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II.— MISCELLANEA. 



Jacchus rufiventer. The red-bellied Marmozet. 

 Plate 18. 



Midas rufiventer, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hint, xii., 398, 

 J'.Z.S., 1865 ; Cat. Monkeys, &i:, Brit. Mun., 66. 



Midas elegantulus, Slack, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 

 1861, 463. 



Iilack, hinder part of the back wa.shed with ashy grey. 

 Tlie chest, belly, inside of limbs and the under-side of the 

 base of the tail bright dark rufous. Tip of the nose and 

 edges of the upper and lower lip white. Crown of the head 

 with a rufous spot, and the nape grey. 



Inhab. Mexico. 



Waterh., from Amboyna, as a variety of the same specie.s. 

 It is said to be very much like Miniopteris Schre.ihersii, but 

 the face appears more elongated, and rather more pointed, 

 and the nostrils more prominent; the ears are somewhat 

 longer. 



ScOTOPHlLUS Greyii. Captain Grey's Scotophilus. 

 Plate 20, fig. 2. 



Scotophilus Greyii, Gray; Gould, Momm. Austr. m., pi. 



45. 



Inhab. Port Essington. 



Scotophilus Gouldii. Gould's Scotophilus. 

 Plate 19, fig. 1. 



Scotophilus Gouldii, Gray, App. Grey's Narrative, 406 ; 

 Gould, Mamvi. Austr. in., p)l. 40. 



Blackish ; hinder half of the back brownish ; sides and 

 abdomen brownish ash. Ears rather large, broad. Tragus 

 half ovate. Under-side of the wings, and interfemoral mem- 

 brane with lines of hairs. 



Inhab. Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria. 



Miniopteris morio. The plain Miniopterus. 

 Plate 19, fig. 2 {Scotophilus morio). 



Scotophilus morio. Gray, Aptp. Grey's Narrative, 405 

 (1841) ; Gmild, Mamm. Austr. iii., p/. 41. 



Hack uniform brownish black, scarcely paler beneath. 

 Cheeks nearly black. Underside of wings, and interfemoral 

 membrane with lines of hairs. Heel-bone elongated, slender ; 

 Ears moderate, rounded. Tragus oblong, blunt. 



Inhab. Australia. 



Mr. Tomes, P.Z.S., 1858, 121, refers this species to the 

 genus Miniopteris, and considers it a variety of Miniopteri'i 

 hlepoiis of Java, and he considers Vespertilio Eschscholtzii, 



Scotophilus pumilus. The Dwarf Scotophilus. 

 Plate 20, fig. 1. 



Scotophilus pumilus. Gray, App. Grey's Narrative, 403 ; 

 Gould, Mamm. Av^tr. iii., pi. 46. 



Grey-brown, base of the fur blackish, beneath paler. 

 Cheeks blackish. Ears small, rather thin, longer than the 

 fur. Tragus elongate, half as long as the ears, rounded at 

 the end. Wings nearly bald, except near the arm-pit. Inter- 

 femoral membrane hairy at the base. Heel-bone elongate, 

 t^^■o-thirds the length of the margin of the interfemoral 

 membrane. 



Inhab. Australia, New South Wales. 



Mr. Tomes describes an allied species of a rather larger 

 size from Australia under the name of Scofophibcs pumi- 

 loides, P.Z.S., 1857, 51. 



Nyctophilus Geoffroyi. The Nyctophile. 

 Plate 21, fig. 1. 



Nyctophilus Geoffroyi, Leach, Linn. Trans, xiii., 73 ; 

 Tcmminck, Monogr. ii., 47 ; Tovies, P.Z.S., 1858, 29 ; Gmdd, 

 Mamm. Austr. iii., pi. 36. 



