Hunting Horrors
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In the fictional Cthulhu Mythos, these creatures are described as resembling enormous ropy black serpents or worms possessing bat-like or umbrella-like wings. Their forms are said to continually shift and change, twitching and writhing, so it is hard to look at them. They may have only a single large wing rather than two. These beings are dispelled by daylight. A strong enough burst of light could sear one to dust. Hunting horrors move swiftly and are harrier-creatures for the god Nyarlathotep.
"And in the air about him were great viperine creatures, which had curiously distorted heads, and grotesquely great clawed appendages, supporting themselves with ease by the aid of black rubbery wings of singularly monstrous dimensions. - August Derleth, "The Lurker at the Threshold.
One of Nyarlathotep's avatars, the Haunter of the Dark, shares similar traits with the Hunting Horrors.