736 CLASS XVII. 



approximate. Forehead with a rounded cavity. Ears moderate, 

 separate. Tail short, emerging by its free tip above the inter- 

 crural membrane. 



Sp. Taphozous mauritianus Geopfe., Gu^rin Iconogr., Mammif. PI. 9, fig. 

 I (fig. of head) ; — Taphozous leucopterus Temm. in V. D. Hoeven Tijdschr. 

 V. p. 12, Tab. I, fig. 7, Monogr. il. PI. 60, fig. 7 (see cranium in Peters 

 1. 1. Tab. 13, figs. 20, 21); both from Africa. Other species are from 

 Asia, as Taph. longimanus Hardwicke, Trans, of the Linn. Soc. xiv. 1825, 

 p. 525, PI. 17 ; — Taphoz. saccolaimus Temm. 1. 1. &c. 



Noctilio L. [Syst. nat. ed. xii, sp. of VespertiUo Gm.) Inci- 



4 



sor teeth ^ ; two middle upper elongate, acuminate, the lateral 



small, obtuse, deciduous, lower minute, bilobed; canines large; 



4-4 



molars ^ — ^ . Snout sliort, with upper lip cloven. Ears mode- 



rate, separate, lateral. Tail short, emergent by its apex above 

 the inter crural membrane. 



Sp. Noctilio leporinus, Vespertilio leporinus L, previously, Noctilio aniericanus 

 ejusd., Noctilio dorsatus Geopfr., Schreb. Sdugth. Tab. 60, Pr. Maxim. 

 Abbild. Lief, ix, £eitr. zur Naturgesch. Brasil. 11. s. 218 — 223, Guer. 

 Iconogr., Mammif. PI. 7, fig. 5 (fig. of head, mouth, skull, teeth). — Noctilio 

 unicolor Pr. Maxim, belongs, according to Burmeistee, to the same 

 species. — These South American bats would seem, according to some, to 

 feed on fruits, which is not probable; the Prince of Neuwied, too, has 

 found insects in the stomach oi Noct. dorsatus. 



4 5 — 5 



Chilonycteris Gray. Incisor teeth -r , molars ^ — ^ . Snout 



truncate. Lower lip marginate. Ears narrow, erect, remote, with 

 tragus distinct. Tail placed above the ample intercrural membrane, 

 free at the apex. 



A genus unknown to me. Comp. Gray in Annals of rmt. Hist. iv. 1840, 

 p. 4, Proceed, of the Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 20, Wagner Mimchn. Acad. 

 Ahhandl. v. i. 



4 5 — 5 



Mormo2)s Leach. Incisor teeth -^ , molars - — ^ . Ears large, 



connate, with tragus lunate. Lower lip expanded, sinuous, furnished 

 anteriorly with a quadrangular, warty lamella. 



Genus from the West Indies unknown to me ; according to Peters it 

 belongs to the following division (naso foliate). See Peters l/eb. die 

 Gattung Mormops, ArcJtiv fiir Naturgesch. 1856, 22te Jahrgang, Bd. i. 



