4 prEEOPoniDJ':. 



II. Tongue very long, muzzle narrow, elongated; 

 molars very narrow, scarcely raised above 

 the gum " Group 11. MACROGLOSSI. 



c. Second linger without a claw ; premaxillary 



bones separate in front. 

 c'. Wings from the spine; tail long. 



/'". Inc. fEf *, c. ^, pm. ~, m. f^f- 7. Notopteris, p. 92. 

 d'. Wings from the sides of the back ; tail 

 short. 



c/'". Inc. ^, c. ^, pm. 3^, m. I^j 8. Eo.vycteris, p. 94. 



d. Second linger with a distinct claw ; pre- 



maxillary bones united in front. 

 e'. Wings from the sides of the body. 

 c". Tail short; wing-membrane from the 

 base of the fourth toe. 



h'". Inc. ^, c. j^, pm. 1^1, m. g^ . . 9. Macboglossus, p. 95. 

 d". Tail none ; wing-membrane from the 

 base of the third toe. 



i'". Inc. -*, c. ^p pm. —^ m. ^^3 . . 10. Mblonyctbeis, p. 97. 



1. EPOMOPHOEUS. 



Epomophorus, Bennett, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1835, ii. p. 38 ; Gray, Mag. 

 Zool. Sf Bot. ii. 1838, p. 504 ; Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1867, p. 869. 



Head long ; muzzle conical or thickened and obtuse in front ; lips 

 very expansible, more or less largely developed and pendulous in 

 males ; ears simple, separate, with (in all the known species) a tuft 

 of white hairs near the base of the anterior margins of the ear- 

 conch ; second finger with a well-developed claw ; metacarpal bone 

 of the middle finger equal to or shorter than the second finger ; wings 

 from the sides of the hairy back and from the base or back of the 

 second toe ; tail very short, whoUy separate from and inferior to 

 the short interfemoral membrane, or altogether absent. 



Dentition. Inc. |t, c J^J, pm. y=?, m. ]~^. 



Upper incisors weak, unicuspidate, the outer pair often deciduous ; 

 premolars and molars feeble, narrow ; first upper premolar separated 

 by a wide space from the canine. 



SkuU very long and narrow ; crown of the head less vaulted than 

 in any other genus of Pteropidas, scarcely elevated above the muzzle ; 

 cranio-facial axis horizontal ; occipital crest prominent ; postorbital 

 processes of the frontals short, not half circumscribing the orbits 

 behind ; bony palate much vaulted behind, extending as far back as 

 a point opposite the centres of the zj-gomatic arches ; premaxillary 

 bones united in front ; aU the bones very thin and translucent. 



Raiicje. That part of the Ethiopian Region included within the 

 continent of Africa. 



* Inner upper iuoisors rudimentary, not visible in recent specimens. 



2 

 t J- in adult individuals of E. comptiis only. 



