504 Revision of the Genera of Bats, ^c. 



Inhabits Sumatra. Tail very short. This and the next are probably 

 varieties of the former. 



Cynopterus Diardii. Pachysoma Diardii;, Is. Geoff- Inhabits 

 Sumatra. 



Cynopterus Duvancellii. Pachysoma Duvancellii, Is. Geoff. In- 

 habits Sumatra. Thumb of wing elongated. 



Cynopterus melanocephalus. Pteropus melanocephalus, Temm. 

 Mon. t. 12, t. 18, f. 3, Seel. f. 4, teeth. Pachysoma melanocepha- 

 lum, I. Geoff. Inhabits Java. Wings very short, rounded. 



The Vespertilio Sphinx, Vahl. Natur. Selsk. Skriv. iv. 130, from 

 Tranquebar, probably belongs to this genus. 



45. Epomophorus, Bennett. — Head very large, muzzle acute 

 long ; grinders 5- front lower small ; tail none ? wings far back. 



a. Tnft of white hair near the ears, and another on the sides of 



the body, false grinders ^. 

 Epomophorus Whitii. Pteropus Whitii, Bennett, Trans. Zool. 

 Soct. — Pt.epomophorus,jBewne/^, Proc. Zool. Soc. Inhabits W.Africa. 



b. Tift of white hairs at the base of the ears ; head very long. 

 Epomophorus macrocephalus. Pteropus macrocephalus, Ogilby, 



Proc. Zool. Soc. iii. 100. Pt. megacephalus. Swains. Lardn. Cycl. 

 92, p. 31 and 154. Inhabits W. Africa. British Museum. 



c. Tnft of white hairs at the front base of the wing, head mode- 



rately long. 

 Epomophorus Gambianus. Pteropus Gambianus, Ogilby, 1. c. 

 W. Africa. 



46. Macroglossa, Lesson. Macroglossum, F. Cuv. not Fabr. Head 

 elongated ; muzzle slender, subcylindrical ; tongue long, slender, 

 exsertile, smooth ; wings from the sides of the back ; live chiefly on 

 the fruit of Eugenice. 



Macroglossa minima. Pteropus minimus, Geoff". Pt. rostratus, 

 Ilorsf Java, t. Temm. Monog. t. 15, f. 25,30, 1. 16, f. 1,2, M. kio- 

 dotes and M. Horsfieldii, Lesson. Inhabits Java, (Gen. Hardwicke.) 

 British Museum. East India Company. 



47. Habfyia, Illiger. not Cnv. Head short broad; lips thicks- 

 grinders ? wings arising from the centre of the back ; index- 

 finger clawed ; tail very short. 



Harpyia Pallasii, Desm. Cephalotes Pallasii, Geoff. Ann. Mus. 

 XV. Vesp. cephalotes. Pall. Spic. Zool. iii. t. 1 and 2. cop. Schreb. 

 t. 61. Cephalote, Biffon, H. N. Suppl. iii. t. 2. Molucca bat, Pennt. 

 Pteropus Cephalotes, Tiede/n. Inhabits Molucca Islands. 

 See also Cephalotes taeniotis, Rafn. from Sicily. 



48. Cephalotes, Fr. Cuv. Hypoderma, Isid. Geoff. Head short, 

 broad, lips thick ; wings arising from the centre of the back ; in- 

 dex-finger not clawed. 



