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gth, 63, 60 mm; length of tail, 5, 6 mm; length of hind foot, 10, 9 mm; length of ear, 23, 23 mm; length of forearm, 34.5, 35.6 mm; weight, 11.4, 8.8 gms; greatest length of skull, 20.2, 20.5 mm; zygomatic breadth, 9.5, 9.5 mm; breadth of braincase, 8.5, 8.2 mm; postorbital breadth, 3.1, 2.9 mm; length of maxillary toothrow, 7.0, 7.1 mm; breadth across upper molars, 6.3, 6.5 mm. We have not compared our specimens directly with others from Middle America. On the basis of available measurements, they resemble material reported from Honduras (LaVal, 1969:820), averaging larger than other specimens for which measurements have been published (see especially Goodwin, 1942b:206; Davis and Carter, 1962:68; Davis _et al._, 1964:379; Gardner _et al._, 1970:716-717). Phyllostomus hastatus panamensis J. A. Allen, 1904 _Specimens._--_Carazo_: 3 km N, 4 km W Diriamba, 600 m, 1. _Madriz_: Daraili, 5 km N, 14 km E Condega, 940 m, 4. _Managua_: 3 km SW Tipitapa, 40 m, 1; 3 km N Sabana Grande, 50 m, 2; 2 km N Sabana Grande, 40 m, 1; 5 mi S Managua, 2. _Matagalpa_: La Danta, 1 km N, 5 km E Esquipulas, 760 m, 1. _Nueva Segovia_: 4.5 km N, 2 km E Jalapa, 630 m, 2; 1.5 km N, 1 km E Jalapa, 660 m, 1. _Zelaya_: Bonanza, 850 ft, 2; El Recreo, 25 m, 8. This large spear-nosed species has been reported previously from Nicaragua only from Matagalpa (Goodwin, 1942c:126). _Phyllostomus hastatus_ evidently occurs throughout the country and is relatively common in some places. Two females taken 5 mi S Managua on 13 March each carried a single embryo (crown-rump length 27 and 32 mm). Lactating females were captured in June, July, and August. Trachops cirrhosus coffini Goldman, 1925 A male fringe-lipped bat netted over a small stream at Cara de Mono, 50 m, Zelaya, in the Caribbean lowlands, on 24 April, 1968, constitutes the second known occurrence of this species in Nicaragua. Carter _et al._ (1966:491) earlier reported two males from Rio Coco, 64 mi NNE Jinotega, 1000 ft, Jinotega. The testes of our specimen were 4 mm long. Davis and Carter (1962:69), Carter _et al._ (_loc. cit._), and Starrett and Casebeer (1968:11) did not apply a trinomen to bats of this species and noted overlap of measurements between _T. c. cirrhosus_ (Spix) and _T. c. coffini_ Goldman. However, until detailed comparisons can be made, we follow Jones (1966:452) in retaining the subspecific name _coffini_. Chrotopterus auritus au
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