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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE . 
/ . e. ? Nijcticellina. 
I 15. Nycticellus. 
! C. Ears close together, in front, elongate, often united j face elongate, 
I narrow, hairy ; forehead convex ; nose with a naked space j skull witli a 
I swollen brain-case, and narrow face. 
j f. IHecoiina. Nostrils with ashortlunato groove behind thorn 5 the 
, forehead with a bald longitudinal line. 
I 16. Barhastellus. 17. Plecotus (Plecotus, llistiotiis, Otonycteris). 
I g. Nyctopliilina. 
j 18. Nyctajihilus. 
h. Nyctericina, 
19. Nycteris. 20. Petalia. 
II. Tail short, enclosed in the base of the large interfemoral membrane, 
with the tip on the upper surface. 
i. Faripterina. , ^ 
/ 21. Furipterus (Bonap. & Gervais, not Tonies) = (Gray)J Mcrta (F. 
Cuv.). [ 
k. FmhaUotiunna. Face conical, hairy j forehead convek; skull 
' solid ; forehead flattish ; face short, broad, swollen at the sides, witli a pro- 
i minent postorbital process. j 
22. ' Centronycteris. 23. * Fmhdllonura. 24. Saccopteryx, 25. Prohoscidea. 
26. JJrocryptus, 27. Taphozous, 28. Saccolaimus. 
l. Biclidurina. 
29. Piclidunis. 
Fam. NoCTiLiONiDiE. The nostrils on the sides of the nose. The cutting- 
teeth in the middle of the interspace between the canine teeth. Canines 
wide apart in front. The grinders acutely tubercular, three in each jaw on 
each side, the hinder upper short and broad, with one or two small false 
grinders in front of them. Skull thick j forehead flat ; interinaxillaries small, 
close in front. 
I. Tail short, enclosed in the large truncated interfemoral membrane, with 
the tip in the upper surface. 
a. Noctilionina. Face simple. Tail simple. . 
I. Noctilio. 2. Mystacma. 
b. Mormopsina. 
- 3. 3Io7'mops. 
II. Tail elongate to the edge of the largo truncated interfemoral membrane j 
heel-bone elongate. 
c. Phyllodiana, Interfemoral membrane truncated; nose crested; 
chin with one or two membranaceous ridges. 
4. Phyllodia, 5. Chilonyctet'is, 6. Ptei'onotiis. 
d. ? Specti'ellina, 
7. SpecU'dlum. 
III. Tail elongate, thick, enclosed in and produced beyond the transversely 
folded interfemoral membrane. 
e. Molossina. 
8. Myopteris. 9. Choiromeles. 10. Nyctinonms (Nyctinomus, Tadarida). 
11. Molossus (Molossus, Mormopterus, Promops), 
The genera and subgenoi’a cli^^^cteriged. 
