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or Ears broad, short, approximate or connate, with the 



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 outer margin terminating in an erect lobe beyond the conch ; tragus 



small, concealed ; wings narrow, folded as in Taphozous ; intercrural 

 membrane short, truncate ; tail free at the tip ; feet short, thick, with 

 strong toes ; muzzl6 thick ; lips tumid, lax ; upper lip with coarse 

 wrinkles. 



34. Nyctinomus plicatus. 



Vespertilio apud BUCHANAN, Linn. Trans. Y. 11-18, with figure. 

 BLYTH, Cat. 88. N. bengalensis, GEOFFROY. N. dilatatus and tennis, 

 HORSFIELD. 



THE WRINKLED-LIPPED BAT. 



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 Descr. Ears large; incisors -; tail thick ; above smoky or snuff- 



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brown ; paler and somewhat ashy beneath. 



Length, 4J to 4 T 7 ^ inches ; expanse 13J ; tail If. 



This curious-looking bat is generally distributed throughout the 

 country. It is tolerably common about Calcutta, and I have taken it 

 near Madras. It frequents ruins, dark buildings, and occasionally, it is 

 said, the hollows of trees. Several species are found in Africa. 



Cheiromeles torquatus, a very curious bat found in Java, has the thumb 

 of the hind feet separate from the toes, and capable of separate motion. 



Most of the other species of this family of bats are American ; and 

 some of them have a very remarkable physiognomy. 



Fam. VESPERTILIONID^E. 



No facial leaf; ears usually separated; upper incisors four or two, 

 the two middle ones apart ; five or six lower incisors, sharp and some- 

 what notched ; molars with *very pointed tubercles ; lips simple ; tail 

 long, included in the membrane ; wings wide ; a single phalanx in the 

 index fingers. 



This family comprises the ordinary bats, and is divided into two 

 groups, differing in the number of teeth. They are of general distribution. 



Sub-fam. SCOTOPHILIN^E. 



Molars or - ; ears of medium size ; upper incisors in adults 



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4 or 2, widely separated, and close to the canines. 



The species of this sub-family have the muzzle somewhat more 



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