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ORDER CHIROPTERA.— GENUS NYCTERIS. 
The Lower Lip simple. 
Inhabits Senegal. 
Tills first species of Nycteris was described by Daubenton in the Me- 
moirs of the Academy of Sciences for the year 1759, under the appellation 
of the Cainpagnol volant; from this description Linnteus gave his account 
of his Vespertilio hisjiida, and Desmarest very properly applied to it its 
present name, N. hispida. 
The head of this species is large; its muzzle bulky, and its forehead as 
if hollowed out by a deep furrow ; the nostrils, which approximate, are 
placed in front of a small hollow ; the furrow on the forehead is deep and 
naked, having long hairs round its edges. The hair of the head, except 
that on the ciown, that of the neck, of the chest and abdomen, is whit- 
ish, with a fawn tint ; that of the crown and occiput, the upper parts of 
the neck and shoulders, the hack and croup, are of a russet brown, and 
nearly five lines long : the ears and membranes are of different shades of 
blackish and reddish-brown ; the nails are yellow. Tlie dimensions of the 
individual examined by Daubenton were from^the tip of the snout to the 
origin of the tail, one inch and a half ; the extreme breadth nearly eight 
inches, of the tail one inch and three lines ; of the ears ten lines. 
2. NYCTERIS HUZARDII— HUZARD’S CIIEEK-POUCHED BAT. 
Syn. Nvctehis Geoitkovu Desm. Mam. No. 190. 
Nxctebe de la Thebaihe. — Desm. Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. 
Icon, 
specific characters. 
The Hair brown above, brownish-grey beneath, soft and fine. 
The Ears very high, united in front. The Operculum twice as 
broad as high. The Nose-leaf very complicated, (see description.) 
The Lower-Lip as if cleft, with a large wart in the middle. 
The Tail having the last joint deeply bifurcated. 
Inhabits Senegal. 
The description of the specimens examined at Senegal by the younger 
M. Hazard, as given by M. Desmarcst, is by far the most satisfactory of 
any we have seen, and, therefore, though compelled to distinguish it as a 
new species, we submit it for the satisfaction of the render. M. Desma- 
rest identifies it with the next species, viz. that of Thebes, but immedi- 
ately afterwards points out so many differences as to leave little doubt 
that they are distinct. This view is strongly corroborated by’ the re- 
marks of M. Geoff'roy, who says, “he presumes there are two species 
at Senegal ; Daubenton,” he remarks, " having described tw'o varieties be 
had received from that neighbourhood and adds, “ I have myself exa- 
mined the cranium and osteology of the one of these, and these parts 
agree neither with the dimensions, nor the details in shape, of either the 
hispida or the Theban species.” 
The following is a condensed account of M. Huzard's excellent ac- 
count. The head is large, and much prolonged in front ; the cranium 
being voluminous, and much rounded behind; the muzzle is very full; 
the upper lip very broad, rising high ; the lower is as if bifurcated, exhibit- 
ing two thick and naked folds of skin forming an angle, the point of which 
is produced below the chin, and the upper part embracing a great wart, 
at the edge of the lip. The canines are rather strong ; the incisors very 
small, and bi-lobed or tri-lobed; the tongue is long, rounded at its extre- 
mity, and having its surface studded with very fine horny papill®. The 
nose-leaf is very complicated, being composed, 1st, of the nasal apper- 
tures which closely approximate, and are situate at the anterior part of 
the great fossa of the chanfrin, extending from the lip to the commence- 
ment of the cranium, properly so called ; 2dly, of a delicate fold of skin co- 
vered with hair, surrounding this fossa, and best seen when raised up by 
a sharp instrument ; £dly, of tw'o still more delicate folds, longitudinal, 
luairless, lying parallel to each other at the bottom of the fossa ; and, 
lastly, of two spiral and somewhat rounded pieces of the skin, covering 
the middle part of this fossa. The ears are placed within a third of the 
back of the hiad, and are nearly twice its height ; their inner margins ap- 
proximate, and are united on the forehead ; they are thickly clothed close 
to the bead, and a few hairs are scattered throughout both inside and 
out ; the tragus small, twice as broad as high, and clad anteriorly. The 
body is very stout and muscular in front, the chest is full and broad, the 
wings are large and broad ; the thumb slender, the nail weak. The in- 
terfemoral membrane is particularly ample, and supported by spurs as 
long as is the leg, embracing the tail, formed of seven vertebra;, and ter- 
minated by a cartilage in the form of the letter T, whose branches extend 
to right and left. The fur is soft and fine ; the colour being brown above, 
and light brownish-grey beneath. The dimensions are from the tip of 
the snout to th.e origin of the tail two inches; of the tail two; of the ears 
one ; extreme expanse almost ten. 
