124 iTisKOi'iD.ii;. 



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

 nearly to the base of the second toes. Cutting-teeth (4_ in plate) -|. 



Meg-re ra, Temm. Megaerops, Peters, 18G5 (mere nominal alteration). 



Megaera ecaudata. The Megcera. 



Ashy, back brown ; forearm 2 inches. 



Pachysoma ecaudatum, Temm. Man. ii. p. 94. Megajra ecaudata, 

 Temm. Man. ii. p. 859, t. 09. Pteroptis ecaudatus, Wagner, 

 Schreb. v. p. Gil. 



llab. Sumatra. Mus. Leyden. 



Tribe VI. EPOMOPIIORTNA. 



Cutting-teeth -j, lower in a regular series. False grinders #.4, 

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

 very long, swollen 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 linger clawed. Wings and intcrfemoral membrane attached 

 to the foot as far as the baso of the toes. Tail none. — Murray, 

 P. Z. S. 18G2, t. 1. 



Ilypsignathus, Allen, Proc. Acad. N. S. Philad. 18G1, p. 15G. Sphy- 

 rocephalus, A. Mm rag, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 8. 



" Skull 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 4_ . The incisors small, regular, and se- 

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

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



Hypsignathus monstrosus. B. M. 



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

 Sphyrocephalus labrosus, Gray, P. Z. S. ; Murray, P. Z. S. 18G2, 

 p. 8, t. 1 . 



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



