BRACHYPHYLLA, ARTIBEUS. 691 
UG CALE) 
Fig. CXXIII. BRACHYPHYLLA NANA. 
No. g946 Field Columbian Mus. Coll. Twice nat. size 
Measurements. Total length, head and body, 83; tibia, 25; foot, 
15; forearm, 60; first finger, 12.4; second finger, 48; third finger, 102; 
fourth finger, 80; fifth finger, 80; ear from meatus, 22.6; ear from 
crown, 17; width of ear, 14. Skull: basal length, 22; basilar length, 
21.6; median palatal length, 10.4; zygomatic breadth, 14.6; width of 
braincase above roots of zygomata, 12; interorbital constriction, 6; 
lachrymal breadth, 8.4; maxillary tooth row, 9; crown of first upper 
molar, 3X 2.6. 
The third group in this family, the STERNODERMAT&, begins with 
ArTIBEUS and ends with Centurio. Unlike the members of the 
Glossophage, they have short and broad muzzles. From the conclu- 
sions of those who have observed these bats in their native wilds their 
food appears to be almost wholly tree fruit. 
Subfam. IV. Sternodermatine. 
160. *Artibeus. 
Se Cees. > 2 
sym tA ve 
I 
Nit 
Artibeus Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., x11, 1820, p. 75. Type 
Artibeus jamaicensis Leach. 
Madateus Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., x111, 1820, p. 81. 
Pteroderma Gerv., Exp. Castlenau, Amer. Sud., Mamm., Zodl., 
1855, Pp. 34. 
Nostrils on surface of nose-leaf; palate extending behind last 
of ; ; 
KPT 2 Baw =Artibeus. 
