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LONCHORINA. 



leaf very long, pointed, and with distinct mid rib; nostrils situated in 

 a pit divided by a ridge, with a trifoliate fleshy excrescence between 

 them; lower lip with a smooth triangular space; wing membrane to 

 end of tibia; tail extending the length of the interfemoral membrane. 



FIG. 133. LONCHORINA AURITA. 

 ex Dobson, Cat. Chiroptera. Nat. size. 



613. aurita (Lonchorina) , Tomes, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1863, p. 83. 

 TOMES' LONG-EARED BAT. 



Type locality. West Indies; island unknown. 



Genl. Char. Lance-shaped nose-leaf greatly developed; ears as 

 long as head, broad, pointed; tragus tapering, subacute, half as long 



F"3. CVIII. LONCHORINA AURITA. 

 ex Dobson, Cat. Chiroptera. 



as ear, with an obtuse angle near base with a notch above it; wing 

 membrane attached to os calcis; feet large, claws long, hooked; 

 middle- upper incisors flat, pointed; lateral ones minute, with a basal 

 posterior lobe ; canines small ; anterior premolar small with two cusps ; 

 second premolar prominent; lower canines with a cingulum, as has 

 also the second premolar. 



Color. Above light reddish brown; beneath paler. 



Measurements. Total length, 116.8; tail, 55.8; forearm, 50.8; 



