12 HOLLISTER. 



Family EMBALLONURID^. 



Genus EMBALLONURA Temminck. 



1838. Emballonura Temminck, Van der Hoven's Tijdschrift Nat. 

 Gesch. en Physiol., 5, 22. Type. — Emballonura monticola Temminck. 



Small insectivorous bats; proximal phalanx of third finger 

 flexed on dorsal surface of metacarpal when at rest ; muzzle with- 

 out special cutaneous outgrowths; tragus present; eyes large, 

 rather prominent. Tail perforates the interfemoral membrane 

 and appears on its upper surface distinctly back from edge. Up- 

 per incisors four. Head and body about 38 millimeters. 



Emballonura monticola Temminck. 



1838. Emballonura monticola Temminck, Van der Hoven's Tijdschrift 

 Nat. Gesch. en Physiol., 5, 25. 



1839. Vespertilio {Nycticeus) alecto Eydoux and Gervais, Voyage 

 autour du Monde, 5, pt. 2, 7. (Manila, Luzon.) 



1862. Emballonura discolor Peters, Monatsb. Konigl. Preuss. Akad. 

 (1861), 711. (Paracali, Luzon.) 



Type locality. — Java. Luzon (Dobson). 



Genus TAPHOZOUS Geoffroy. 



1813. Taphozov^ Geoffroy, Descr. de I'Egypte, 2, 118. Type. — Tap- 

 hozous perforatus GEOFFROY. 



Philippine species larger than Emballonura, with short muzzle, 

 deep hollow between eyes, and tail perforating interfemoral 

 membrane, free for at least 10 millimeters. Colors brown or 

 black, frequently marbled with lighter. Upper incisors two. 

 Proximal phalanx of third finger flexed on dorsal surface of me- 

 tacarpal when at rest, as in Emballonura. 



Taphozous philippinensis Waterhouse. 



1845. Taphozous philippinensis WATERHOUSE, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 Jan. 14, (1845), 9, April. 



Type locality. — Philippine Islands. Luzon (Matschie) ; Min- 

 danao (Hoffman). 



Taphozous pluto Miller. 



1910. Taphozous pluto Miller, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 38, 396, August 

 19. 



Type locality. — Mercedes, 15 kilometers east of Zamboanga, 

 Mindanao. Mindanao (Miller); Luzon (Miller). 



