18/6.] MR. G. E. DOBSON ON THE MOLOSS1. "07 



Inc. ^ ; Pm. 7rj,\ ears separate; tragus triangular. 

 (Sul)gen. Myoptertts, Geoffr.)* 



1. MoEOSSUS TEMM1NCK1I. 



Di/sopes temminckii, Lund, Burmeister, Thiere Brasiliens, p. 72 

 (1854). 



Molossus (Molossops) temminckii, Peters, Mon. Akad. Berl. 1865, 

 p. 575. 



Ears rather small, pointed, their inner margins arising from the 

 forehead by separate points of origin : antitragus circular ; tragus 

 short and obtuse, with a broad base. Extremity of the nose slightly 

 prominent, broad, and flat, with an obtuse projection between the 

 nasal orifices, but without arched ridges above them. Lips smooth, 

 with a few straight hairs. 



Fur, above, reddish-brown at the extremities, the base of the 

 hairs yellowish-white ; beneath, similar, but paler. Integument and 

 membranes dark throughout. 



Calcanea very long, reaching almost to the tail. 



Length: head and body 1"*5 ; tail 1 "•(), tail free from membrane 

 0""5; forearm i*"2 ; calcaneum 0""6'5. 



Hah. Brazil (Lagoa Santa). 



The above description has been taken from the original description 

 by Burmeister, as I have not seen the type. 



2. Molossus planirostris. 



Molossus (Molossops) pi anirostr is, Peters, Mon. Akad. Berl. 18G5, 

 p. 575. 



Ears much shorter than the head, their inner margins arising; from 

 the sides of the superior surface of the face above and in front of the 

 eyes, their points of origin widely separate ; upper three fourths of 

 inner and outer margin regularly convex, forming almost an arc of a 

 circle ; keel of the ear-conch very slightly developed ; tragus short, 

 triangular, with a broad base, acutely pointed, inner margin straight ; 

 antitragus large and round, very similar in shape and size to that of 

 M. obscurus (p. 710), but its base is somewhat broader. Muzzle 

 flat, smooth and naked above, extremity obtuse, not obliquely 

 truncated ; the margins of the nasal apertures not prominent, placed 

 high above the margin of the upper lip ; lips smooth, not wrinkled. 

 A distinct, but not large, gular sac in c? , rudimentary or absent in 

 5 . Wings from the distal third of the tibiae. 



Fur very short ; above, dark-brown, the bases of the hairs white ; 

 beneath, along the sides of the body, brown ; the chin, neck, and a 

 broad longitudinal band on the chest and abdomen yellowish- white. 

 The fur of the body extends upon the wing-membrane, above and 

 beneath, nearly as far outwards as a line drawn from the middle of 



* These subgenera are indicated here, and at different places further On, for 

 convenience only, in order to avoid repeating the dental formula when describing 

 each species, not for the purpose of pointing out natural subdivisions of the 

 genera. 



