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Show 1876.] MR. G. E. DOBSON ON THE MOLOSSI. 707 Inc. ^ ; Pm. ~2 ; ears separate; tragus triangular. (Subgen. MYOPTERUS, Geoffr.)* 1. MOLOSSUS TEMMINCKII. Dysopes temminckii, Lund, Burmeister, Thiere Brasiliens, p. 72 (1854). Molossus (MOIOSSOJJS) temminckii, Peters, Mon. Akad. Berl. 1865, p. 575. Ears rather small, pointed, their inner margins arising from the forehead by separate points of origin ; antitragus circular; tragus short and obtuse, with a broad base. Extremity of the nose slightly prominent, broad, and flat, with an obtuse projection between the nasal orifices, but without arched ridges above them. Lips smooth, with a few straight hairs. Fur, above, reddish-brown at the extremities, the base of the hairs yellowish-white ; beneath, similar, but paler. Integument and membranes dark throughout. Calcanea very long, reaching almost to the tail. Length: head and body 1"*5 ; tail 1"*0, tail free from membrane 0"*5; forearm 1*"2 ; calcaneum 0""65. Hab. Brazil (Lagoa Santa). The above description has been taken from the original description by Burmeister, as I have not seen the type. 2. MOLOSSUS PLANIROSTRIS. Molossus (Molossops)planirostris, Peters, Mon. Akad. Berl. 1865, p. 575. Ears much shorter than the head, their inner margins arising from the sides of the superior surface of the face above and in front of the eyes, their points of origin widely separate; upper three fourths of inner and outer margin regularly convex, forming almost an arc of a circle; keel of the ear-conch very slightly developed; tragus short, triangular, with a broad base, acutely pointed, inner margin straight; antitragus large and round, very similar in shape and size to that of' M. obscurus (p. 710), but its base is somewhat broader. Muzzle flat, smooth and naked above, extremity obtuse, not obliquely truncated ; the margins of the nasal apertures not prominent, placed high above the margin of the upper lip; lips smooth, not wrinkled. A distinct, but not large, gular sac in o*, rudimentary or absent in 2 . Wings from the distal third of the tibiae. Fur very short; above, dark-brown, the bases of the hairs white ; beneath, along the sides of the body, brown ; the chin, neck, and a broad longitudinal band on the chest and abdomen yellowish-white. The fur of the body extends upon the wing-membrane, above and beneath, nearly as far outwards as a line drawn from the middle of * These subgenera are indicated here, and at different places further on, for convenience only, in order to avoid repeating the dental formula when describing each species, not for the purpose of pointing out natural subdivisions of the genera. |
