and Description of New Genera and Species. 489 



6. Lophostoma, Orb. Interfemoral membrane large, truncated ; 

 tail rudimentary ; tragus entire. 



Lophostoma svlvicola, Orbigny, Voy. Amer. Merid. t. 6. Inhabits 

 S. America. Perhaps the same as the former. 



7- Edostoma, Orbigny. Edostome. Tail none ; interfemoral 

 membrane very small, marginal ; heel-bone none ; nose-leaf double, 

 erect, anterior pierced with the nostrils, hinder erect, larger, sepa- 

 rated from the front one by a considerable space. 



Ashy Edostome. Edostoma cinerea, Orbigny, Voy. Amer. Me- 

 rid, t. 8. 



8. Macrophyllum, Gray. Macrophylle. Tail elongated, reach- 

 ing to the truncated tip of the large interfemoral membrane, under 

 lips ? 



Prince Nieuwied's Macrophylle. Macrophyllum Nieuwiedii, 

 Gray. Phyllostoma macrophyllum, Pr. Max. Abbild. t. Inhabits 

 Brazil. 



9. Brachyphylla, Gray. Cavern Bat. Tail very short, inter- 

 femoral membrane deeply nicked, two rayed ; nose-leaf small, sur- 

 rounded by a deep groove, which separates it from the face ; front 

 of under lip with a smooth triangular space bearded on the edge. 



Cavern Bat. Brachyphylla cavernarum, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 ii. 123. Inhabits St Vincents (West Indies.) Brit. Mus. and 

 Zool. Soc. Mus. 



10. Diphylla, Spix. Tail none ; interfemoral membrane none ; 

 nose-leaf double, one being placed behind the other ; tragus lan- 

 ceolate ; under lip ? 



Diphylla ecaudata, Spias, Braz. t. 36, f. 7- Glossophaga diphylla, 

 Fischer. Inhabits Brazils. 



11. Stenoderma, Geoff. Desmodus, Pr. Max. ? Tail and inter- 

 femoral membrane none ; nose-leaf very small, scarcely elevated ; 

 nostrils with an arched ridge behind ; thumb long, free ; under lip 



.? 



Stenoderma rufum, Geoff. Diet. Sc. Nat. t. Inhabits Brazils. 

 Mus. Paris, (bad state.) Is the Desmodus rufus, Pr. Max. Abbild. 

 t. Rhinolophus ecaudatus, Schinz. distinct ? Temminck considers 

 this to be a young Dysopes ! 

 t + t Forehead simple ; ears lateral ; tongue long, fitting into 



the notch of the chin ; loiver lip deeply cut in the centre of the 

 front, and of ten fringed ; head elongated; chin with refiexed 



whiskers. New World. 



12. Phyllophora, Gray. Tail short ; apex enclosed in the 

 large truncated interfemoral membrane ; apex superior. 



