494 A Revision of the Genera of Bats, 



his own specimens in the India House, and those which he sent to 

 the British Museum as types of his species. 



B. Anistiophori, or Simple nosed bats. Nostrils simply pierced 

 in the end of Ike muzzle without any nasal leaf. 



Tribe III. — Vespertilionina. 



Grinders acutely tubercular, wings broad, large ; tail elongated, 

 as long as, and enclosed in, the large conical interfemoral mem- 

 brane, upper cutting teeth near the canines, with a central space. 



t Ears united or approximate ; nostrils each placed in the front 

 of a groove, the grooves are close together in front, diverging from 

 one another behind, and are covered by their spirally convolute 

 outer margin, which is lobed in front for the passage of the air. 



22. Nycteris, Geoff. Ears large, united over the forehead ; tra- 

 gus distinct ; wings and interfemoral membrane large ; tail long, 

 forked at the tip. 



* Ears united on the forehead. Africa. 

 Nycteris Thebaica, Geoff. Descript. Egypte, 1. 1, No 2. Ann. Mus. 

 xx. t. 1, head. Vespert. hispidus, Schreb. ? Nyct. GeofFroyii, Temm. 

 Inhabits Africa. (Egypt and Guinea?) Brit. Mus. 



Add also 1. Nycteris Capensis, A. Smith, Zool. Journ. iv. and 

 2. Nycteris affinis, A. Smith, Zool. Journ. iv. Inhabits Africa. 

 (C.G.H.) 



* * Ears not united in front, forehead with a large deep oval 



naked concave pit, having a naked groove in front running down 



between the nostrils. Asia. (Petalia, Gray.) 



Nycteris Javanica^ Geoff. Ann. Mus. xx. t. 1. N. Kuhlii, Temm. 



Vesp. policaris, Deschamps. Inhabits Java. Mus. Ind. House. 



t t Ears united ; nostrils in the front part of a short lunate 



groove. 



23. Nyctophilus, Leach ? Temm. Barbastellus, Gray. Nose 

 grooves united together behind by an elevated membranaceous crest, 

 extending across the nose ; forehead bare with a central longitudi- 

 nal furrow having inflexed bald edges. 



Australian Nyctophile, Nyctophilus GeofFroyii, Leach. Linn. 

 Trans, xiii. 78 ? Temm. Vy. (1833.) Barbastellus Pacificus, Gray. 

 Zool. Misc. (1831) 38. Inhabits Pacific Islands. Mus. Brit, and 

 Linn.Soc. Mus. 



24. Barbastellus, Gray. Nasal groove simple lunate, extend- 

 ing a short distance behind the nostrils ; forehead flat with an oval 

 bald longitudinal line ; ears large, broad, subquadrate ; skull con- 

 vex ; face narrow. 



