346 On the Classification of the Genera of CMroptera. 



Gray (1866). 



Distributed between 

 the familiea Rhinolo- 

 ]}hid(e and J'espertilio- 

 nidce. 



Fam, Noctilionidae. 



Gen. Mj'stacina. 

 Noctilio. 

 Mormops. 

 Pliyllodia, 

 Cliilonycteris. 

 Pterouotiis. 

 Spectrelliim, 

 Myopteris. 

 Nyctinomus. 

 Subg. Tadarida. 

 Gen. Molossus. 

 Subg. Mormopterus. 

 Promopa. 

 Gen. Cbeironieles. 



Dobson (1875). 

 Fam. Nycteridae, 



I Gen. Megademia. 

 I Nycteris. 



Fam. Emballonuridae. 



Gen. Mystacina. 

 Noctilio. 

 Tapliozous. 

 Emballonura. 

 Saccopteryx. 



(Peropteryx, 



Cormura, 



Balantiopteryx.) 

 Rhynclionycteris. 



(Centionycteris.) 

 Ooleura. 

 Diclidurus. 

 Fm-ia. 



Nyctinomus. 

 Mormopterus. 

 Molossus. 

 CUieiromeles. 

 Rhinopoma. 



Pet&rs (1865-1867). 

 Fam. Megadermata. 



Gen. Rhinopoma. ] 



Megaderma. ( 



Nycteris. [ 



Nyctophilus. ) 



Fam. Brachynra. 



Gen. Mystacina. 

 Noctilio. 

 Taphozous. 

 Emballonura. 

 Saccopteryx. 

 Peropteryx. 

 Oormura. 

 Balantiopteryx. 

 Rhynchonycteris. 

 Centronycteris. 

 Coleura. 

 Diclidurus. 

 Furia. 



Fam. Molossi. 



Gen. Nyctinomus. 

 Subg. Mormopterus. 



Gen. Molossus. 

 Subg. Proraops : Mo- 

 lossops. 



Gen. Ohiromeles. 



It will 1)6 seen that the family Nycte7-iJ(e contains two only 

 of the four genera included under Megadermata^ Peters, a 

 term, however, previously used by Wagner* to denote one 

 of the subfamilies into which he divided his family Istiophor-a, 

 and which also included Macrotus^ a genus of Phyllostomidai 

 from Central America. I have therefore thought it better to 

 drop the name Megadermata altogether than by retaining it to 

 add to the confusion previously existing. 



Comparison of the genera of the other families shows that 

 (with the exception of li/n'nojjoma) the genersiof Emhalloniirt'dce 

 exactly correspond to those included in the two families Bra- 

 chyura and Molossi^ Peters, while of the eleven genera con- 

 tained in Noct{lio7iidce^ Grray, five only are found among the 

 fourteen which make up the family EmhallonuridcB, the 

 remaining seven being partly referable to the Fhyllostomido'^ 

 partly to Vesjoertilionida' f. 



• Suppl. Schreber, S;iugeth. v. p. 639 (1856). 



t Seven of the genera included by me in the Emhallonurida were pre- 

 viou.sly classed by Dr. Gray among the VespertHiortid(P. 



