in Cuba by W. S. MacLeay. 7 



while in that species two oblique ridges continue separate 

 nearly to the base. 



It is not easy to distinguish the species as described by 

 M. Temminck, for his figures and descriptions appear to have 

 been mostly taken from stuffed and dried specimens^ in which 

 state the peculiarities of the face and ears, which are often the 

 most characteristic parts of the species, are frequently de- 

 stroyed. The species of this genus that are in the British 

 Museum may be thus divided. 



* Gland on the throat very large and distinct. 



a. The lobule of the ear semi- ovate with a large base ; ears 



large, forehead rounded, 



Mol. rufus. Chestnut with whitish tips to the hairs ; nose 



with a crenulated ridge over, and a broad flat bristly space 



between, the nostrils ; tail thick, half free. 



b. The lobule of the ears round, compressed, with a contracted 

 base ; forehead keeled, 



Mol. velooQ, Chestnut, nose with a diverging ridge from the 

 centre of the space between the nostrils ; tail thick. 



MoL tropido7'hynchus. Chestnut, nose with a longitudinal 

 central ridge, and then a nearly straight crenulated cross ridge 

 over the nostrils ; tail tapering, thin. 



** Gland on the throat very small, rudimentary. 



Mol.fuUginosus. Black, tail elongate, slender, tapering ; 

 nose with a diverging ridge from the centre of the space be- 

 tween the nostrils ; lobule round, compressed, contracted at 

 the base ; forehead keeled. 



Mol. Norfolkensis. Grey-black, beneath grey ; tail elon- 

 gate, tapering ; nose without any ridge ; lobule small, round, 

 not contracted at the base, ears acute ; forehead not keeled ? 



Tribe Vespertilionina. 



Scotophilus Cubensis. Fur blackish-brown (in spirits) ; 

 wings dark, blackish; underside of the interfemoral membrane 

 whitish, with scattered hairs ; feet large ; heel bone short, ta- 

 pering ; ears moderate, entire ; tragus ovate-lanceolate. Body 

 and head 2| ; tail If ; fore arm 1|. 



Hab. Cuba. 



