44 CHIROPTERA. 
of a distinct tail, which is about half the length of the well-developed interfemoral 
membrane, Thus restricted the genus contains only a single species, of a dark-brown 
colour above, but paler below, and of small size, the forearm measuring 1'-39. 
1. Glossophaga soricina. 
Vespertilio soricinus, Pallas, Misc. Zool. p. 48, pl. v. (1766, descr. orig.) 
Glossophaga amplexicaudata, Et. Geoffroy, Mém. du Mus. iv. p. 418, pl. xviii. fig. A (1818, descr. 
orig.) *. 
Phyllophora nigra, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 20 (1848, sine descr.)® ; Zool. Voy. ‘ Sulphur,’ 
p- 18, pl. v. fig. 1 (descr. orig.)*. 
Monophyllus leachii, Gray, loc. cit. (descr. orig.)’; Dugés, La Nat. i. p. 187 "5 
Glossophaga leachi, Tomes, P. Z. 8. 1861, p. 278". 
Glossophaga soricina, Peters, Monatsb. Ak. Berl. 1865, p. 852°; op. cit. 1868, p. 362°; Fran- 
tzius, Arch. f. Naturg. xxxv. 1, p. 262”; Dobson, Cat. Chir. Brit. Mus. p, 499, pl. xxvii. 
fig. 2. 
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° 
Hab. Muxico (Sailé®), Guanjuato (Dugés®), Tehuantepec (Mus. Berol.), Tabasco, Mirador 
(U.S. Nat. Mus.); Guatemaia (Mus. Berol.), Duefias (Salvin, Mus. Brit.) ; Nica- 
raaua, Realejo (Belcher, Mus. Brit.’; Girsted, Mus. Hafn.); Costa Rica, San 
José (Frantzius, Mus. Berol.); Panama (U.S. Nat. Mus.).—VENEZUELA !! ; WEST 
Inpies 11; Gurana!!; Braziu!!; Peru !!; Borivia ". 
This Bat, originally well described and figured by Pallas’, has been made the type 
of a number of nominal species, as is shown by the above synonymy ; but the confusion 
has been satisfactorily cleared away by Professor Peters®. Mr. Dobson remarks that 
this species is so abundant throughout the tropical parts of the Neotropical Region 
that specimens are found in almost every collection!. In its habits it doubtless 
resembles the nearly allied Phyllonycteris sezekornit, Gundl. and Peters, whose manner 
of feeding has been well described by the late Mr. W. Osburn *. It holds pulpy fruits, 
such as Cordia, in its teeth, and licks away the juice and flesh with its protrusile 
tongue. 
10. ISCHNOGLOSSA. 
Ischnoglossa, De Saussure, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1860, p. 491. 
Like Glossophaga this genus has a complete zygomatic arch, but is at once dis- 
tinguished by the greater prolongation of the muzzle, by the absence of an external 
tail, and by the great reduction in extent of the interfemoral membrane, which merely 
forms a broad margin from foot to foot. Only one species, of a dark-brown colour 
and with a forearm of 2':20, is known; and specimens of it are still rare in collections. 
* Under the name of Ph. poeyi, P. Z.8. 1865, pp. 81-85. 
