15. EHINOPHYLLA. 495 



15. EHINOPHYLLA. 



Rhinophylla, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1865, pp. 355, 520. 



Ears and nasal appendages as in Carollia ; muzzle shorter ; crown 

 of the head slightly elevated ; chin with a central wart surrounded 

 by other warts ; wings as in Carollia, but the wing-membrane 

 extends to the metatarsus ; tail none. 



Dentition. Inc. j, c. 3^, pm. ^^, m. ^^. 



Molars narrower than in Carollia, without distinct W-shaped 

 cusps, and without horizontal projections from the inner sides of 

 their bases. 



1. RMnopliylla pumilio. 



Rhinophylla pumilio, Peters, MP. AJcad. Berl. 1865, pp. 355, 521. 



Crown of the head slightly raised above the face-line; muzzle 

 obtusely conical, the distance between the eyes is equal to the 

 distance from the eye to the extremity of the muzzle ; front edge of 

 the horseshoe-shaped leaf continuous with the upper lip, the erect 

 ovate-lanceolate leaf twice as long as the horseshoe, narrowed in 

 upper third and acutely pointed, the centre slightly raised, but not 

 forming a longitudinal ridge ; ears separate, much shorter than the 

 head, the upper third of the enter side of the ear-conch deeply 

 emarginate, the lower two thirds convex, the convexity commencing 

 abruptly ; tragus as in Carollia brevicauda, and from the base of its 

 inner margin a similar raised ridge extends upwards and forwards 

 as in that species ; chin with a central wart and a larger longitu- 

 dinal wart on either side, forming a triangle, at the apex of which 

 beneath a single small wart is placed. 



Wings from the metatarsus, extending almost to the base of the 



