Foitns of Stenodermaloiis l>ats. '421 



U.S. N. M. (liioloiric.il Survey collection) no. Ii>r,ll9. 

 Collectors' niiuiber 1G1G8. 



licnige. — 8 specimens, with skulls, liave been exainiued 

 from the States of IMiclioacan, Coliuia, and Jalisco, Mexico. 



Ariibeus jamaicensis cequatorialis, subsp. n. 



Similar to A. jamaicensis jamaicensis^ Leacli, but skull, 

 teeth, and external dimensions averaging somewhat larger. 



Average measurements of 6 skulls (in parentheses, for 

 comparison, average measurements of ()5 9k\x\\%o^ A. j. jamai- 

 censis) : — zygomatic width 18*3 mm. (17*4: mm.) ; maxillary 

 width, externally across m^-ni^, 13'6 mm. (12*6 mm.) ; max- 

 illary tooth-row 11 mm. (lO'o mm.). The forearm and 

 metacarpals average 2'5 to 3 mm. longer than in A. j. 

 jamaicensis. 



Tfipe. — ^ ad. (skin). Zaruma, Loja, S. Ecuador, 1000 m. ; 

 17 June, 1899. Collided by Perry O. Simons. Presented 

 by Oidtield Thomas, Esq. Brit. Mas. no. 0. 2. 9. 13. 

 Collector's number 395. " Eating ripe banana?. '' 



liange. — 9 specimens (8 skulls) examined from Zaruma, 

 S. Ecuador, and Call, S. Colombia. 



Artiheus jamaicensis prceceps, subsp. n. 



Similar to A. jamaicensis palmarum, Allen, but forearm 

 and hand averaging shorter. 



Forearm, in three sjjecimens, 60-66"2 mm. ; in 43 adult 

 examples oi A.j. palmarum the average length is 70'9 mm., 

 and none have the forearm below 64 mm. Third metacarpal 

 54*8-61 mm. ; in A.j.jxilmarniJi 58*5-68*5 mm. 



Ti/pe. — S J»^'- (ale). Guadeloupe, W.I. Collected by 

 H. Selwyn Branch. U.S. N. M. no. 113503. 



liange. — Guadeloupe and Dominica, W.I. 



Artibeus cinereus bogotcnsis, subsp. n. 



Similar to A. cinereus cinereus, Gcrvais, but teeth, skull, 

 and external dimensions averaging larger. 



Minimum and maximum measurements of 8 skulls (in 

 parentheses, for comparison, corresponding measurements of 

 7 skulls of A. c. cinereus) : — maxillary width, externally 

 across m^-m^, 8"5-8*9 mm. (8-8'6 mm.) ; maxillary tooth- 

 row 6"7-7*2 n)m. (6"4-6'8 mm.). The forearm and meta- 

 carpals average 2*2-3*5 mm. longer than in A. c. cinereus. 



Type.— S ad. (skin). Curiclie, near Bogota, Colombia; 



