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SCOTONYCTERTS. 



p" (in Nanoiiycferis above jiosfcerior half or back of m'). Postdental 

 palate essentiality different in length and outline from that of Nano- 

 nt/cteris, more similar to that of Cynoptems, its median length 

 much more than half the breadth between m'-m', and its lateral 

 margins converging backwards in straight lines. Postorbital 

 processes ver}- short and thin ; temporal ridges widely separated 

 (no sagittal crest), zygomata thin, nearly horizontal (only faintly 



li'ig. 42. — Scoionijcteris zenJccri, $. Fernando Po. No. 4.7.1.28 (type of 

 5. hedfordi). Shaded figures f (linear), outlines }. 



curved upward), but, owing to greater breadth of temporal fossa, 

 standing more widely out posteriori}- than in Nanonycteris. Hori- 

 zontal rami of mandible low, somewhat thickened below p^-m.,, 

 cbronoid low arid narrow, but not nearly so thin as in Nanonycteris 

 and much less sloping b&.ckward, angular process broadly rounded 

 off, condyle above le\^l &f alveolar line. 



i^ i^ c T) f) m 

 Deniilion (figs. 42 and 44).—.-^ . -* X 2 



Dental formula as in all Epomophorine bats, except Plerotes. 



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