NOCTILIO. 617 



Subfam. II. Noctilioninee. 

 128. Noctilio. 



Noctilio Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1776, p. 88. Type Vespertilio lepo- 



rinus Linnaeus. 



Ears from sides of head; tragus longer than broad, possessing 

 tooth-like processes; antitragus at base of tragus in front; nose pro- 

 jecting beyond lower lip, nostrils oval; cutaneous ridges on chin; tail 

 short, perforating interfemoral membrane, which extends far beyond 

 its tip; third finger very long. Skull short, broad, with mastoid and 



FIG. XCVIII. NOCTILIO L. MASTIVUS. 

 No. 5463 Acad. Nat. Sci. Coll. 



paroccipital processes prominent; audital bullae large; postorbital 

 processes lacking; upper incisors unicuspidate, outer incisors very 

 small. 



leporinus inasiivus (Vespertilio), Dahl, Skrift. Naturh. Selsk. 

 Kjobenh., iv, 1797, p. 132, pi. 7. 



dorsatus Wied, Beit. Natur. Bras., 1826, p. 223. 



leporinus Burm., Thier. Bras., 1854, p. 60. (nee Linn.) 

 MUSKY BAT. 



Type locality. Island of St. Croix. 



Geogr. Distr. Islands of Jamaica, Mona, and St. Croix, West 

 Indies, and in South America to Brazil. 



Genl. Char. Slightly larger than N. leporinus ; wing membrane 

 attached along each side of spine, thin, transparent; face warty. 



Color. Above yellowish brown; under parts varying from pale 

 fawn to orange; a narrow pale fulvous line along middle of back; 

 face purplish. 



Measurements. Total length, 101.6; tail, 25.9; forearm, 82.5; 



