SYNOPSIS OF THE 



throat, breast, and belly, yellowish-white ; ears large, tra- 

 gus simple ; length of body, an inch and a half; expanse 

 of wings, eight or nine inches, 



Vespertilio Hispidus, Gm. Syst.Nat. Nycteris Dauben- 

 tonii, Geoff. Egypt, ii. 387. 



Compagnol Volant, Daub. Mem. de I' Acad, des Scie7ices, 

 An. 1759. Autre Chauve-souris, Buffon, x. 



Icon. Buff. torn. x. pi. 20. /. 1 <^2. 



Inhabits 



228. 2. iV.Geq^-oyn, (Geoffroy's Nycteris.) Gray-brown 

 above, lighter underneath ; ears very large, tragus spiral ; 

 lower lip having a large wart at its extremity, situated be- 

 tween two lengthened furrows, in form of the letter V. 



Nycteris GeofFroyii, Desm. Mam. 127. Nycteris The- 

 baida, Geoff. Egypt, tom. ii. 



Icon. Geoff. Egypt. i\.j)l. I- fig. 2. and Skull, f. A. f. 111. 

 Inhabits Egypt, and probably Senegal. 



229. 3. N. Javanica (Nycteris Bat, of Java.) Bright-red 

 on the upper part of the body, reddish ash-colour under- 

 neath. 



Nycteris Javanica, Geoff. Egypt, Hist. Nat. tom. ii. 



Icon. 



Inhabits Java. 



XV. Rhinopoma. Geoffroy. Incisive teeth |, the upper 

 incisors separated from each other; canine teeth ^', cheek- 

 teeth 4f ; nose long, truncated, and surmounted with a small 

 leaf, nostril opeixulated ; ears large, united, and hanging 

 over the face ; inner ears ; forehead large, concave ; inter- 

 femoral membrane narrow, and cut square ; tail long, ex- 

 tending beyond the membrane. 



230. 1. R. Microphylla (Small-leaved Rhinopome Bat.) 



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