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reported a nursery colony in Kentucky in which the young averaged 

 66 mm. in total length on 22 June. 



A specimen (LSU 1846) with milk teeth still in place, M^ and M^ 

 not fully erupted, no trace of postjuvenile molt, and total length of 

 71 mm., was collected near Baton Rouge, La., on 17 June. AMNH 

 70517 with some milk teeth still in place, M^ not fully erupted, no 

 trace of postjuvenile molt, and total length of 84 mm. was collected 

 near Quicksand, Ky., on 8 July. LSU 1397, collected on 28 June in 

 Nachitoches Parish, La., has mature dentition, no trace of post- 

 juvenile molt, and total length of 88 mm. Individuals almost full- 

 grown (total length 93, 98, 99, and 100 mm.), and molting to a post- 

 juvenile pelage, have been collected in South Carolina and Alabama 

 on 24 July, 17 August, and 22 August. However, UI 853, collected 

 on 2 September in Tennessee, although almost full-grown (total 

 length 101 mm.), shows no trace of the postjuvenile molt. 



Molt: Molt is evident on the head, neck, and underparts, but not 

 on the back of ChM 33.188.3 (24 July); on head, neck, underparts, 

 and rump of ChM 33.218.3 (17 August) ; on neck and upper back, and 

 almost completed on the belly of ChM 33.218.2 (17 August); and on 

 all parts of the body of USNM 180198 (22 August). 



Molting in adults has been noted only in two specimens, both of 

 which show molt on all parts of the body: USNM 201714, male, 

 Alabama, 4 July; and ChM 33.218.4, female. South Carolina, 17 

 August. 



Plecotus rafinesquii macrotis LeConte 



Plec[otus] macrotis LeConte, 1831, p. 431. 



Plecotus lecontii Cooper, 1837, p. 72, pi. 3, fig. 5. (Substitute name for macrotis.) 



Vesp[ertilio] macrotis Lesson, 1842, p. 23. (Not Vespertilio macrotis Temminck, 



1840, p. 21iS=Pipistrellus imbricatusHovs&eld.) 

 S[ynoius] Lecontii Wagner, 1855, p. 720. 

 Srjnotus macrotis H. Allen, 1864, p. 63. (Not Synotus macrotis Wagner, 1855, p. 



719 = Pipistrellus imhricatus Horsfield.) 

 C[orynorhinUi>] macrotis H. Allen, 1865, p. 174. 

 Corynorhinus rafinesquii Handley, 1955c, p. 147. 



Holottpe: None designated. Type locality subsequently fixed 

 (Miller, 1897, p. 51) near the LeConte plantation, 5 miles south of 

 Riceboro, Liberty County, Ga., (see p. 162.) 



Distribution: Southeastern United States (fig. 19). Northeast- 

 ward to Dismal Swamp, Va. Southwestward to Terrebonne, West 

 Baton Rouge, and Natchitoches Parishes, La.; and McCurtain and 

 LeFlore Counties, Okla. Inland to Dismal Swamp, Va.; Bertie and 

 Wayne Counties, N. C. ; Darlington County, S. C. ; Autauga and Green 

 Counties, Ala.; Kemper County, Miss., and Crawford County, Ark. 

 Zonal distribution, Lower Austral. Altitudinal distribution, sea level 

 to about 500 feet. 



