MAMMALIA. 737 



s. 305 310. Comp. LEACH Trans, of the Linn. Soc. xin. p. 77, PL 7, 

 GRAY Ann. of not. Hist. iv. pp. 3 5. 



ft Bats with nose furnished with crest or foliaceous lamellae. 



(Histiorhina.) 



2 

 Rhinopoma GEOFFE. Incisor teeth j, upper small, separate; 



4-4 



molars = =. Forehead excavated. Nostrils operculate by a 

 o o 



small lamina. Tail connate by its base with the intercniral mem- 

 brane, produced beyond the membrane. 



Sp. Rhinopoma microphyttum GEOFFR. ; habitat in Egypt. I have not 

 seen this species. 



2 4 4 



Nyctophilus LEACH. Incisor teeth j, molars T^-J- Nose with 



two transverse leaves, the posterior larger. Ears very large, elon- 

 gate, coalesced above the forehead. Tail of length of trunk. 



Sp. Nyctophilw Geojfroyi LEACH 1 , TEMMINCK in Bijdragen tot de natuur- 

 Jcundige Wetenschappen, vn. 1832, pp. 143 145 (with fig.), Monogr. II. 

 pp. 4^48, PI. 34- 



4 4 4 



Nycteris GEOFFR. Incisor teeth ^ , molars = = . Forehead 



b o o 



deeply indented by a longitudinal groove, surrounded by cutaneous 

 folds. Ears large, not coalesced, almost always conjoined at the 

 base by a cutaneous fold extending over the forehead. Intercniral 

 membrane large, containing the tail terminating by a forked car- 

 tilage. 



Compare GEOFFR. ST.-HILAIRE Ann. du Mus. xx. pp. u 20, PETERS 

 Reise nach Mossamb., Saugth. B. 44 50. Sp. Nycteris javanica GEOFFR. 

 1. 1. PL i ; Nycteris Daubentonii GEOFFR., BUFF. x. PL 20, figs, i, 2 

 (Vespertilio hispidus SCHREB. Tab. 46, fig. BUFF.); Nycteris fuliffinoea 

 PETERS 1. 1. Tab. x. &c. These animals are found in Asia and Africa. 

 According to GEOFFR. the skin is loose, as in frogs, which, however, is by no 

 means confirmed by PETERS ; that these bats are able to innate their skin, 

 as G. has certified, has been contradicted by this meritorious traveller. 



2 



Rhinolophus GEOFFR. Incisor teeth ^ , or j , upper small, 



distant, in the cartilaginous intermaxillary bone. Molar teeth 



1 The characters of seven genera of Bats mth foliaceous appendages to the nose; 

 Travs. of the Linn&an Soc. xni. p. 23 sqq. 



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