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slightly projecting*. Lateral parts of the lip thick and overhang- 

 ing. 



Lower lip with a distinct and clearly defined reflex central portion, 

 as in Natalus, hut of much less extent. 



Ears angular-round, very short ; tragus short, of uniform breadth, 

 round at the end, and curved inwards. Tail as long as the head 

 and body. Wing-membranes extending to the extremity of the 

 tibice. Os calcis short. Cutaneous system ample ; middle pha- 

 lange of the second and third finger very short. Fur very thick 

 and soft. 



Skull with the bony palate extending backwards as far as the 

 molar series only. Intermaxillary bones nearly meeting in front, 

 so as to allow space for a considerable interval on each side between 

 the outer incisors and the canines, and leaving only a small interspace 

 between the two inner incisors. Incisors placed across the opening 

 between the canines. 



1. MlNIOPTERIS SCHREIBERSII. 



Vespertilio Schreibersii, Natt. in Kuhl, Wetter. Ann. iv. 41,1817 ; 

 Desm. Mamm. p. 138, 1820 ; Fisch. Synop. Mamm. p. 104, 1829 ; 

 Temm. Mon. Mamm. ii. p. 174, 1835-41 ; De Selys-Longch. Etude 

 Micro-mamm. p. 138, 1839; Wagn. Supp. Schreb. Saugth. i. 508, 

 1841. 



Miniopteris Schreibersii, Keys, et Bias. Wiegm. Arch. v. 323, 

 1839 ; Die Wirbelthiere Europ. p. xiii. et 44, 1840 ; Less. Nouv. 

 Tab. Regne Anim. p. 27, 1842. 



Miniopteris Ursinii, Bonap. Faun. Ital. fasc. 21. fol. 106, 1832- 

 42 ; Gray, Mag. Zool. & Bot. ii. 497, 1838 ; De Selys-Longch. Etude 

 Micro-mamm. p. 139, 1839; Less. Nouv. Tab. Regne Anim. p. 27, 

 1842. 



Vespertilio Ursinii, Temm. Mon. Mamm. ii. p. 179, 1835-1841. 



Vespertilio dasythrix, Temm. Mon. Mamm. ii. p. 268. 



Vespertilio Natalensis, Smith, South African Quart. Journ. new 

 ser. v. 1, 1832. 



Miniopteris dasythrix, Smith, 111. Zool. S. Africa, no. 27. pi. 52, 

 1848 ; Schinz, Synop. Mamm. i. p. 166, 1844. 



The crown of the head is very much elevated, and the face so 

 much depressed as to give the appearance of a deep hollow across 

 its middle. The muzzle is very short and round, but it is not itself 

 much depressed, as in the flat-headed species such as the Noctule. 

 From the great concavity of the middle part of the face, the muzzle 

 appears to have an upward direction. The nostrils are small, near 

 together, and in the specimens preserved in spirit are directed nearly 



* This projecting part of the upper lip is somewhat singular. Separated by 

 the two vertical grooves above mentioned, it is well and clearly defined, and has 

 somewhat the appearance of the cartilaginous fore part of the palate of some Ru- 

 minants, as that of the Sheep. Its surface is conspicuously granular, and in size 

 it exactly corresponds with the naked reflex portion of the lower lip, so that 

 when the mouth is closed the two parts fit closely together. 



