SYNOPSIS OF THE 



IV. Nyctinomus. GeofFroy. Incisive teeth ^, conical and 

 contiguous in the upper jaw, small in the lower; canine W; 

 cheek teeth ||, furnished with sharp tubercles = 28. Nose 

 flat, and on a level with the lips, which are deeply cleft or 

 wrinkled. Ears large, and. united with exterior tragus. 

 Tail long, extending in part beyond the interfemoral mem- 

 brane. No appendage to the nose. Wings very large. Hind 

 feet covered with long hair. 



181. 1 . iV". ^gyptiacus (Egyptian Nyctinome.) Red above, 

 brown beneath ; upper lips much wrinkled. Interfemoral 

 membrane enveloping half the tail, and destitute of mus- 

 cular bands. Length of body about three inches. 



Nyctinome d'Egypte, Geoff. Mem. de Vlnstitut de I'Egypte, 

 Hist. Nat. tom. ii. 28. 



Icon. Geoff. Egypt, pi. 2, No. 2. 

 Inhabits Egypt. 



182. 2. N. Bengalensis (Bengal Nyctinome.) Tail thick. 

 Upper lips having several folds. Interfemoral membrane 

 with muscular bands *. About the size of N. ^Egyptlacus. 



Vespertilio Plicatus, Buchanan, Voyage to India. Trans- 

 actions of the Li?i. Soc. v. 263. Nyctinomus Bengalensis, 

 Geoff. Mgypt. His. Nat. tom. ii. 130. 



Icon. Lin. Soc, Transactions, vol. v. t. 13. 



Inhabits Bengal. 



Obs. Buchanan describes but two incisives in each jaw. 



183. 3. iV.^ce/ai^'Z^/o^^^ (Port Louis Nyctinome.) Brown- 



* Mr. Gray observes, from a specimen in spirits in the British Museum, 

 which agrees with Buchanan's description, that the interfemoral membrane 

 is destitute of muscular baud, but that it is plaited on each side of the 

 tail, which gives it the appearance represented in Buchanan's plate, which 

 has been mistaken for muscular bands by Geoffroy ; consequently that the 

 first describer's name is most characteristic. 

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