250. ON THE GLOSSOPHAGIN#. 
First digit : Millimeters. 
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Second digit: 
Length of second metacarpal bone 
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Third digit: 
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Fourth digit: 
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Fifth digit: : 
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Length of tail 
LEPTONYCTERIS. 
Upper central incisors separated by wide interval. Proencephalon not forming an 
eminence on the brain case. No spine at upper margin of the anterior nasal aperture 
caused by union of the free margins of the nasal bones. Tail none. Second phalanges 
of third, fourth and fifth digits sharply flexed on the first. 
Dental formula: i. 4—c. +— prm. 3—m. ?= 18. 
Leptonycteris nivalis Saussure. 
Auricle small, nearly one-half the length of the face, slightly emarginate at basal 
half outer border. Internal basal lobe scarcely free; external basal lobe convex, inner 
lappet crescentic. Tragus straight on inner, convex on outer side; basal lobe conspicuous. 
Nose leaf projects far beyond non-ribbed pedicle. The latter forms a wart-like contour 
inferiorly. The upper lip is narrow and provided with two inconspicuous nodules. Car- 
tilages at the end of digits are as in Glossophaga. Calcar rudimental, scarcely one-fifth 
the length of the tibia. 
Tongue furnished on sides and dorsum with minute, hair-like papille. The side of 
