io Dr. Grundlach on Bats from Cuba. 



Nos. 2 and 3 form a new genus*, which I propose to call 



LoBOSTOMA. Lohed-mouthed. The characters are : 

 Above and below 4 incisors, the upper ones are of unequal size ; viz, 

 in the centre are two large double, and at the sides a small simple 

 tooth ; and molars not yet examined, as I did not wish to destroy the 

 only specimen I have as yet taken. Upper margin of the muzzle 

 very prominent, and forms, with two membranaceous folds at the side 

 of the nose, a surface directed obliquely downwards, in which the 

 nostrils are likewise situated. Inferior lip, besides the true lip, has 

 two membranaceous folds one behind the other : the anterior one 

 furnished with warts, and the posterior one consisting partly of one 

 piece, partly divided in the middle. Ears separated. Tail for the 

 greatest part hidden in the interfemoral membrane, the apex free be- 

 yond the produced membrane. 



LoBOSTOMA cinnamomeum, Grundlach. Above dark, beneath a 

 light cinnamon-brown. The base of the hairs everywhere fainter. 

 Face with blacker hairs. Ears short, wide, rounded, at the inferior 

 margin fringed with hairs, which are likewise perceptible on the 

 folds in the ears. Tragus short, on the inner side with an incisure. 

 Nasal ridge bald. Upper lip furnished towards the angles of the 

 mouth with longer cinnamon-brown hairs, with silky lustre. Ante- 

 rior lip-leaf somewhat elongate, 4-angular, posteriorly bipartite, each 

 part with an indentation in the centre. The nose, leaves of the 

 lower lip, margins of the ear and wings, are blackish brown. The 

 hairs form a cavity above the nose and beneath the chin. 



liCngth of the entire body 3" 5'". Length of body from the point 

 of the nose to the commencement of the tail 1" 10'". The tail is, 

 down to where it becomes free, lOi'", the free portion is 2'" in length. 

 The interfemoral membrane extends from where it becomes free 8^'" 

 further. Spur 81'" long. Breadth lOJ". 



The only specimen was taken flying about in the evening in the 

 room of the Cafetal St. Antonio el Fundador. 



LoBOSTOMA quadridens, Grundlach. Colour of fur pale brown- 

 ish gray, the tips of the hairs on the upper side darker. About 

 the throat the colour passes more into yellow. Ear-aperture wide. 

 Upper margin much elongated to an obtuse point. Above, at the 

 posterior margin, it is somewhat waved. The lower half of the front 

 margin is expanded ; the expansion itself forms four little teeth. The 

 front lip-leaf extends to the angle of the mouth, the hind one is un- 

 divided and but little shorter than the front one, on which its margin 

 rests. The warts of the front one are only present in the centre. The 

 membranaceous folds on the sides of the nose projecting at their 

 upper margin to a point. Nose above naked. Wings, nose, lip-leaves 

 and margins of ears blackish brown. 



Length of the entire body 1" 6^"', of the tail in the membrane 



* The genus appears to be the same with Gray's Chilonycteris (Ann. 

 Nat. Hist. iv. p. 4) ; but the species are undescribed, and differ from Chi, 

 MacLeayii, Or., which was Hkewise found in Cuba. — Wiegmann. 



