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project less prominently forward than in Lonchophylla. The teeth 

 are 34 in number. 



GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA LEACHII (Gray) 



Leach's Long-tongued Bat 



Monophyllus leachii Gray, Voyage of the Sulphur, Zool., Vol. 1, p. 18, 1844. 

 Type from Realejo, Nicaragua. 



As may be inferred from the remarks on the genus, Leach's long- 

 tongued bat closely resembles species of Lonchophylla. It most 

 closely approaches Lonchophylla concava in appearance, the dark 

 brown color and proportions being nearly identical, but the ears are 

 slightly more rounded, the forearm slightly longer and the lower, 

 less protruding upper incisors also aid in its determination. The 

 length of the forearm is about 35 millimeters. 



In point of numbers Glossophaga soricina leachii seems to be ex- 

 ceeded in Panama only by Hemiderma perspicillatum astecum. It 

 passes the day in similar situations, often resting in close proximity 

 to the latter species in tunnels, caves, or other darkened places, but 

 smaller colonies seem to be the rule. 



Fig. 11.— Glossophaga soricina leachii. 

 No. 179871, U. S. Nat. Mus. About nat. size. 



At Corozal a few were located in a partly dark tunnel roofed with 

 smooth concrete. The tunnel received daylight at both ends and the 

 bats could be clearly seen by looking toward the light. They were 

 irregularly distributed, one only in a place, clinging by their claws 

 to the edges of roughened spots in the concrete, some with their 

 bodies swinging free from the middle of the roof, but most of them 

 on the side walls or in corners, their stomachs lying against the 

 concrete and their nose leaves standing out rather conspicuously at 

 right angles. All were females and several carried a small young 

 attached to a teat. The same tunnel was inhabited by Hemiderma p. 

 aztecum. 



In a half-dark cellar behind a prominent ruin a short distance 

 west of the cathedral tower at the old city of Panama, W. H. Osgood 

 and I found these bats very near neighbors of Hemiderma p. astecum 



