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RHITHRONYCTERIS. 



BRACHYPHYLLA. 



649. aphylla (Reithronycteris!), Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil. 



1898, p. 334. 

 LEAFLESS OR BLUNT-NOSED BAT. 



Type locality. Island of Jamaica. 



Geogr. Distr. Island of Jamaica. 



FIG. CXXII. RHITHRONYCTERIS APHYLLA. 



Gent. Char. Muzzle with disk-shaped nose-leaf; other characters 

 as in genus; concealed wart between corner of mouth and ear. 



Color. Light yellowish brown; ears and membranes light brown. 



Measurements. Total length, 88; tail, 12; forearm, 48; thumb, 

 14; second finger, 37; third finger, 84; fourth finger, 66; fifth finger, 

 64; tibia, 22.8; foot, 17; ear from crown, 13; tragus, 8. Skull: great- 

 est length, 26; basilar length, 20; interorbital breadth, 5.4; mastoid 

 breadth, 12.4; depth of braincase, 9; width of palate between last 

 molars, 5 ; depth of rostrum at anterior end of first molar, 6 ; length 

 of upper molar series, 8; length of mandible, 16.6; length of lower 

 molar series, 9. 



159. Brachyphylla. 



T 2-2. p I 1. p2-2. M 3-3 _ 

 1 '2-2' ^'I-I' r '2-2> M '3-3~ 3 ' 



Brachyphylla Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1833, p. 122. Type Brachy- 

 phylla cavernarum Gray. 



Nose-leaf small, bounded on sides and behind by a deep groove, 

 and situated near end of muzzle; nostrils in center of nose-leaf; 

 V-shaped groove in center of lower lip margined with warts; ears 

 separate, obtusely pointed, shorter than head; inner margin convex; 

 wing membrane to the ankles ; interfemoral membrane well developed ; 

 no tail, and calcaneum short or lacking. 



