in Cuba by W. S. MacLeay. 7 



while in that species two oblique ridges continue separate 

 nearly to the base. 



It is not easy to distinguish the species as described by 

 M. Temminck^ for his figures and descriptions appear to have 

 been mostly taken from stuffed and dried specimens^ in which 

 state the peculiarities of the face and ears, which are often the 

 most characteristic parts of the species, are frequently de- 

 stroyed. The species of this genus that are in the British 

 Museum may be thus divided. 



* Gland on the throat very large and distinct, 

 a. The lobule of the ear semi-ovate with a large base ; ears 



large, forehead rounded. 

 Mol. rufus. Chestnut with whitish tips to the hairs ; nose 

 with a crenulated ridge over, and a broad flat bristly space 

 between, the nostrils ; tail thick, half free. 



b. The lobule of the ears round, compressed, with a contracted 

 base ; forehead keeled, 

 Mol, velox. Chestnut, nose with a diverging ridge from the 

 centre of the space between the nostrils ; tail thick. 



Mol, tropidorhynchus. Chestnut, nose with a longitudinal 

 central ridge, and then a nearly straight crenulated cross ridge 

 over the nostrils ; tail tapering, thin. 



** Gland on the throat very small, rudimentary. 



Mol, fuliginosus. Black, tail elongate, slender, tapering ; 

 nose with a diverging ridge from the centre of the space be- 

 tween the nostrils ; lobule round, compressed, contracted at 

 the base ; forehead keeled. 



Mol. Norfolkensis, Grey-black, beneath grey ; tail elon- 

 gate, tapering ; nose without any ridge ; lobule small, round, 

 not contracted at the base, ears acute ; forehead not keeled ? 



Tribe Vespertilionina, 



Scotophilus Cubensis, Fur blackish-brown (in spirits) ; 

 wings dark, blackish; underside of the in terfemoral membrane 

 whitish, with scattered hairs ; feet large ; heel bone short, ta- 

 pering ; ears moderate, entire ; tragus ovate-lanceolate. Body 

 and head 2| ; tail If ; fore arm 1|. 



Hab, Cuba. 



