MAJIMAI.IA. 4G5 



of^tI? total 28 or 42. The upper middle largest, apex six- 

 pointed; the canines are scarcely exserted ; the molars have a 

 short crenulated apex; lips smooth, with two short, ei'ect, 

 truncated leaves, placed close together; hind legs nearly as long 

 as the anterior; tail and interfemoral membrane deficient. 



Diphylla ecaudata. — The Tailless Diphylla. — Fur on the 

 body woolly ; of a black fuscous-brown ; bead and abdomen 

 brownish-gray beneath ; wings blackish, nearly naked ; face de 

 nuded of hair near the ears. — Spix, Sim. Braz. 1.3, 6, f. 7. 



Genus 25. — Monophyllds. — Leach. 



Generic Character — Incisory teeth *, canines J-j, grinders ^-*; 

 total 30. The two intermediate incisors the largest ; the two 

 first, in the upper jaw, distant, the rest tuberculated on both 

 edges ; the second and third, in the lower jaw, with a space be- 

 tween them. 



Monophyllus Redmani. — Redman's Monophyllus. — fur 

 dark-biown above, mouse-colour beneath ; ears, membranes, and 

 nasal appendages, brown; only one of the nasal appendages erect, 

 and acute ; ears round ; beard elongated. Inhabits Jamaica. 



Genus 26. — Dysopes. — Fred. Cuvier. 



Generic Character. — Incisory teeth ^, canines {-}> molars 1-*- 

 total 28. Upper incisors close, elongated, and elliptical. 



Dysopes mops. — Inhabits India. — F. Cuvier's Dents de 

 Mara. 49. 



Genus 27.— Nyctophilus. — Leach. , 



Generic Character. — Incisory teeth |, canines J-}, molars *-* • 

 total 28. Upper incisory teeth conical and short, the under 

 equal; the first grinder in the upper jaw acute, with one tuber- 

 cle, the second and third with four tubercles, and the fourth 

 with three ; in the lower jaw the first is acute and conical, the 

 other three tuberculated. 



Nyctophilus Geoffrey. — Geoffroy's Nyctophilus. — Fur dull 

 brown on the back, whitish on the under parts ; ears broad ; 

 two erect nasal appendages, the posterior longest; membrane 

 blackish ; tail as long as the interfemoral membrane. Habitat 

 unknown. — Linn. Trans, xiij, p!. 1, 



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