3. NYCTERIS THEBAIC A — THEBAN CHEEK-POUCHED BAT. 
Syn. et Icon. Nyctere de la TufiBAiDE — Geoff. Mem. de ITnstit. d’Egypte, 
Hist. Nat. H. pi. 1 and 2. 
Nycteris Thebaicus — Geoff. Ann. Mus. XX, 20 ; pi. 1, (head.) 
Nyctebis Thebaica.— Gray, Mag. Zool. and Bot. II. 49L 
specific characters. 
The Hair above bright brown, beneath of an ash-colour. 
The Ears very large ; Operculum shaped like a half trefoil leaf. 
The Nose'-leap considerably developed, and somewhat in a spiral 
form. 
The Lower-lip has a wart in the centre. 
Inhabits Upper Egypt. 
The Theban Bat is about two inches long from the tip of the snout to 
the origin of the tail, and its extreme breadth nearly ten. The Icnvth of 
its ears is one inch ; of its tail two. Both the auricular and caudal ap- 
pendages are in this way very large, and in no degree less are the alar 
and intcrfemoral nlembranes ; the latter especially being amplified by the 
very long spurs, which descend nearly an inch from the ankle, and go so 
far to meet the singular bifurcated and curved points of the last caudal 
vertebra. The operculum or tarsus is not very large In relation to the 
ample auricles, and is shaped like an half trefoil leaf. The horse-shoe 
on the upper lip is broad and ample, and from its centie there ascends a 
leaf-stalk or tendril on to the outer side of the nostrils, from which, after 
making a spiral turn round them, it ascends on the chanfrin. The under- 
lip has a large wart in its centre, imbedded in a double fold of skin, 
shaped like the letter V. On the upper parts of the body it is of a bright 
brown, on the under of an ash colour. A specimen, Mr Gr.iy states, is 
in the collection of the British Museum. 
4. NYCTERIS J.4.VANICA.— JAVA CHEEK-POUCHED BAT. 
Syn. Nycteris Javanicus. — Geoff. M6iii. de ITnstit. d’Egypte, Hist. Nat. II. 
p. 123. — Geoff. Ann. Mus. XX. 20. — Desm. M.iin. No. 192. 
Nyci'ERis Javanica Gray, Mag. Zool. and Bot. II. 491. 
Icon. Geoff. Ann. Mus. XX. pi. 1. 
specific characters. 
The Hair above of a lively red colour, below reddish-grey. 
Inhabits Java. 
Tills species was transmitted from the island of Java to Paris by M. 
Leschenault de la Tour, and is now in the Natural History Museum at 
Paris; Mr Gray states it is also to be found in the Museum of the Hon. 
East India Company. It is larger than any of the previously described 
species ;~its head and body being more than two and a half inches long. 
All the upper parts of the body are of a lively red colour, and the under of 
a reddisb-grey. No more detailed description lias yet been published. 
5. NYCTERIS CAPENSIS— CAPE CHEEK-POUCHED BAT. 
Syn. Nycteris Capensis. — Dr A. Smith, Zool. Jourii. XVI. 431 Fiscli. 
Syn. Mam. p. 6G2. 
Icon. 
specific characters. 
The Hair above blackish-brown, below greyish ; Membranes reddish- 
brown. 
The Tail slightly forkeef; last vertebra but one the shortest. 
Inhabits South Africa and its Eastern Coasts. 
Tliis and the next species were discovered by Dr Smith during his re- 
sidence at the Cape of Good Hope. The neck above, he states, and the 
back of this animal, are blackish-brown, the sides of tlie neck dirty white, 
below it is cinerous white, with blackish shades. The membranes are 
reddish-brown ; height of the ears from fur to tip scven-eiglitbs of an 
ioch, width better than six-eighths ; tragns short, apex semicircular, and 
its upper edge clothed with a tuft of long, white, woolly fur ; termination 
of the tail but slightly forked, last vertebra but one, if any thing, the 
shortest. Length from nose to root of the tail, better than two inches; 
expanse of the wings ten inches. 
Found in the interior parts of South Africa, as well as upon the East- 
ern Coast. 
6. NYCTERIS AFFINIS AFFINIS CIIEEK-POUCIIED BAT. 
Syn. Nyctebis affinis Dr A. Smith, Zool. Journ. XVI. 434. — Fiscli. Syn. 
Mam. p. 662. 
Icon. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
The Hair tawny brown above, tawny white beneath; Membranes 
blackisb-hrown. 
The Teeth of the upper jaw in pairs. 
The Tail deeply forked ; last vertebra but one the longest. 
Inhabits South Africa. 
Of this species, we shall give the description of the discoverer verbatim. 
Neck above, and back reddish-brown or tawny, sides of neck before wings 
