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MEASUREMENTS OF PHYLLOSTOMUS IL\STATUS PANAMENSIS. 



These specimens represent a reddish and a black phase, with one individual 

 intermediate. 



Glossophaga soricina (Pallas). 



Three specimens from Zorritos, Peru, are a very little larger than others from 

 Panama and Venezuela. Two of these are in the collection of the Peabody Mu- 

 seum, Yale University, and the third is No. 6994, Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology. The forearms measure 36.4, 38.5, and 37 mm. respectively, thus about 

 equalling that of G. longirostris, from which, however, the Peruvian bats are very 

 dilTerent in cranial characters. Additional specimens may show that the Peruvian 

 Glossophaga is a distinct race. 



Glossophaga longirostris Miller. 



In addition to the type from the Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia, the collec- 

 tion contains a large series of skins (without skulls) from Union Island and 

 Carriacou, Lesser Antilles. The younger individuals are of a nearly uniform 

 clove-brown, but the adults become brighter, approaching a Vandyke brown (as 

 in the .type) or Mars brown. Ten adults from Carriacou average: forearm, 

 37.6 mm. (36.5-39) ; tibia, 15 (14.5-16) ; these measurements are the same as 

 tliose of Venezuelan specimens, and are constantly greater than those of the 

 allied G. soricina (forearm, 33 ram. ; tibia, 13) that occurs with G. longirostris 

 in northern South America. 



Lonchophylla hesperia, sp. nov. 



Type. — Adult male, alcoholic, No. 7011, Museum of Comparative Zoology ; 

 collected at Zorritos, Peru, by F. H. Bradley. 



General Characters. — Apparently similar to L. mordax Thomas, but larger 

 throughout. 



