408 EMBALLONURID^. 



II. Muzzle very obliquely truncated, its supe- 

 rior and external front margins foi-med 

 by tlie sharply cut cartilaginous rims of 

 the nostrils : lips smooth or very slightly 



. 2 " 

 wrinkled ; tragus quadrate ; inc. j, pni. 



2—2 

 2—2' 



a. Ears longer than the head ; gnlar sac 

 large ; brst upper premolar external. 



T). Forearm 2"-9 7. M. perotis, p. 416, 



h. Ears shorter than the head; gular sac 

 small; first upper premolar in the 

 tooth-row. 



6. Upper lip smooth ; forearm 2"-35. 8. M. glaucinus, p. 417. 

 I. Upper lip slightly wrinkled ; fore- 

 arm 1"'8 9. M. honariensis, p. 419, 



Inc. 7, pm. oHo ! ^^^^ separate ; tragus triangular. 

 (Subgenus Myoptbbus, Geoffr.) 



1. Molossus temminckii. 



Dysopes temminckii, Lund, Burmeister, Tkivre Bradtieiis, p. 72 



(1854). 

 Molossus (Molossops) temminckii, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1865, 



p. 575. 

 Molossus temminckii, Dohson, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 707. 



Ears rather small, pointed, their inner margins arising from the 

 forehead by separate points of origin ; antitragus circular ; tragus 

 short and obtuse, with a broad base. Extremity of the nose slightly 

 prominent, broad, and flat, with an obtuse projection between the 

 nasal orifices, but without arched ridges above them ; lips smooth, 

 with a few straight hairs. 



Fur, above, reddish brown at the extremities, the base of the hairs 

 yellowish white ; beneath, similar, but paler. Integument and mem- 

 branes dark throughout. 



Calcanea very long, reaching almost to the tail. 



Length, head and body l"-5, tail 1", tail free from membrane 

 0"'5, forearm l"-2, calcaneum 0"'65. 



Hah. Brazil (Lagoa Santa). 



The above description has been taken from the original descrip- 

 tion by Burmeister, as I have not seen the type. 



2. Molossus planirostris. 



Molossus (Molossops) planirosti is, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1865, 



p. 575. 

 Molossus planirostris, Dohson, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 707. 



Ears much shorter than the head, their inner margins arising from 

 the sides of the superior surface of the face above and in front of the 



