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Genus Miniopteius, Bonap. — Trilatitbu, Gray (in part). 



Top of the head much elevated; fare m ry -hurt, concave in it-, 

 longitudinal direction ; muzzle obtuse, not lniieh depressed, UOStrilfl 

 near together, with their upper and inner margins slightly project* 

 ing, the space between these projecting parts being slightlj emar- 

 ginate. This notch between the nostrils does not, however, pass 



downward through the upper lip, which is entire and rather pro- 

 minent. The nostrils themselves are crescent-shaped and open sub- 

 laterally. From the outer ride of each is a vertical notch or groove 



passing through the lip, but leaving its central portion entire and 

 slightly projecting*. Lateral parts of the lip thick and overhang- 

 ing. 



Lower lip with a distinct and clearly defined retlcx central portion, 

 as in Xattili'x, hut of much less extent. 



Ears angular-round, very short ; tragus short, of uniform hreadth, 

 round at the end, and curved inwards. Tail as long as the head 

 and body. Wing-membranes extending to the extremity <>/ the 

 tibice. Os calcis short. Cutaneous system ample ; middle pha- 

 lange of the second and third finger very .short. Fur very thick 

 and soft. 



Skull with the bony palate extending backwards as far as the 

 molar series only. Intermaxillary bones nearly meeting in front, 

 so as to allow space for a considerable interval on each side between 

 the outer incisors and the canines, and leaving only a small interspace 

 between the two inner incisors. Incisors placed across the opening 

 between the canines. 



1. MlNIOI'TERIS SCHREIBERSII. 



Vespertitio Schreibersii, Natt. in Kuhl, Wetter. Ami. iv. 11,1817 ; 

 Desm. Mamm. p. 138, 1820; Rsch. Synop. Mamm. p. 104, I 

 Temm. Mon. Mamm. ii. p. 174, 1835-41 ; De Selys-Longch. Etude 



Micro-mamm. p. 1138, 1839; Wagn. Supp. Schreib. Saugth. i. 508, 



1841. 



MiniopterU Schreibersii, Keys, et Bias. Wiegm. Arch. v. 

 1839; Die Wirbelthicrc Europ. p. xiii. et II, 1840 j Less. Nouv. 

 Tab. Regne Anim. p. 27, 1842. 



Miniopteris Ursinii, Bonap. Faun. [tal. fasc. 21. Pol. 100, l v 

 42 ; Gray, Mag. Zool. Bot. u. 197, 1838; De Selvs-Longch. Etude 

 Micro-mamm. p. L39, L839; Less, Nouv. Tab. R^gne Anim. p. 27, 

 1842. 



VeepertUio Ursinii, Temm. Mon. Mamm. ii. p. 179, 1835-1841. 



Feepertilio daeythrut, Temm. Mon. Mamm. ii. p. 2< 8. 



* This projecting i>art of the upper lip i- aomewbni lingular. Separal 

 the two vertical gi '. if i -1 m " ill,,i dearlj defined, an. I has 



lomewbat the appearance of the cartilaginou* forepart of I 

 minanti as that of the Sheep. It- lurface ii oonapicuonalj granular, 

 it exactly correapondi with the naked refiea portion of the lower Up, so that 

 when the month is closed the two parts fit closely together. 



