H::t., vol. 13, pp. 89-90. May 12, 1900. 



2 Two specimens, one too young the other too mutilated for e.xact identification. 



