SYNOPSIS OF THE 



191. 2. N. Rufus (Red Bulldog Bat.) Body above and 

 below red ; the four legs and ears nearly naked, reddish. 



Noctilio Rufus, Spix. Sim. Braz. 51 . 

 Icon. Spix, Sim. Braz. f. 35, f. 1. 

 Inhabits Brazil. 



192. 3. N. Albiventer (White-bellied Bulldog Bat.) Body 

 above fuscous brown, beneath whitish ; with a whitish line 

 down the centre of the back. 



Noctilio Albiventer, Spix, Sim. Braz. 58. Not the Albi- 

 venter of GeofFroy. 



Icon. Spix, Sim. Braz.f. 35, f. 2, 3. 



Inhabits the banks of the River St. Francis, Brazils. 



VIII. Phyllostoma. GeofFroy. Incisive teeth |, pressed 

 close between the canine teeth, the intermediate being the 

 largest ; canine teeth W ; cheek teeth ||- = 32. The nose sup- 

 porting two membraneous crests, one like a leaf, and the other 

 like a horse-shoe. Ears large, naked, not united. Oreillon 

 internal. Tail and interfemoral membrane varying in the 

 sevei'cd species. Tongue furnished with sharp horny prickles. 



*^* Tail distinct, shorter than the extent of the inter- 

 femoral membrane. 



193. 1. P. CreTiM/afMw (Indented Phyllostome Bat.) The 

 foliaceous nasal appendage forming a long triangle with 

 the edges jagged or indented, appended to the horse-shoe 

 membrane; under lip furnished with warts. End of the 

 tail freed from the surrounding membrane. Length of body 

 between two and three inches ; expanse of wings about 

 fourteen inches. 



Phyllostoma Crenulatum, Geoff. Ann. Mus. torn. xv. 

 p. 183. 



Icon. Ann. Mus. xv. pi. 10. 

 Habitat unknown. 



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