66 Two Species of Molossus. 



length. Toes nearly equal in length, the two outer rather 

 more robust, and woolly on the outside, and all furnished with 

 fine long hairs springing from the roots of the nails, and forming 

 a fringe on the inner side of the foot. The fur is of a close 

 and velvetty texture, unlike the loose and long pelage of the 

 northern Vespertiliones. 



Incisors -^- canines -^- molars -^- = 32. 



Total length 3.3 inches- 

 Tail L3 " 



Fore arm 1.7' 



Tibia - - 0.5 " 



Spread - - - 10 - 5 "' 



I have described this Bat from a specimen furnished to m^ 

 by Major Le Conte. The first and only notice of the species 

 hitherto published is that given by this gentleman as above- 

 quoted, unless it be the doubtful Rhinopoma carolincnsis, as 

 supposed by my friend Dr.. Pickering. There is however no- 

 appearance of any nasal appendage whatever, and it exhibits no- 

 other affinity with that genus. Major Le Conte obtained' it in- 

 Georgia, where as he informs me he has observed it in large 

 numbers together. Dr. Bachman has also sent me several' 

 specimens, and states that it is common about Charleston,, 

 though he had not observed it elsewhere. No other writers 

 appear to have met with it. The curious crimping of the ears 

 is found in another species from Java, the Dijsopes tenuis of 

 Temm. Monog. I. p. 228, pi. 19, fig. 2. The dentary for- 

 mula is derived from the MS. notes communicated by Major 

 Le Conte. 



