Miller — Twelve New Genera oj BaU. 85 



Phodotes gen. nuv. {Nalalidx). 



TllP<^- — NutaJus himidirostris Miller. 



Characters. — Like Nalalus, but maxillaries conspicuously inflated and 

 translucent, the swollen region concealing molar teeth when skull is viewed 

 from above. 



Species. — Phodotes tumidirostrls (Miller). 



Pizonyx gen. nov. ( Vespcvt'dlonklx). 



Type. — Myotis viresi Menegaux. 



Characters. — Like Myotis but with foot (claws included) as long as tibia, 

 the toes and claws so greatly compressed that width of claw is only about 

 one-eighth the height at base ; wing with large glandular mass near middle 

 of forearm. 



Species — Fizonj/x vivrsi (Menegaux). 



RhinoptQrus gen. nov. {Vespertilionida:). 



Type. — G lauconycteris Jtoireri de A\'inton. 



Characters. — Externally like a small Vesperlilio, but upper surface of 

 forearm, tail, and tibia thickly sprinkled with pointed, horny excrescences 

 resembling those on edge of ear in some 3/o/o.s.s/c/.-(', but larger. Skull differing 

 from that of Vespertilio in the nuich greater relative breadth of anterior 

 portion of braincase, shorter, lower rostrum, and in the form of the upi)er 

 toothrows, which are more concave on inner side and more convergent 

 anterior! J'. 



S/iecies. — Rldnopterus floweri (deWinton). 



Baeodon gen. nov. ( Vesperlilionidx). 



Type. — Ixliocjeessa. alleni Thomas. 



Characters. — Like lihogeissa but with reduction of outer lower incisor 

 carried so far that the tooth has become to a mere functionless spicule less 

 ^ than one-twentieth as large as first or second incisor, nearly concealed be- 

 neath cingulum of canine. 



Species. — Beeodon (dleni (Thomas). 



Eumops gen. nov. {Molossidx). 



Type. — Molossus califoruicns Merriam. 



Characters. — Like ifdloxsiis but skull slender, with hour-glass shaped or 

 nearly cylindrical interorbital region and no distinct sagittal crest ; palate 

 slightly arched but not domed ; upper incisor with slender, curved shaft 

 higher than length of crown ; lower incisors, 2-2 ; upj)er premolars, 2-2, 

 the small tooth (pm-) normally well formed and not deciduous ; tirst and 

 second upper molars with well developed hypocone. 



Species. — Eumops ahrasus (Temminck), E. bonariensis (Peters), E. caiifor- 

 nicus (Merriam), E. glauciiius (Wagner), E. maurus (Thomas), E. milleri 

 (J. A. Allen), jB. ?ia?rus {^IxWav), E. orthotis (H. Allen), E. perotis (Wied), 

 and E. trumbuUi (Thomas). 



