588 VESPERTILIO. 



Genl. Char. Size large, ears short, membrane heavy, thick; foot 

 half as long as tibia; wing membranes attached beyond base of toes, 

 naked, save a few hairs on under side of interfemoral membrane and 

 wings near humerus and forearm. 



Color. Above bistre or sepia; paler beneath. 



Measurements. Total length, 108.5-116; tail vertebrae, 42-47.5; 

 tibia, 19.1-19.7; foot, 9.2-10.4; forearm, 44.8-47; thumb, 6-7; longest 

 finger, 79.4-82; ear from meatus, 17-19.5; width of ear, 12.4-13.3; 

 tragus, 7.8-8.3. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 12.5; zygomatic width, 

 12.5; length of mandible, 14. 



a. cubensis (Scotophilus) , Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist., iv, 1839, p. 7. 



dutertreus Gerv., in Ramon de la Sagra's Hist. 1'Isle de Cuba, 



Mamm., 1840, p. 6. 

 CUBAN BROWN BAT. 



Type locality. Cuba. 



Geogr. Distr. Island of Cuba. 



Genl. Char. Ears and membranes thin; ears small, papery, nar- 

 row, pointed. 



Color. Rich dark reddish brown above and beneath. 



Measurements. Total length, 110.7; tail vertebras, 48.5; forearm, 

 48.4; thumb, 6.6; longest finger, 86; tibia, 19.9; foot, 9; ear from 

 meatus, 16.7; tragus, 8.4. 



b. miradorensis (Scotophilus] , H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. 



Phil., 1866, p. 287. 

 MIRADOR BROWN BAT. 



Type locality. Mirador, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern Mexico, into Guatemala and Costa Rica. 



Genl. Char. Size large; color dark; ears and membranes rather 

 thin. 



Color. Similar to V. fuscus, but darker. 



Measurements. Total length, 110-120; tail vertebrae, 48-57; fore- 

 arm, 50-52; thumb, 6.4-7; longest finger, 85-93; tibia, 20-22; foot, 

 9.8-11.4; ear from meatus, 18.6-20; tragus, 8.3-10. Skull: occipito- 

 nasal length, 19.5; zygomatic breadth, 13; length of mandible, 14.5. 

 (Miller.) 



c. bahamensis (Vespertilio}, Miller, N. Am. Faun., No. 13, 1897, 



p. 101. 

 BAHAMA BROWN BAT. 



Type locality. Nassau, New Providence Island, Bahamas. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from type locality. 



