OTOPTERUS. 500 



h. Otopteriis ivaterhousii coDtpressiis (Rehn). 



Macrotus ivaterhousii compressus Rehn, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. 

 Phil., 1904, p. 434. 

 Bahama Long-eared Bat. 



Type locality. Eleuthera, Bahamas. 



Geogr. Distr. Eleuthera, Providence, Long Island, and Conch 

 Sound, Andros, Bahamas. 



Genl. Char. Rostrum narrower anteriorly than the interorbital 

 region. 



Color. Above Prout's brown, the hairs with more than basal half 

 white; base of ears and along the internal margins whitish; beneath 

 hairs white, basally ringed with pale drab, and tipped with silvery 

 white ; membranes sepia, ears and uropatagium paler. 



Measurements. Total length, 94; forearm, 52; thumb, 13.5; third 

 finger, 85; tibia, 21; calcaneum, 11; foot, 13; tail, 25; ear, 24; tragus, 

 8.5. Skull: total length, 25-25.1; greatest zygomatic width, 10.6-12; 

 interorbital width, 4.2-4.5; height of braincase, 8-8.6; width of brain- 

 case, above roots of zygomata, 8.5-9.5; length of palate, 10.5-11; 

 width of palate, 7.5-7.6; greatest length of mandible, 16. 8-17. 



c. Otopteriis waterhojisii minor (Gundlach). 



Macrotus minor Gundl., Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl., 

 1864, p. 382. 

 Cuban Large-eared Bat. 



Type locality. Cuba. 



Geogr. Distr. Cuba and Isle of Pines. 



Genl. Char. Size smaller than O. ivaterhousii, color darker. 



Color. Two phases. Brown phase. Above seal brown, with over 

 half of the basal portion white ; between ears and posterior to the con- 

 necting membrane blackish; beneath, hairs white basally, then an- 

 nulated with drab, and tipped with silvery ; membranes blackish brown. 



Red phase. Above and beneath dull ferrugineous unicolor; patch 

 between ears blackish ; membranes black. 



Measurements. Total length, 84.5-96.5; forearm, 49-54; thumb, 

 12. 5-15; third finger, 81-88; tibia, 19-22.5; calcaneum, 8.5-12.3; foot, 

 10. 5-15. 5; tail, 20-37; ear, 21.5-30; tragus, 7.8-10. Skull: total length, 

 23.5-24.3 ; greatest zygomatic width, 11-12 ; interorbital width, 3.5-4.1 ; 

 height of braincase, 8-8.8; width of braincase above roots of zygo- 

 mata, 9-9.2; length of palate, 9.2-10; width of palate, 7-8; length of 

 mandible, 15-16. 



1229. Otopterus californicus (Baird). 



Macrotus californicus Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1858, 

 p. n6. 



