124 I'iflROl'IU.'E. 



body hairy. Nostrils simple, lateral. Wings from the sides, attached 

 nearly to the base of the second toes. Cutting-teeth (-i in plate) ^. 

 Megsera, Temm. Megperops, Peters, 1805 (mere nominal alteration). 



Megsera ecaudata. The Mer/cera. 



Ashj', back brown ; forearm 2 inches. 



PacLysoma ecaudatiira, Temm. M<m. ii. p. 94. Megsera ecaudata, 

 Temm. Mon. ii. p. 359, t. 69. Pteropus ecaudatus, Wagner, 

 Schreh. v. p. 611. 



Hah, Sumatra. Mus. Leyden. 



Tribe VI. EPOMOPHORINA. 



Cutting-teeth -^, lower in a regular series. False grinders ^.^, 

 far apart, upper front wanting. Teeth often in bad state. Head 

 very long, swoUen in front. 



12. HYPSIGNATHUS. 



Head very large, oblong, thick, swollen and truncated in front. 

 The front of the upper jaw with a broad, expanded, bald, soft disk 

 ■with raised edges, notched on each side above and surrounding 

 the nostrils, which are separated by the narrow upper part of the 

 disk. The lower jaw rather swollen in front, and with a flattened 

 bald disk, -with a slight triangular notch in the middle of its upper 

 edge. Eyes large. Ears lateral, moderate. Thumb elongate, the 

 upper joint rather the longest. Wings from the sides of the back. 

 Index finger clawed. Wings and interfemoral membrane attached 

 to the foot as far as the base of the toes. Tail none. — Marray, 

 P. Z. /S'. 1862, t. 1. 



Il}^siguathus, Allen', Proc. Acad. N. S. Philad. 1861, p. 156. Sphy- 

 rocephalus, A. Murray, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 8. 



" SkuU very high. Nose broad at the summit. Nasal bones 

 much developed. Brain-cavity small. Lower jaw flattened and ir- 

 regular, depressed at the symphysis. Teeth 28. Grinders ^. False 

 grinders \. Cutting-teeth -i. The incisors small, regular, and se- 

 parate. Canines slender. First grinder poiuted. The lower incisors 

 close in front of the upper and hide them." — Allen. 



Hypsignathus raonstrosus. B. M. 



Hypsignatlius monstrosus, Allen, Proc. Acad. Philad. 1861, p. 156. 

 Sphvroceplialus labrosus, Gray, P. Z. 8. ; Murray, P. Z. S. 1862, 

 p. 8;t. 1. 



Hub. West Africa : Gaboon, Allen ; Old Calabar, Murray. 



