lO SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 8l 



crooked cave near the Atalaye plantation. One skull from owl pellets 

 in the cave at Diquini. The skulls were found at all levels from the 

 surface downward to a depth of about two feet. 



EROPHYLLA SANTACRISTOBALENSIS (Elliot) 



One skull and two mandibles from the large cave near St. Michel ; 

 two skulls and three mandil)les from the deep cave near the Atalaye 

 ]:)lantation. The skulls exactly resemble three collected in a cave near 

 Port-de-Paix by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



In cranial characters this species resembles Erophylla bomhifrons 

 of Porto Rico and differs notably from the Cuban E. sczckorni and 

 its relatives E. syops of Jamaica and E. planifroiis of the Bahamas. 

 The close correspondence in size between the skulls of E. santacristo- 

 bolcnsis and E. bomifrons is shown by the following measurements 

 of the three best Haitian specimens (a) compared with those of three 

 skulls from Porto Rico (b) : greatest length, (a) 24.0, 23.4, 23.4. 

 (b) 24.0, 24.2, 24.4; condylobasal length, (a) 22.2, 22.0, 22.0, (b) 

 22.2, 22.4, 22.4; breadth of braincase, (a) 9.6, lO.o, lo.o, (b) lo.o, 

 10.4. lo.o; postorbital constriction, (a) 4.6, 4.4, 4.6, (b) 4.4, 4.6, 4.6; 

 breadth of rostrum at base of canines, (a) 5.0, 5.0, 4.8, (b) 5.0, 5.2, 

 5.0; median depth of braincase, (a) 8.4, 8.0, 8.0, (b) 8.0, 8.2, 8.2. 

 Comparison of specimens shows that the rostrum in the Haitian 

 animal is smaller relatively to the braincase than it is in Erophylla 

 bonibifrons, and further material will undoubtedly demonstrate the 

 specific distinctness of the two animals. 



PHYLLONYCTERIS OBTUSA sp. nov. 



Type. — Imperfect skull No. 253095, U. S. Nat. AIus. Collected in 

 the crooked cave near the Atalaye plantation, about four miles east 

 of St. Michel, Haiti, March, 1925, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 



Characters. — Like the Cuban Phyllonyctcris paeyi but incisive 

 foramina smaller and anterior border of premaxillaries as viewed in 

 palatine aspect less narrowly curved. 



Skull and teeth. — The size of the skull is essentially as in 

 Phyllonycteris poeyi, though the average ma}- ])rove to be above that 

 in the Cuban animal when it is possible to compare adequate series of 

 specimens. The structure of the anterior part of the palate is alike in 

 the three specimens examined, and is not duplicated by anv among 

 the large number of Cuban skulls with which I have compared them. 

 Taking the width of the palate between the incisors and canines as 



