704 VAMPYROPS. STERNODERMA. 



664. vittatus (Artibeus), Peters, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Ak. Wiss. 



Berl., 1859, p. 225. 

 PETERS' WHITE-STRIPED BAT. 



Type locality. Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. 



Geogr. Distr. Costa Rica, Central America, to northern South 

 America. 



Genl. Char. Size large. Muzzle long, narrow; horseshoe free all 

 around; tragus similar to that of V. lineatus; fur extending outward 

 on wing membrane between elbow and middle of femur. 



Color. General hue above and below dark brown; white line 

 from crown along back; short naked white patch on each side of 

 face. 



Measurements. Length of head and body, 86.3; forearm, 59.6; 

 thumb, 12.7 ; third finger, metacarpal, 54.6; fourth finger, metacarpal, 

 54.6; fifth finger, metacarpal, 55.8; tibia, 21.5; foot, 15.2; ear, 22.8; 

 tragus, 8.9. Skull: palatal length, 16.6; interorbital constriction, 

 7.6; zygomatic breadth, 19; breadth of palate between middle molars, 

 8.4; length of mandible, 22.4; length of upper tooth row, 12.6; length 

 of lower tooth row, 13.4. 



164. Stemoclerma. 



Sternoderma E. Geoff., Descr. de 1'Egypte, Mamm., n, 1818, p. 114. 



Type Sternoderma rufum E. Geoffrey. 

 Artibeus Gerv., Exped. Casteln. Amer. Sud. Mamm., Zool., 1855, 



p. 34. (nee Leach.) 

 Ariteus Gray, Ann. Hist. Nat., or Mag. Zool. Bot. Geol., n, 1838, 



p. 491. Id. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1866, p. 117. 

 Histiops Peters, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl., 1869, p. 



399- 

 Peltorhinus Peters, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl., 1876. 



P-433- 



Muzzle short, broad; ear and nose-leaf as in Artibeus, as are also 

 most of the external characters, but the skull differs in having the 

 horizontal plate of the palatal bones partially or wholly absent ; palate 

 is wide, short, and deeply emarginate posteriorly; molars broad, crowns 

 concave. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 

 A. Central upper incisors bicuspidate ; molars |^. PAGE 



a. Above and beneath slaty gray ........... 5. montserratense 705 



b. Above and beneath dull brown ............... 5. nichollsi 706 



