. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE FAMILIES AND GKNKRA OF BATS. 211 Genus HESPEROPTE N U S Peters. Vkad. Wisscnsch., I'.oi- ISCS. llis/icidptciiiis Teteks. Monjitslicr. k. \>\-ru> lin. ]). Cil'C. (sul).ixenus df 1 rx/yrr;rs-). 1S7S. Ilcsinrojitciiiis DousoN. C'ntal. ("liiropt. I'.i-it. ^NIu of \'(-^i>('ni;/(>) â ]). IS'.', (siibi^Piius. â^'cf^ doria' Peters. Geo(/rap/ur (Jisfrilnitto)^âIndia and the Malay region. Xu/n/xr of fnviiix.âTliree species of Ilexpciopfcttux ai'c now known: //. doruv (Peters). //. tickcUi (Blylh). an<l //. h
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE FAMILIES AND GKNKRA OF BATS. 211 Genus HESPEROPTE N U S Peters. Vkad. Wisscnsch., I'.oi- ISCS. llis/icidptciiiis Teteks. Monjitslicr. k. \>\-ru> lin. ]). Cil'C. (sul).ixenus df 1 rx/yrr;rs-). 1S7S. Ilcsinrojitciiiis DousoN. C'ntal. ("liiropt. I'.i-it. ^NIu of \'(-^i>('ni;/(>) â ]). IS'.', (siibi^Piius. â^'cf^ doria' Peters. Geo(/rap/ur (Jisfrilnitto)^âIndia and the Malay region. Xu/n/xr of fnviiix.âTliree species of Ilexpciopfcttux ai'c now known: //. doruv (Peters). //. tickcUi (Blylh). an<l //. hhinfoiuJ'i Dobson. Vhar(wteri<.âDental fornmla and ovneral structure of teeth as in Eptesiciis and VcHpcrfUh); but outer upper incisor nnich larger, the area of its base more than half that of ca- nine, which tooth, in its sini- [)le. strong shaft and well- developed rather closely resembles; space be- tween iinier incisoi' and ca- nine s c a r c e 1 y perceptible, barely greater than width of cingulum of canine; outer upper incisor closely crowded between canine and innei- in- cisor, forced backward fro'.u the toothrow. and (piite in- visil)le from the front; its crown scarcely reaching level of cingulum of the two neigld)()ring teeth, but with area in cross section decid- edly more than half that of inner incisor, the surface of the crown basin-shaped, with a large, but low, central cusp; other teetli like those of EptesicuH, the third upper molar with less than half the crown area of first, but AVith the meta- cone and three commissures distinct though small. Skull (fig. 33) l)road, the zygomatic breadth nearly ecpial to upper length in median line, but with no special peculiarities in form; basisphenoid pits well developed, though shallow. Externally as in Kptesicus. Species âHesj)eropteniif< f'ichidVi (Blyth). Rcviarl's.âIt is with some hesitation that I apjily the name Hes- peropteims to the genus represented by //. t'lchcJli. I have no
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