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Show 714 MR. G. E. DOBSON ON THE MOLOSSI. [Nov. 7, forwards and downwards ; the cartilaginous sharply cut edges of the nostrils projecting laterally and above, terminating the muzzle in front; sides of the face behind the eyes, in front of the ears much flattened, in front of the eyes prominent, convex, concealing the eyes when viewed anteriorly ; lips smooth, without vertical wrinkles, sides of the lips very thick, the outer edge exceeding the inner in length, fringed with short fine hairs. G ular sac large in male, rudimentary in female. Wings from the lower end of the tibia. Fur, above, reddish-brown ; paler, almost buff, at the base of the hairs; beneath, much paler. On the upper surface the wing-membrane is covered as far as a line drawn from the middle of the humerus to the knee ; and a band of fur extends from the commencement of the middle third of the forearm along its posterior margin to the metacarpal bone of the fourth finger, covering one third of its length, and passing across it to the angle between it and the metacarpal of the third finger; beneath, the wing-membrane external to the humerus is naked. First upper premolar minute, in the outer angle between the canine and second premolar, lower incisors crowded, bifid. Length, head and body (about) 5"*0; tail 2"*8; ear 1"*5, tragus 0"*2x0"*l; forearm 2"*9; thumb 0"*45 ; second finger-metacarp. 3"*0, 1st ph. 1"*35, 2nd ph. 1"*6 ; third finger-metacarp. 2"*9, 1st ph. 1"*15, 2nd ph. 0"*25; fourth finger-metacarp. 1"*65, 1st ph. 0"*9, 2nd ph. 0"*35; foot and claws 0"*65. Hab. Brazil (Lagoa Santa; Parahyba; Barra do Rio Negro); Bolivia. Fig. 2. Head of M. glaucinus. 8. MOLOSSUS GLAUCINUS. Dgsopes glaucinus, Natt., Wagner, Wiegm. Archiv. 1843, p. 368 ; Suppl. Schreb. Saugeth. v. p. 710 (1855) ; Burmeister, Thiere Bra-siliens, p. 73 (1854); Peters, Mon. Akad. Berl. 1866, p. 22. Molossus ferox, Gundlach, Mon. Akad. Berl. 1861, p. 149- Peters I. c. 1865, p. 574. In the form of the muzzle and ears very similar to the preceding species ; but the ears are comparatively much smaller ; laid forwards, |
