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MR. G. E. DOB«ON ON THE MOLOSSI. 



[Nov. 



forwards and downwards ; the cartilaginous sharply cut edges of the 

 nostrils projecting laterally and above, terminating the muzzle in 

 front ; sides of the face behind the eyes, in front of the ears much 

 flattened, in front of tbe eyes prominent, convex, concealing tbe eyes 

 when viewed anteriorly ; lips smooth, without vertical wrinkles, sides 

 of the lips very thick, the outer edge exceeding the inner in length, 

 fringed with short fine hairs. 



Clular sac large in male, rudimentary in female. 



Wings from the lower end of the tibia. 



Fur, above, reddish-brown ; paler, almost buff, at the base of the 

 hairs ; beneath, much paler. 



On the upper surface the wing-membrane is covered as far as a 

 line drawn from the middle of the humerus to the knee ; and a band 

 of fur extends from the commencement of the middle third of the 

 forearm along its posterior margin to the metacarpal bone of the 

 fourth finger, covering one third of its length, and passing across it 

 to the angle between it and the metacarpal of the third finger ; be- 

 neath, the wing-membrane external to the humerus is naked. 



First upper premolar minute, in the outer angle between the 

 canine and second premolar, lower incisors crowded, bifid. 



Length, head and body (about) 5"'0 ; tail 2" - 8 ; ear 1""5, tragus 

 0"'2x 0" - l ; forearm 2" - 9 ; thumb 0"*45 ; second finger — metacarp. 

 3"*0, 1st ph. l"-35, 2nd ph. l"-6' ; third finger — metacarp. 2"-9 t 

 1st ph. 1"-15, 2nd ph. 0"-25 ; fourth finger — metacarp. 1"G5, 1st 

 ph. 0"-9, 2nd ph. 0"-35 ; foot and claws 0"-65. 



Hab. Brazil (Lagoa Santa ; Parahyba ; Barra do Rio Negro ^; 

 Bolivia. 



Fie. 2. 



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Head of M. glaucinus. 

 8. MoLOSSUS GLAUCINUS. 



Dysopes ghnicinus, Natt., "Wagner, Wiegm. Archiv. 1843, p. 368 j 

 Suppl. Schreb. Saugeth. v. p. 710 (1855) ; Burmeister, Thiere Bra- 

 siliens, p. 73 (1854); Peters, Mon. Akad. Berl. 1866, p. 22. 



Molossasferox, Gundlach, Mon. Akad. Berl. 1861, p. 149; Peters, 

 /. e. 1865, p. 574. 



In the form of the muzzle and ears very similar to the preceding 

 species ; but the ears are comparatively much smaller ; laid forwards, 



