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made known in 1898 and 1902. The continental member of the 

 longirostris group was distinguished from Glossophaga soridna in 

 1898, while the two insular forms, one specifically distinct, the other 

 differing from the mainland animal by average characters only, were 

 described respectively in 1900 and 1913. 



The material on which this revision is based consists of about 700 

 specimens.^ It appears to be sufficiently complete to form the basis 

 for definite general conclusions, though much evidently remains to 

 be learned regarding details. The genus contains two superspecific 

 groups, the less modified but more wide-ranging soncma-group with 

 six forms distinguishable by average characters only, and the more 

 specialized longirostris-group with three forms, two of which are 

 sharply differentiated. In range the soricina-group covers the entire 

 continent from Paraguay and southern Brazil to Durango, Mexico, 

 with one insular form on the Tres Marias Islands and another in 

 Jamaica; the longirostris-grouip appears to be restricted to the coast 

 region of northern South America and the adjacent islands (Curasao 

 and the southern Lesser AntUles) . 



The species and subspecies here recognized, with their type-locali- 

 ties, are as follows: 



(Soricina-group.) 



Glossophaga sorioina (Pallas) (p. 415). 



Glossophaga soricina soridna Pallas (p. 418). Surinam. 



Glossophaga soricina microtis, new subspecies (p. 419). Sapucay, Paraguay. 



Glossophaga soricina leachii (Gray) (p. 419). Realejo, Nicaragua. 



Glossophaga soricina mutica (Merriam) (p. 420). Maria Madre Island, Tres 



Marias Islands, Mexico. 

 Glossophaga soricina valens, new subspecies (p. 420). Balsas, Cajamarca, Peru. 

 Glossophaga soridna antillarum Rehn (p. 420). Port Antonio, Jamaica. 



(Longirostris-group.) 



Glossophaga longirostris Miller (p. 421). 



Glossophaga longirostris longirostris Miller (p. 422). Santa Marta, Colombia. 

 Glossophaga longirostris rostrata (Miller) (p. 423). Grenada, Lesser Antilles. 

 Glossophaga elongata Miller (p. 423). Willemstad, Curasao. 



Genus GLOSSOPHAGA Geoffrey. 



1818. Glossophaga Geoffroy, M6m. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. 4, p. 418. 

 1838. Phyllophora Gray, Mag. Zool. and Bot., vol. 2, p. 489 {amplexicauda=soricina) . 

 1847. Nicon Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 15 (caudifer=soricina; wrongly sup- 

 posed by Gray to be identical with the caudifer of Geoffroy). 

 1868. Glossophaga Peters, Monatsber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 362. 

 1907. Glossophaga Miller, Fam. and Gen. Bats, p. 137. June 29, 1907. 



Type-species. — Vespertilio soricinus Pallas. 



Geographic distribution. — Warmer parts of America from Paraguay 

 and southern Brazil to central Mixico; Jamaica; Lesser Antilles. 



'U. S. National Museum, 564; Field Museum of Natural History, 108; American Museum of Natural 

 History, 22; Museum of Comparative Zoology, 9. 



