MAMMALIA. 737 



8. 305 — 310. Comp. Leach Trans, of (he Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 77, PI. 7, 

 Gray Ann. of nat. Hist. iv. pp. 3 — 5. 



t+ Bats with nose furnished with crest or foliaceous lamellce. 



{Histiorhina.) 



2 

 Rhinopoma Geopfr. Incisor teeth ^ 5 upper small, separate ; 



4-4 



molars ^ — ^. Forehead excavated. Nostrils operculate by a 



small lamina. Tail connate by its base with the intercrural mem- 

 brane, produced beyond the membrane. 



Sp. Rhinopoma microphyllum Geoffb. ; habitat in Egypt. I have not 

 seen this species. 



2 4-4 



Ny ctopMlus IjEKQK. Incisor teeth ^ ? molars t — 7. Nose with 



two transverse leaves, the posterior larger. Ears very large, elon- 

 gate, coalesced above the forehead. Tail of length of trunk. 



Sp. Nyctophilus Geoffroyi Leach ^, Temminck in Bijdragen tot de natuur- 

 kundiye Wetenscluippen, vii. 1832, pp. 143 — 145 (with fig.), Monogr. il. 

 pp. 46—48, PI. 34. 



4 4-4 



Nycteris Geoffe. Incisor teeth ^^ , molars ^ — ■=. Forehead 



deeply indented by a longitudinal groove, surrounded by cutaneous 

 folds. Ears large, not coalesced, almost always conjoined at the 

 base by a cutaneous fold extending over the forehead. Intercrural 

 membrane large, containing the tail terminating by a forked car- 

 tilage. 



Compare Geoffr. St.-Hilaire Ann. du Mus. xx. pp. 11 — 20, Peters 

 Meise iiach Mossamh., Sdugth. s. 44 — 50. — Sp. Nycteris javanica Geopfr. 

 1. 1. PI. I ; — Nycteris Daubentonii Geoffr., Buff. x. PI. 20, figs, i, 2 

 ( Vespertilio hispidus Schreb. Tab. 46, fig. Bdpf.) ; — Nycteris fuliginosa 

 Peters 1. 1. Tab. x. &c. These animals are found in Asia and Africa. 

 According to Geoffr. the skin is loose, as in frogs, which, however, is by no 

 means confirmed by Peters ; that these bats are able to inflate their skin, 

 as G. has certified, has been contradicted by this meritorious traveller. 



2 



Rhinolophus Geoffr. Incisor teeth j , or j, upper small, 



distant, in the cartilaginous intermaxillary bone. Molar teeth 



^ The characters of seven genera of Bats with foliaceous appendages to the nose; 

 Trans, of the Linnwan Soc. xiii. p. 23 sqq. 



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