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Solenodon cubanus Peters. 



Solenodon cubanus Peters, Monatsb. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 

 (1861), 1862, p. 169. 



Practically nothing has been added to our knowledge of this species 

 since the account published by Peters in 1861, and the subsequent 

 description of its anatomy by Dobson. 



Gundlach records it from the Sierra Maestra and Bayamo (south- 

 eastern Cuba), and the country between Cienfuegos and Trinidad 

 (south-central Cuba). 



Poey (1851) goes at some length into the accounts of the early 

 historians of Cuba to show that this animal, which he names the 

 'Almiqui' was unknown to the discoverers. Gundlach (1866-7, 

 p. 44) believes, however, that Pichardo (' Diccionario de voces Cu- 

 banos') is probably correct in identifying the Ay re of Oviedo with 

 the Solenodon. 



EMBALLONURIDAE. 



Peropteryx canina phaea, subsp. nov. 



Type.— Adult female, skin and skull, No. 8101, M. C. Z.; collected 

 at Point Saline, Grenada, 29 Aug. 1910, by G. M. Allen. 



General characters. — Intermediate in external dimensions between 

 P. trinitatis and P. canina; skull as large as in the latter; fur in the 

 brown phase lacks the reddish cast seen in canina. 



Description. — The type resembles specimens of P. canina in its 

 general appearance, except that the fur above and below is nearly 

 unicolor, of a dark Prout's brown, quite without the reddish cast 

 characteristic of the continental species. The color difference is 

 practically the same as that between P. kappleri and the brighter 

 P. canina. The fur is long and light with an erect bang on the fore- 

 head. The membranes are blackish. 



Measurements. — The dimensions of the type in the flesh are: 

 length, 63 mm.; tail, 17; foot, 8.5; ear, 14; tibia, 18; forearm, 42. 

 The skull measures : greatest length, 14.3; basal length, 10.5; palatal 

 length, 4; interorbital constriction, 2.5; zygomatic breadth, 8; 

 mastoid breadth, 7.1; mandible, 9; maxillary tooth row (exclusive 

 of incisors), 5.4; mandibular tooth row (exclusive of incisors), 5.9. 



Remarks. — The Peropteryx from Grenada is very closely related 

 to those of Trinidad and the mainland adjacent. Mr. G. S. Miller Jr. 



