048 MORMOPS. 



611. megalophylla (Mormops), Peters, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. 



Wiss., Berl., 1864, p. 381. 

 BIG-EARED BAT. 



Type locality. Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Islands of Cuba and Jamaica; eastern and south- 

 ern Mexico to Brazil. 



Genl. Char. Ear broad as high, tip rounded; extremity of muzzle 

 truncate; lower jaw projecting slightly beyond the upper; wings from 

 inferior surface of tibia; interfemoral membrane extending beyond 

 tail ; tibia long. 



Color. Dark reddish brown above and beneath. 



Measurements. Length of head and body, 74.7; forearm, 54; 

 tibia, 21.5; foot, 10. "Skull: greatest length, 14.6: basal length, 14.6; 



FIG. CVII. MORMOPS MEGALOPHYLLA. 



ex Dobson, Cat. Chiroptera. i*4 nat. size. 



palatal length, 8.4; least interorbital breadth, 5; lachrymal breadth, 

 7; zygomatic breadth, 9.2; mastoid breadth, 8.6; breadth of brain 

 case, 8.8; mandible, 12.8." 



a. senicula (Mormoops!}, Rehn. Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phila., 

 1902, p. 169. 



megalophylla Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xm, 1900, p. 166. 



(nee Peters.) 

 ANTIQUE BAT. 



Type locality. Fort Clark, Kinney County, Texas. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern Texas, into northern and central Mexico, 

 to State of Morelos. 



Genl. Char. Second upper premolar broad and heavy with a well- 

 developed internal lobe. 



Color. Above broccoli brown suffused with silver; nape and 

 upper part of head lighter (pale ^cru) ; beneath wood brown, sides and 

 flanks e"cru; membranes hair brown. 



Measurements. Total length, 90; tail vertebrae, 28; expanse of 

 wings, 373; longest ringer, 90; forearm, 56. Skull: average of four 



