and Description of New Genera and Species. 501 



ed at the tip, some of them forming a tuft on the front of the lip ; 

 ears united in a common tubercle in front; the pad of the great and 

 little toes narrow, hairs slender, long. Inhabits India (Bengal) Java. 

 British Museum. 



Nyctinomus Ruppelli. Dysopus Ruppelli, Temm. Mon. t. 18, 

 t. 23, f. 6, 8. Molossus Ruppelli, Lesson. Upper lip with scatter- 

 ed straight black bristles, intermixed with flat hooked ones ; pad 

 of great and little toes very large. Inhabits Egypt and Fernando 

 Po. British Museum. 



Nyctinomus pumilus. Dysopes pumilus, Riippell, Atlas, t. 27, a. 

 Inhabits North Africa, (Egypt.) Dr Biippell. 



Nyctinomus murinus, Gray, Griff. A. K. v. 187- Molossus muri- 

 nus, Fischer. Petit chauve-souris obscure, Azara ? Face hairy, 

 with black bristles ; upper lip simple in front ; ears round, sepa- 

 rated at the base in front ; tragus slender ; pad of great and little 

 toes large, broad. Inhabits South America, (Brazils ;) West Indies, 

 (Jamaica.) British Museum. 



Nyctinomus nasutus. Molossus nasutus, Spix, Braz. t. 35, f. 7» 

 Dysopes nasutus, Temm. Mon. t. 24, f. 2, 3. Nyctinomus Brazi- 

 liensis, /. Geoff". Ann. Sc. Nat. I. t. 22, f. i. cop. Zool. Journ. t. 



39. Molossup, Geoff. Ears very large, close together and folded 

 down on the forehead; face conical ; nose rounded at the end; lips 

 smooth or hairy ; great and little toe with a pad of hooked hairs ; 

 throat with a central pouch in front ; lower joint of thumb swollen. 



Molossus velox, Lesson. Dysopus velox, Temm. Mon. t. 22. f. 1. 

 t. 23, f. 22 ; upper lip with a roundish group of close slender hook- 

 ed hairs in front ; throat-pouch large. Inhabits Brazils, Cuba. Bri- 

 tish Museum. 



Molossus fuliginosus. Face naked, black with a bunch of hairs 

 on each side, just before the eyes ; upper lip with a triangular patch 

 of hooked white hairs in front ; lips smooth, inner edge slightlv 

 fringed with rather stiff hairs in front ; tragus long pointed ; tail 

 half free ; nose-disk convex with denticulations on the edge, with 

 a triangular bunch of hair below the nostril ; end of face hairy ; 

 throat-pouch small. Inhabits ? British Museum. 



Molossus rufus, Geoff. Dysopes rufus, Temm. Mon. t. 23, f. 19. 

 teeth. Dysop. perotis, Pr. Max. Abbild. t. . Upper lip with a nar- 

 row erect triangular group of hooked hairs between the nostrils ; 

 edge of the nose disk finely crenate ; ears close together in front. 

 Inhabits Brazils, Surinam. British Museum. 



Molossus australis. Dark-brown, rather paler beneath, with a 

 broad pure white streak down each side, between the wing and the 

 body, and a narrow white streak round the edge of the rump be- 

 neath ; ears large, broad, rounded ; tail nearly one-half free. In- 



