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acutely tuberculaj', three on eacli side in each jaw, the hinder ones short and 

 broad, with one, two, or three false grinders in front of them ; inter-maxil- 

 laries separate from one another in the front of the palate, leaving a notch 

 between the cutting teeth. 



Genus Scotojohiltis. Leach. 



Face short and broad, neai-ly bald ; a short groove behind the nostrils ; 

 forehead flat ; ears separated, of medium size ; only two incisors in the upper 

 jaw, and none in the lower one ; tail long, extending to the end of the inter- 

 femoral membrane, and enclosed the whole way. 



SCOTOPHILUS TUBERCULATUS. Forst. 



Short-eared Bat. 



Fur long ; above reddish brown, dai'ker on the head, neck, and shoulders ; 

 below yellowish-brown, darker on the throat and breast ; membrane brown ; a 

 few short bristles on the muzzle ; ears rounded ; tragus short, thick, and 

 rounded at the tip. Length, from the snout to the root of tail, 2 inches ; of 

 tail, 1 -5 inches ; extent of wings, 1 1 inches ; length of head, -6 inch ; of ear, 

 •4 inch ; of tragus, -2 inch. 



Spread over both islands. 



Family Koctilionidce. 



Nostrils on the sides of the nose ; the cutting teeth in the middle of the 

 intei'- space between the canines ; canines wide apart in front; grinders acutely 

 tubercular, three on each side in each jaw, the hinder upper short and broad, 

 with one or two small false grinders in front of them ; forehead flat ; inter- 

 maxillaries small, close in front. 



Genus Mystacina. Gray. 



Muzzle elongated ; face simple ; ears separated ; two incisors above and 

 two below, the iipper ones large ; tail short, the tip protruding from the upper 

 surface of the inter-femoral membrane ; claw of the thumb divided. 



Mystacina velutina. 



Long-eared Bat. 



Mystacina tuherculata. Gray. 



Fur short, erect ; greyish-brown, lighter on the under surface ; membrane 

 greyish-brown, transversely grooved near the body ; a row of short bristles 

 round the muzzle ; ears oval, tragus long, subulate ; inter-femoral membrane 

 truncated; length from snout to the root of the tail, 2-35 inches; of tail, 



