418 NYCTINOMUS. MORMOPS. 



drawn from the middle of the humerus to the junction of the middle 

 and outer thirds of the femur, (ex Merr., 1. c.) 



Color. Dull brown. 



Measurements. (From the alcoholic specimen.) Total length, 

 103; head and body, 60; tail, 41; exserted part of tail, 2.3; head, 23; 

 ear from crown, 14; ear from base of antitragus, 20; tragus, i; hum- 

 erus, 28; forearm, 47; third finger: metacarpal, 45; first phalanx, 20; 

 second phalanx, 19; fifth finger, 44. (Merriam, 1. c.) 



603. mohavensis. {N^yctinomus), Merr., N. Am. Fauna, No. 2, 



1889, p. 25. 

 Type locality. Fort Mojave, Arizona. 



Genl. Char. Incisors -'— . Lower incisors not distinctly bifid; 



2—2 .' ' 



first upper premolar minute; second large with a well developed 

 antero-internal cusp. Ear keel small, without a distinct lobe on its 

 inner third; anterior convexity of auricle with six horny spines; anti- 

 tragus very low and flat, much longer than high, not hiding tragus; 

 tail less than half exserted, no gular sac. 



Color. Above sooty; paler below. 



Measurements. Total length, 94; tail, 34; exserted part of tail, 

 13.5; forearm, 44; humerus, 24; third metart, 43; tragus, 2; ear 

 from base of antitragus, 18. (Merriam, 1. c.) 



Fam. II. Phyllostomatidae. 



Cutaneous processes surrounding or close to the nasal apertures; 

 ears moderately large, tragi well developed. Middle finger with 

 three phalanges, index finger with one; premaxillae united. Tail 

 variable, either well developed or absent. Eyes large. 



Sub. Fam. I. Lobostominae. 

 113. Mormops. 



I. '^; C. — ; Pm. f=f; M. ^ = 42. 

 4-4' I— i' 3—3' 3—3 ^ 



Mormops, Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc, 1820-22, xiii, p. 76. 



Crown elevated high above line of face; nostrils destitute of 



cutaneous appendages and directed downward; ears close together, 



sometimes united by prolongations from the muzzle on their inner 



margins; cutaneous processes on chin and sides of lips. 



604. megalophylla. Peters, M. B. Akad. Berl., 1864, p. 381; Mearns, 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., igoo, p. 166. 

 Geogr. Distr. Antilles, Cuba, Jamaica, etc. One specimen 

 taken at Fort Clark, Kinney County, Texas, Dec. 3, 1897. (vide 

 Mearns, 1. c.) 



