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This bal was described from a specimen taken near Savaneta, San 

 Domingo. It is slightly Larger than specimens from Dominica, and 

 is by Elliot considered a subspecies of N. stramineus. 



Chilonatalus bbevimanus (Miller). 



Natalus {Chilonatalus) brevimanus Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, 1898, p. 328. 



The slight differences in measurements of this Old Providence 

 Island bat have led to its separation from the Jamaican species C. 

 micropus, to which it is closely related. It was first recorded from the 

 island in 1890 by Dr. J. A. Allen, and Mr. G. S. Miller (1898) has 

 since tabulated the measurements of twenty specimens from the 

 same place. 



In characterizing the subgenus Chilonatalus, Miller states that 

 " the form of the glandular elevation above the nostrils and the appar- 

 ently double lower lip, taken in connection with the other characters 

 pointed out by Harrison Allen in which the Natalinac resemble Chi- 

 lonycteris and Mormoops, may indicate a closer relationship between 

 the two groups than has heretofore been suspected." 



Chilonatalus micropus (Dobson). 



Natalus micropus Dobson, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1880, p. 443. 



Dobson 'founded this species on Jamaican specimens, obtained 

 near Kingston. Miller (1904) records a specimen collected at Baracoa, 

 Cuba, by W. Palmer, which he was unable to distinguish from the 

 Jamaican animal. The measurements given (forearm, 32) seem very 

 slightly smaller than those of the latter (forearm 32, 34, 34), but at 

 present there appears to be no reason for separating the Cuban 

 from the Jamaican bat. 



Chilonatalus tumidifrons Miller. 



Chilonatalus tumidifrons Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 1893, 

 16, p. 119. 



Among the Bahamas occurs a Chilonatalus closely allied to C. 

 micropus and C. brevimanus. The type and three other specimens 

 were collected in 1903 at Watling's Island. The following year a 



