SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



short. Length of body above three inches ; expanse of 

 wings eighteen. Length of tail under two. 



Molossus Rufus, Geoff. Ann. du Mus. torn. vi. p. 155. 



Icon. 



Habitat unknown. 



170. 3. M. Ater (the Black Molossus.) Black, with a 

 silvery tinge on the back. Rather less than M. Rufus. 



Molossus Ater, Geoff. Ann. du Mus. torn. vi. 155. 



Icon, 



Habitat unknown. 



171. 4. M. Obscurus (the Brown Black Bat of d'Azara.) 

 Blackish brown above, dark beneath ; each hair white at 

 its root. Length of body between three and four inches; 

 expanse of wings about a foot. Tail an inch and a half 

 long. 



Molossus Obscurus, Geoff. Ann. du Mus. torn. vi. 155. 

 The dark Bator Ninth Bat of d'Azara, Quad, du Paraguay, 

 torn. II. 288. 



Icon. 



Inhabits Paraguay. 



Obs. Desmarest doubts the identity of the species of 

 GeofFroy with that of d'Azara. 



172. 5. ikf. -Fw^awn^er (the Brown Belly Bat.) Cinereous 

 brown above, cinereous beneath, except the belly, which is 

 brown in the middle of it. Body about two inches long. 



Vespertilio molossus, var. /3, Gin. Molossus Fusciventer, 

 Geoff\ Arm. Mus. vi. 155. Second Mulot Volant of Dau- 

 bentoii's Buffon, t. x. 



Icon. Buff. t.x. 19. 



Habitat unknown. 



Obs. Very similar to M.Longieaudatus, but distinguished 

 by the brown mark on the belly. 



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