634 NYCTIELLUS. 



134. Nyctiellus. 



I.g; c.|=J; P.2=2; M.g = 3 8. 



Nyctiellus Gerv. Expend, du Comte de Castelnau, Ame"r. Sud. Mamm., 



1855, p. 84, Plate xv, fig. 6. Type Vespertilio lepidus Gervais. 



First premolar minute; crown elevated, highest at posterior 



margin; rostrum broad and lengthened; thumb prominent; wing 



membrane from near ankle, and with the interfemoral membrane, is 



covered with dotted lines similar to those of Natalis. Legs only as 



long as body; tail long, wholly inclosed in interfemoral membrane; 



inner pair of upper incisors diverge from outer pair, their tips pointing 



inward and nearly touching. 



FIG. 127. NYCTIELLUS LEPIDUS. 



No. 103898 U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. 

 Enlarged zy z times. Face view enlarged 7 times. 



597. lepidus (Vespertilio}, Gerv., in Ramon de la Sagra, Hist, de 

 1'isle de Cuba, Mamm., 1838, p. 22, pi. i, figs. 1-4. 



barbatus GundL, Wiegm., Archiv. f. Naturg., 1840, p. 356. 



macrurum Gerv., Compt. Rend. Acad. Scien., Paris, 1856, p. 547. 

 GRACEFUL BAT. 



Type locality. Cuba. 



Geogr. Distr. Island of Cuba; Isle of Pines. 



Genl. Char. Size very small; inner side of conch convex forward, 

 tip rounded slightly, the margin convex on lower half, concave for 

 remainder; tragus triangular with a small lobe at base and ending 

 above in a lengthened narrow spur on inner margin; ears moderate, 

 their lower halves hidden in fur. 



Color. Above mummy brown, base of fur pale cinnamon; be- 



