500 A Revision of' the Genera of Bats, 



* * * Interfemorul membranes, S,-c. — ? (Embalanura, Ku/il.) 



Proboscidea monticola. Embalanura monticola, Ku/il. Face de- 

 pressed ; forehead rounded ; wings brown ; expanse 6 inches ; heel- 

 bone 4 lines. Inhabits Java. Museum, Leyden. 



35. Aello, Leach. Head subconic ; forehead flat ; ears large, se- 

 parate ; cutting-teeth | ; upper, chisel-shaped, 2 cut ; tail rather 

 elongated with a membranous band to the tip of the large truncated 

 interfemoral membrane ; heel-bone very slender?* 



Aello Cuvieri, Leach. Linn. Trans, xiii. 71- Inhabits ? 



Museum University College of London. 

 + t Tail produced beyond the bend of conical interfemoral membrane. 



36. Pteronotus, Gray. Ears lateral ; tragus elongate lobed ; chin 

 with a reflexed cartilaginous edge to the lower lip, and an erect 

 membranaceous ridge across its lower part ; wings only affixed by a 

 narrow line to the middle of the back, which is covered with fur be- 

 neath them ; hind- feet long ; the ankle rather produced and exposed ; 

 the lower angle of the wing lies folded over it. 



Pteronotus Davyi, Gray. Mouse-coloured, wings baldish ; exp. 

 12 inches. Inhabits Trinidad. Museum Fort Pit, Chatham. Tail 

 imperfect. In honour of Dr John Davy, so well known for his phy- 

 siological papers. 



t + t Tail thick, produced beyond the end of the short transversely-' 

 folded interfemoral membrane ; thumb large, swollen beneath; 

 cutting-teeth very variable in number. 



37. Cheiromeles, Horsf Dysopes, Temm. not F. Cuv. Ears 

 small, separate, lateral ; back nearly naked; great toe very large, 

 versatile, bearded. 



Collared-handed Bat. Cheiromeles torquatus, Horsf. Java, t. 

 copied in Dysopes cheiropus, Temm. Mon. t. 7, and t. 23, f. 15. 

 Molossus torquatus, Fischer. Molossus cheiropus, Less. Inhabits 

 India, (Siam.) Museum, India House. 



38. Nyctinomus, Geoff. Ears very large close together, or folded 

 down on the forehead ; muzzle obliquely truncated, bristly ; lips 

 very large, transversely grooved, and with scattered bristle-like 

 hairs; thumb and little toe with a patch of white tufted hairs. 



Nyctinomus plicatus. Molossus plicatus, Fischer. Vesp. plicatus, 

 Buchanan, Linn. Trans, v. t. 13. Dysopes plicatus, Temm. Nyc- 

 tinomus tenuis, Horsf. Java t. (dry) cop. Dysopes tenuis, Temm. 

 Mon. t. 19, 20, t. 23. f. 30. 16 skeletons. Nyctinomus Bengalensis, 

 Geoff. Vesp. labiata, Hodgs. Dysopes labiatus, Temm. MSS. ? Nyc- 

 tin. dilatatus, Horsf. Java. Grafs Illustr. Ind. Zool. 2. Molossus 

 dilatatus, Lesson. 



The upper edge of the nose disk surmounted by a series of short 

 close processes ; face, with scattered flattened hairs, which are curv- 



