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Show APPENDIX ... ! OF THE AMERICAN EDITOR. t. 1'esp. carolinensis, Geoff. Anterior upper fore-teeth sub-simple, larger than the posterior; remarkable for a strong odour resembling that of a Fox. V. lucifugus, L. C. Anterior upper fore-teeth bilobate; body above dark brown, beneath cinereous; nose sub-bilobate; face with a nakedish prominence on each side; ears oblong, naked, tragus sublinear, half as long as the ears; tail projecting a little beyond the membrane; length to the insertion of the tail two inches and a quarter; tail one inch and a quarter. 17. noctivagans, L. C. Anterior upper fore-teeth bilobate, the posterior sub-simple; colour black or dusky cinereous; hair on the back and belly tipped with grey; ears short, naked, roundish; tragus short and roundish; nose sub-bilobate; tail projecting a little beyond the interfemoral membrane, which is hairy; length two inches and five eighths; tail one and three eighths. II. Add Plec. macrotis, L. C. Upper fore-teeth, four, trilobate, distant by pairs, the posterior smaller; ears very long, pointing forwards; tragus subulate, half the length of the ears.( 1) (1) There is another species with equally long ears, which are not united on the cranium; which of these is the megawtia of Raffin., it is impossible to say. |