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N. tennis, Horsfield. Blackish brown ; wings of great length, and 

 very narrow ; tail slender, half enveloped in the interfemoral 

 membrane, the edge of which is folded and furnished with mus- 

 cular fibres Inhabits Java. 



N. Braziliensis, Geoff. Of a cinereous brown colour, lighter on 

 the lower parts, varying also from yellow to black in different 

 individuals. Upper lip not so deeply notched as in the Egyp- 

 tian species ; ears with folds or wrinkles. Isid. Geoff. Ann. des 

 Sciences, 1824. 



N. ? miirinus. Body blackish above, brown underneath ; wings, 

 ears, and head black. Interfemoral membrane destitute of mus- 

 cular bands. Described by Griffiths from Gray's MSS. 



Gen 29. CHEIROMELES, Horsfield. 



Incisors f , canines ^-j, molars J-| , = 26. Face conical ; ears 

 distant and spreading; operculum short, semicordate; blunt ; 

 interfemoral membrane short ; tail exserted ; thumb distinct, 

 claw flat, fringed on the edge with bristles. 



C. torquatus, Horsfield. Neck covered with longish hairs ; back na- 

 ked and dotted. Indian Archipelago. Horsf. Java, No. vii. 



Gen. 30. STENODERMA, Geoff. 



Incisors |, canines j-J, molars f-f , = 28. Nose simple ; 

 ears of medium size, lateral and isolated ; auricle interior ; in- 

 terfemoral membrane rudimentary, bordering the legs ; no tail. 



S. rufa, Geoff. Desm. Fur red uniform chestnut ; ears medium 

 size, oval, a little hollowed at the external border. Body about 

 three inches long ; spread of the wings ten inches. 



Gen. 31. NOCTILIO, Geoff. Cuv. Vespertilio, Lin. 



Incisors f, canines J- , molars f-f, = 26. Canines very 

 strong ; molars crowned with pointed tubercles ; muzzle short, 

 gibbous, cleft, and furnished with warts or fleshy tubercles ; 

 nose without appendages ; ears small, lateral ; interfemoral 

 membrane very large ; tail enveloped at its base ; nails of the 

 hind feet very robust. 



N. unicolor, Geoff. Desm. ( Vespertilio leporinus, Lin.) Peruvian 

 Bat, Shaw. Fur of a uniform reddish fawn colour. Size of a 

 rat. Inhabits Brazil, Paraguay, &c. Sliaw, i. pi. 41. 



N. dorsatus, Geoff. Desm. (Pteropus leporinus, Erxleb.) Fur of 

 a yellowish fawn colour, with a whitish band along the back ; bo- 

 dy four inches long ; spread of the wings 16 inches. S. America. 



N. albiventer, Geoff. Desm. Back reddish ; belly white. A little 



smaller than the preceding. 



Griffith supposes the last two to be only varieties of the Noctilio unicolor, and 

 makes a separate species of the N. albiventer, Spix, on the authority of his figure. 



