NOVEMBER 24, 1899 VoL. I, PP. 73-74 
PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
NEW ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL CLUB 
A NEW BAT FROM COLOMBIA. 
BY OUTRAM BANGS. 
In a small lot of bats taken by Mr. W. W. Brown, Jr., in the 
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in the winter and spring of 1899, 
is one specimen of Artibeus that appears to belong to a heretofore 
undescribed species, which may be known as 
Artibeus femurvillosum sp. nov. 
Type, from La Concepcion, Colombia, 3000 feet altitude, & adult, no. 8314, 
coll. of E. A. and O. Bangs, collected March 21, 1899, by W. W. Brown, Jr. 
General characters.—About the size of A. palmarum Allen & Chapman; 
differing from that species in having but one pair of face stripes (no cheek 
stripes), extending from either side of nose leaf to ear, these stripes narrow 
and not very conspicuous. The new species differs from all others of the 
genus I have seen in having the upper surfaces of legs, feet, and interfemoral 
membrane, clothed with short fur. In the allied species these parts are 
naked. 
Color.— Pale brown all over,—nearest broccoli brown,— base of fur paler, 
more isabella color; a narrow whitish stripe on each side of face, extending 
from side of nose leaf to ear; upper surfaces of legs, feet, and interfemoral 
membrane, clothed with rather sparse fur like that of back. 
Measurements.—Type, adult &: total length, 106.; tail, 25.; hind foot, 
20.; ear, 21.; extent, 500. mm. 
Skull, type: basal length, 23.6; occipitonasal length, 26.2; zygomatic 
width, 19.; mastoid width, 16.4; width across postorbital processes, 7.8; 
