20. L05CH0GL0S9A. 507 



Upper inner incisors minute, rising but slightly above the gum, 

 not one third the size of the small outer incisors, which are triangular 

 and subacutely pointed ; first upper premolar with an acute cusp 

 placed close to the canine, separated by a slight interval from the 

 second premolar, which is larger than it and exceeds it in vertical 

 extent ; the second premolar has blunt anterior and posterior basal 

 projections, and is close to the third premolar, which exceeds it in 

 vertical extent also, and has similar projections from its base ; molars 

 with very narrow W-shaped cusps, exceeded in width by the hori- 

 zontal internal basal portion ; lower incisors deciduoiis ; first lower 

 premolar rather large, close to the canine, separated from the second 

 by a small space, and exceeding it in antero-posterior diameter and in 

 vertical extent ; the third is the longest tooth in the lower jaw, and 

 is separated by a narrow interval from the second, it has prominent 

 anterior and posterior basal projections (Plate XXVII. figs. 4-4 6). 



Length, head and body about 2", ear 0"-5, tragus 0"'2, forearm 

 l"-25, thumb 0"-35 ; third finger— metacarp. l"-4, 1st ph. 0"-5, 

 2nd ph. 0"-75, 3rd ph. l"-45 ; fourth finger— metacarp. l"-3, Isf 

 ph. 0"-35, 2nd ph. 0"-5 ; fifth finger— metacarp. 1"-15, 1st ph. 0"-35, 

 2nd ph. 0"-5 ; tibia 0"-5, foot 0"-4, calcaneum 0"-2. 



Hah. Surinam; Brazil. 



a-c. imm. et ad, sks. Brazil. Purchased. 



d. ad. sk. Sta. Catherina, Brazil. Purchased. 



e. ad. sk., al. Minas Gerraes, Brazd. Purchased. 



/. ad. sk. Bahia. Comte de Castelnau [C.]. 



2. Lonchoglossa wiedii. 



Glossophaga ecaudata, Wied (non Geoffroy), Beitr. Naturqesch. Brasil 



Bd. li. p. 212 (1826). 

 Anura wiedii, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1869, p. 898. 



Considerably larger than L. caudifera, and at once distinguishec 

 from it by the absence of any trace of a tail, and by the hairinesi 

 of the interfemoral membrane and legs. 



Calcaneum very short ; the narrow interfemoral membrane abou 

 0"*15 wide aU round, whoUy clothed with hair, which forms a fringe 

 along its free margin ; the legs are also covered to the ankles witl 

 short fur. Colour of the fur very similar to that of L. caudifera. 



Length, head and body 2"-5, head l"-05, ear 0"-55, tragus 0"'2 

 forearm l"-6, thumb 0"*3.5 ; third finger — metacarp. 1"'5, 1st ph 

 0"-5, 2nd ph. 0"-8, 3rd ph. 0"-55 ; fourth finger— metacarp. l"-45 

 1st ph. 0"-37, 2nd ph. 0"-55 ; fifth finger— metacarp. l"-25, 1st ph 

 0"-35, 2nd ph. 0"-5 ; tibia 0"-5, foot 0"-4. 



(The above measurements were taken by me from the type, whicl 

 is preserved in the collection of the Paris Museum.) 



Hah. Brazil (Porto Seguro ; Rio de Janeiro). 



This species, by the absence of the tail and hairiness of the leg 

 and interfemoral membrane, resembles Olossonycteris geoffroyii ex 

 temally, which has been placed in a separate genus, chiefly oj 

 account of the absence of the zygomatic arches. 



