356 EMBALL0NI7KIII.E. 



Group FURIJi:. 

 Furiffi, Feters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1877, p. 185. 



Ears arising separately by their inner margins from the sides of 

 the forehead ; outer margm of the ear-conch terminating abruptly 

 near the base of the tragus ; tragiis short, triangular ; muzzle very 

 obtuse ; nostrils opening anteriorly by oval or triangular apertures ; 

 thumb very short, inclosed m the antebrachial membrane to the 

 base of the very feeble claw ; tail terminating in the centre of the 

 large interfemoral membrane, not perforating it or appearing upon 

 its upper surface. 



Crown of the head greatly elevated above the face-line, even more 

 so than in Miniopterus ; no postorbital processes ; horizontal plate 

 of the maxiUary bones produced forwards as a slender pointed pro- 

 cess terminating between the premasillaries. 



Dentition. Inc. ^-^, c. j^, pm. g^, m. 'j^. 



Range. The Neotropical Eegion (Brazilian and Chilian Sub- 

 regions). 



1. FURIA. 



Fm'ia, F. Cuvier, Mem. du Mus. xvi. p. 150. 

 Furipterus, Bonaparte.i Fauna Italica, i. (1832-41). 



Muzzle obtuse in front, its superior front margin not elevated 

 above the nostrUs ; nasal apertures oval, close together ; bony jialate 

 terminating behind in a line with the posterior molars. 



Range. Brazilian Subregion. 



1. Furia horrens. 



Furia horrens, F. Cuvier, Mem. du Mus. xvi. p. 150 ; Tettnninck, 

 Monogr. Mammal, ii. p. 264 (1836-41) ; Wagner, Siqjpl. Schreb. 

 Saugeth. i. p. 549 (1849) ; Gervais, Exped. du Comte de Castelnau, 

 Zoologie, p. 70, pi. xi. fig. 2, xiv. figs. 6, Off- 6c (skuU and teeth) 

 (1855). 



Furipterus horrens, Bonaparte, Fauna Italica (1832-41). 



Furipterus horrens et cserulescens, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 176, 

 pi. xlii. 



Ears rounded and very broad, like those of Kenvoula papillosa, 

 the inner margin of the ear-conch so convex as to extend forwards 

 in a line with the end of the muzzle, the side of the ear concealing 

 the eye ; upper third of the outer margin slightly concave, lower 

 two thirds convex, terminating abruptly ; tragus very peculiar, tri- 

 angular, rising from a narrow base, above which it immediately 

 expands, forming the base of the triangle whereof the outer and 

 superior angles are narrow and long, the inner angle short and 

 thickened ; concave surface of the ear-conch with numerous glan- 

 dular elevations (as in Kerivoula) , from which smaU hairs arise ; 

 upper and lower lips very thick, fringed with long hairs. Nostrils 

 opening close together by oval apertures directed downwards and 



