OR BATS. 75 



acutely tubercular ; wings long and narrow ; body 

 thin ; tail thick. 



Genera : Taphozous, Noctilio, Proboscidea, 

 Aello> Cheiromeles, Nyctinomus, Molossus, Thy- 

 roptera, Myopteris, Diclidunis. 



V. PTEROPFNA. Nose simple. Grinders bluntly 

 tubercular ; nostrils slightly produced ; end of in- 

 dex-finger clawed ; head conical ; ears simple, 

 lateral ; tragus none ; wings long ; lower joint of 

 thumb long, united to the wing by a membrane ; 

 interfemoral membrane short ; tail none, or short. 



Genera : Pteropus, Pynopterus, Epomophorus, 

 Macroglossa, Harpyia, Cephalotes. 



The Bats which have hitherto been detected in 

 Britain, fifteen in number, belong to the second 

 and third of the above sections, namely, the Rhi- 

 nolophina and Vespertilionina, and are named as 

 follows : 



Rhinolophina, with nasal membrane. 

 I. RHINOLOPHUS. Nasal membrane thin, extended 

 into a transverse lanceolate leaf, with four cells at 

 its base, and with a toothed longitudinal crest in 

 the middle space, between the nostrils in front, and 

 a slight pit in its front ; ears large, separate ; pubes 

 with distinct false teats ; tragus small. 



1. /?A. Ferrum-equinum. Greater Horse-shoe Bat. 



2. Rh. Hipposideros. Smaller Horse-shoe Bat 



