Two Species of Mohssus. 67 



2. MOLOSSUS FULIGINOSUS. 



Plate III. Fig. 3. The head, fig. 4. 



Dysopes obscurus, Temra. Monog. T. p. 236, pi. XXII. fig 2. ? 

 Rhinopoma carolinensis, Geoff.? Desm. Mamm. p. 130 1 



Color sooty brown, paler beneath, ears blackish, wings dus- 

 ky. Ears very broad and ample, occupying the whole side of 

 the head, but not crimped like the preceding. Tragus small, 

 but obvious. Muzzle prominent, face set with long hairs, lips 

 full, but less so than in the former species. Wings long and 

 ample for the genus, with close, scattered, short whitish hairs 

 on the under side. The interfemoral membrane naked, and 

 extending a quarter of an inch further than the wing membranes 

 down the tibia, and terminating in a border, the wing mem- 

 brane ending abruptly. The tail is robust, extending seven- 

 tenths of an inch beyond the membrane. Outer toes fringed, 

 and all furnished with a few long hairs like the former species. 

 The fur is also similar, much reserftbling that of a common 

 mole or scalops. 



Incisors ^- canines -|=|- molars ^^? = 20. 



4 1—1 5 — 5 



Total length - - - 3.5 inches. 



Tail 1.4 " 



Fore arm 1.5 " 



Tibia 



Spread 9.6 " 



I have seen but a single specimen of this species, which was 

 sent to the Lyceum of Natural History by Dr. JJoykin, of 

 Milledgeville, Georgia, where it was procured, and.it appears 

 to be altogether unknown to naturalists. With the exception 

 of the legs, from which the bones had been removed and the 

 skin unnaturally stretched, the specimen is in good preserva- 



