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Show 1866.] DR. J. E. G R A Y O N T H E PHYLLOSTOMIDCE. 115 brane short, reaching to the knee. Tail short. Wings from the ankles. The third upper grinder small, oblong. C. brevicaudata. 14. SCHIZOSTOMA. Nose not warty; lower lip with a long smooth triangular space, with a series of small oblong radiating warts on each side. Interfemoral membrane rather large. Cutting-teeth 4/4, lower equal; premolars 2/3. Tail short. Wings from the ankles. First joint of index shorter than second: S. elongatum. First and second joint of index equal: S. minutum. 15. RHINOPS. Face elongate, slender. Nose hairy, not warty ; lower lip with a triangular space with a series of oblong radiating warts on the sides. Interfemoral membrane moderate ; hinder edge arched. Cutting-teeth 4/4; lower two middle large, truncated; lateral small. Tail none? R. minor, n. s. *16. RHINOPHYLLA. Face short, broad; lower lip with three warts, the centre largest, with a series of oblong warts on the sides. Interfemoral membrane moderate ; hinder edge arched. Tail none. Wings from base of toes. Cutting-teeth 4/4 ; middle broad, bifid ; grinders compressed, last upper small, circular ; premolars 2/2, front upper minute. R. pumilio. N.B. The third upper grinder of Carollia, as also that of Rhinophylla in a greater degree, resembles that of the Stenodermina, as these genera also do in the small size of the interfemoral. Tribe 5. TRACHYOPINA. The end of the nose and chin flattened, bald, with elongated fleshy processes; front of the nose-leaf soldered on to the nose. 17. TRACHYOPS. Wings from the ankles. Interfemoral membrane elongate, truncated. Cutting-teeth 4/4 ; premolars 2/2. T. cirrhosus. B. Nose-leaf scarcely raised behind, and bifid, separated from nose by a deep groove behind and on the sides ; end of nose hairy. Interfemoral membrane small, margining the legs. Tail very short, or none. The third upper grinder long and broad. Tribe 6. BRACHPHYLLINA. 18. BRACHYPHYLLA. Tail very short. Lower lip with a smooth triangular space bearded on the edges. Premolars 2/2 ; the third upper grinder large, oblong, like the first and second. B. caver-narum. B. Tongue elongate, slender, exserted, with a band on each side formed of many series of recurved spines. Lower lip ivith a narrow deep notch in front. Lower cutting-teeth in two groups, divided by a space in the middle. Tribe 7. GLOSSOPHAGINA. 19. GLOSSOPHAGA. Interfemoral membrane large, truncated. |
