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compressus margine anteriore lato, expanso, foliaceo, lobato, me- 

 dio basi convexo ; fernira equinuin anterius magnum simplex ex- 

 pansum, centro inciso, setosum ; labium inferius duabus verrucis 

 triangularibus in medio notatum. iV/a?M»i(? in pube distinctee. Al(e 

 a digitorum basi. 



Nose-leaf very large, complicated ; hinder part lanceolate, erect, 

 vith three large cells on each side in front ; centrai process com- 

 pressed, \vith an expanded broad foliaceous lobed front margin, and 

 \vith a convexity in the front of its base edge, formed by a diverging 

 ring on each side in front. The front horse-shoe large, sinaple, ex- 

 panded, nicked in tlie centre, very hairy ; lov\er lip \vith t\vo trian- 

 gular warts in the centre. Pubal teats distinct. Wings from the 

 base of the toes. 



This genus may be divided into two sections : — 



1. The interfemoral acutely produced ; tail as long as the shin 



and foot. Rhiiiolophtis luctus, Temm. 



2. Interfemoral truncate ; tail as long as shin. R. tri/oliatus, 



Temm. 

 We have a specimen in s])irit in the Brit. Mus., which differs from 

 Temminck's description of Rk. luctus in several particulars, but these 

 diiferences may arise from his description having been taken from a 

 dry specimen. 



6. Rhinonicteris. 



Ch.gen. — Prosthema breve, erectum, cella utrinque, et altera anteriore 



in medio basi ; processus centralis compressus, anterius planus ; 



ferrum equinum emarginatum, concavum ; inter nares culmen fira- 



briatum. Aures magnae. AlcB a talo. Dentes incisores ^ incisi ; 



superiores distincti ; labium inferius triangulari tuberculorum mole 



scabrum. 



Nose-leaf short, conical, erect, with a cell on each side and one 

 in the centre of the front of its base ; the centrai process compressed, 

 flattened in front, and ^vithout any pit beneath ; the horseshoe 

 deeply nicked, concave, with a longitudinal anterior fringed ridge, 

 ending in a pit behind, between the nostrils, and with a ridge over 

 the nostrils on each side. Ears large, separate. Tragus none. Pubes 



. Wings from the ankle. Cutting teeth ^, notched ; upper 



distinct ; lower lip with a triangular group of small w'arts in front. 



Type, Rh. uurantius = Rhinolophus aurantius, Gray ; Eyre's Cen- 

 tral Australia, i. 406. t. 1. fig. 1. 



Hah. Port Essington. 



3. Drafts for an arrangement of the Trochilid^ or Humming- 

 BiRDS. By j. Gould, Esq., F.R.S. (continued.) 



Genus Eriopus. 



Gen. char. — Bill straight, moderately long ; tail slightly forked ; 

 tarsi thickly clothed \vith downy feathers, forming a thick ruft' round 

 the leg. 



Sexes nearly alike in colour. 



Type, E. vestita. 



