_Specimens._--_Carazo_: 3 km N, 4 km W Diriamba, 600 m, 7.
_Chinandega_: Potosi, 5 m, 1; 6.5 km N, 1 km E Cosigueina, 10 m, 1;
San Antonio, 35 m, 1. _Chontales_: 1 km N, 2.5 km W Villa Somoza,
330 m, 1; Hato Grande, 13 km S, 8 km W Juigalpa, 60 m, 3.
Davis (1965:234) reported two specimens of this species from Nicaragua,
one from Carazo (listed above) and the other from 1 mi SE Yalagueina,
2600 ft, Madriz. The only other specimen on record from Nicaragua is
from Greytown (Miller, 1897:100). Except for two individuals that were
shot as they foraged in early evening, our specimens were captured in
mist nets stretched over water or as described below.
Some of the bats captured northwest of Diriamba were taken in a net
placed across the center of a water-filled, concrete cistern that was
located in a large, open space used for drying coffee beans. Open at
the top, the cistern was approximately 12 m in diameter, and the water
level was approximately 3 m below the rim. Several _Artibeus
jamaicensis_, _A. lituratus_, and _Molossus pretiosus_ were caught in
the same net. Aside from bats removed from the net, a few _Eptesicus_
and _Molossus_ were retrieved from the water where they fell,
apparently stunned, after colliding with the wall of the cistern. The
fact that a number of decomposed bats of these two species were
observed floating in the water indicated that such entrapment was not
caused by the placement of our net.
A female pregnant with two embryos (crown-rump length 15 mm) was
captured on 22 April, whereas one taken on 5 July was lactating. Adult
males taken in March (two) and April (two) had testes 5, 7, 9, and 10
mm long, respectively.