synopsis OK fJENKRA. XCV 



cavity; soft palate wiih a deep 



median ^-oove, narrowiujj puste- [p- •^•jA. 



riorly. [1 species.] ,13. M'uropteropics, 



/■'. Postzygomatic palate almost twice 

 as broad as loi;g ; maxillary tooth- 

 row not nearly reacliiug ventral 

 margin of orbital cavity ; soft 

 palate with a prominent median 



keel. [1 species.] 14. Xaiio/ii/rt>ris, p. 559. 



/('. rostzygomatic palate either much 

 uarrow-er posteriorly than ante- 

 riorly or entirely absent ; head 

 with poculifir white markings. 

 [/''. Postzygomatic palate long, its 

 lateral margins forming straight 

 lines converging posteriorly; no 

 whitish tufts at base of ear-conch. 



[1 specie^-.] 15. Scotoui/cferis, p. 563. 



k'. N postzygomatic palate, the meso- 

 pterygoid fossa continued forward 

 nearly to level of posterior molar ; 

 small whitish hair-tufts at biise 

 of ear-concli anteriorly and poste- 

 riorly. [1 species.] . .' 16. Cti.uiii/clen's, p. 568. 



<J'. Jh-ain-case not flattened posteriorly ; 

 no vvhitisli tufts at base of ear- 

 conch [Cynopteeus sp:ctiox.] 



e'. Cheek-teeth j;; rostrum less shortened: 

 orbit to tip of nasals subeq-ial to 

 lachrymal breadth. [The only Ethio- 

 pian genus of the section : 4 species.] 17. Mtjomjcteris,^.b7Q. 



f-. Cheek-teeth less than ^ ; rostrum 

 much shortened ; orbit to tip of 

 nasals much less than (only in 

 Sphcerias subequal to) lachrymal 

 breadth. 

 (f. Two or one pair of lower incisors, 

 lower canines normal in position ; 

 no3trils not tubular ; tongue witli 

 three circumvalhite papillse. 

 »'. Posuirbital foramen (through base 

 of pojtorbital process) present. 

 !\ Postorbital foramen large, pre- 

 maxilbe in simple contact in front ; 



cheek-teeth j (m- and m, lost) ; 

 membranes from first toe. 

 «''. Cranial ro.^trum much lower at 



canine than at p^ ; upper canines 



^vith .'^econdajy cusp at inner 



edge ; tail present. 



o". Incisors 7, — ^, i" not shortened ; 

 upper canines without vertical 

 groove on front face. [6 species, 

 1(5 forms : Oriental, \N . Austro- 

 Malayan.] 18. Cynopterus, p. 08G. 



