76 MAMMALIA. CHEIROPTERA. 



Gen. 45. SCOTOPHILUS, Leach. 



Incisors | ; in the upper jaw the two lateral teeth shorter ; 

 molars f , furnished with acuminated processes. 



S. Kuhlii, Leach. Ferruginous,, with the ears, nose, and wings brown; 

 ears distinct, auricle small ; tail reaching to the end of the mem- 

 brane. Lin. Trans, xiii. pi. 1. 



Gen. 46. ARTIBEUS, Leach. 



Incisors f , the two intermediate in the upper jaw largest ; in 

 the lower jaw truncated, the intermediate ones reeded in front ; 

 molars T 8 <j, the posterior ones small. 



A. Jamaicensis, Leach. Dark-coloured above, mouse-coloured below ; 

 ears, nasal appendages, and membranes dark brown ; two nasal 

 appendages, the one horizontal, the other vertical and acumina- 

 ted ; no tail. Inhabits Jamaica. Lin. Trans, xiii. pi. 1. 



Gen. 47. DIPHYLLA, Spix. 



Incisors f , canines J-f , scarcely exserted; molars f-f ? or f-f ? 

 short, apex erenulated ; nose with two short erect truncated 

 leaves placed close together ; posterior legs nearly as long 

 as the arms ; tail and interfemoral membrane deficient. 



D. ecaudala, Spix. Body with woolly, hair back fuscous brown ; 

 head and abdomen brownish gray ; wings blackish, nearly naked; 

 face near the ears naked. Brazil. Spix, Sim. Braz. 136, fig. 7- 



Gen. 48. MONOPHYLLUS, Leach. 



Incisors , the two intermediate the largest, canines j-, mo- 

 lars -f , the two first in the upper jaw distant, the rest tu- 

 berculated on both edges ; the second and third in the lower 

 jaw with a space between them. 



M. Redmani, Leach. Brown above, mouse-coloured below ; mem- 

 branes, ears, and nasal appendage brown ; nasal leaf erect, acute ; 

 ears round; beard elongated. Jamaica. Lin. Trans, xiii. pi. 1. 



Gen. 49. DYSOPES, F. Cuv. 

 Incisors f, upper close, elongate, elliptical ; canines f-}, molars 



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D. mops. Inhabits India. F. Cuv. Denis, de Mam. 49. 

 Gen. 50. NYCTOPHILUS, Leach. 



Incisors f, canines |-J, molars |-|. Upper incisors short 

 and conical, the under equal ; first molar in the upper jaw 

 acute, with one tubercle ; the second and third with four tu- 

 bercles, and the fourth with three. 



N. Geoffroyii, Leach. Back dirty brown, under parts whitish ; ears 



