SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Annates des Sciences Naturelles for April, 1824, and Zoolo- 

 gicalJour?ial, No. iii.p. 233. 



Icon. Ann. des Set. 1824. Zool. Journal, No. iii. pi. 11. 



Habitat Brazil. 



187. 7. N ? Murinus (Murine Nyctinome.) Body blackish 

 above, brown underneath ; wings, ears, and head black. 

 Interfemoral membrane destitute of muscular bands. Tail 

 about two-thirds exserted. Length of body two inches and 

 a half; of tail an inch ; expanse of wings eight inches. 



Nyctinomus Murinus, Gray, MSS. from a specimen in 

 the British Museum, the teeth of which cannot be exa- 

 mined. 



Icon. 



Inhabits Jamaica ? according to Redman. 



Obs. If the habitat is correctly stated, this is the second 

 species found out of the old continent. 



V. Cheiromeles. Horsfield. Incisive teeth § ; canine^; 

 cheek teeth |^. Face conical. Ears distant and spreading; 

 operculum short, semicordate blunt. Interfemoral membrane 

 short. Tail exserted. Thumb distinct ; claw flat, fringed 

 on the edge with a series of bristles. 



188. 1. C. Torquatus (Collared Cheiromeles.) Neck co- 

 vered with longish hairs ; back naked and dotted. 



Cheiromeles Torquatus, Horsfield, Zool. of Java, No. vii. 

 Icon. Horsfield Java, No. vii., and dissection of head. 

 Inhabits Indian Archipelago. 



VI. Stenoderma. Geoffroy. Incisive teeth ^, according 

 to Geoffroy, | according to Cuvier ; Canine i ; cheek teeth H 

 = 28. Ears moderate, lateral and distinct. Interfemoral 

 membrane merely rudimentary. Nose simple. Tail none. 



66 



