7. CHILONYCTERIS. 447 



a" . Tougue moderately long, 

 terminating in an obtuse 

 tip ; upper surface of the 

 lower lip not divided in the 



centre by a deep groove , . Group 1. VAMFYRI, p. 458. 

 y. Tongue very long, much at- 

 tenuated towards the tip ; 

 upper surface of the lower 

 lip divided by a deep groove 



in the centre Group 2, GLOSSOPIIAGJE, 



h'. Muzzle short, broad, and ob- [p. 497. 



tuse ; true molars broad and 

 flat, with an outer notched 



cutting-edge Group 3. STENODERMATA, 



b. No true molars, or, if present, with [p. 611. 



crowns reduced to a narrow 

 cutting-edge ; upper incisors 2, 



large, trenchant Group 4. DESMODONTES, 



[p. 545. 



If we arrange these groups according to their natural affinities, 

 the Vanipyri should be placed between the QlossopTiagce and the 

 Stenodermata. 



Subfam. I. LOBOSTOMINiE. 

 Group MORMOPES. 

 The characters of the single group are those of the subfamily. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



a. Crown of the head moderately elevated 



above the face-line, the basicranial axis 



almost in the same plane as the facial. . 1. Ohilonyctebis, p. 447. 



b. Crown of the head gi-eatly elevated above 



the face-line, the basicranial axis almost 



at right angles with the facial 2. Moemops, p. 454. 



1. CHILONYCTERIS. 



Chilonycteris, Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 4 (1839) ; Burmeister, 

 Thiere Brasiliens, p. 74 (1854) ; Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1872, 

 p. 359. 



Lobostoma, Gundlach, Wiegm. ArcMv, 1840, p. 356. 



Phyllodia, Gray, P. Z. S. p. 50 (1843). 



Crown of the head moderately elevated above the face-line ; ears 

 separate, the inner margin of the ear-conch arising from the side of 

 the head ; form of the ear very similar in all the species, broad 

 below, attenuated abruptly above, the deep outer margin carried 

 forwards almost to the angle of the mouth ; tragus longer than 

 broad, rounded off above, a horizontal projecting lobule at the 

 middle of its inner margin ; muzzle moderately long and broad, but 

 not deep, obliquely and sharply truncated in front from before 



