650 LONCHORINA. 
leaf very long, pointed, and with distinct mid rib; nostrils situated in 
a pit divided by a ridge, with a trifoliate fleshy excrescence between 
them; lower lip with a smooth triangular space; wing membrane to 
end of tibia; tail extending the length of the interfemoral membrane. 
FiG. 133. LONCHORINA AURITA. 
ex Dobson, Cat. Chiroptera. Nat. size. 
613. aurita (Lonchorina), Tomes, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1863, p. 83. 
Tomes’ LONG-EARED Bat. 
Type locality. West Indies; island unknown. 
Genl. Char. WLance-shaped nose-leaf greatly developed; ears as 
long as head, broad, pointed; tragus tapering, subacute, half as long 
Fig. CVIII. LONCHORINA AURITA. 
ex Dobson, Cat. Chiroptera. 
as ear, with an obtuse angle near base with a notch above it; wing 
membrane attached to os calcis; feet large, claws long, hooked; 
middle upper incisors flat, pointed; lateral ones minute, with a basal 
posterior lobe; canines small; anterior premolar small with two cusps; 
second premolar prominent; lower canines with a cingulum, as has 
also the second premolar. 
Color. Above light reddish brown; beneath paler. 
Measurements. Total length, 116.8; tail, 55.8; forearm, 50.8; 
