Cuban Bats. 93fT 



One of these subjects belongs to the genus Molossus^ and ap- 

 pears to have an extensive range, not only on the continent of 

 America, but also on the West Indian Islands : the specific name 

 oivelox was assigned to it by its discoverer, with which it appeais 

 in M. Temminck's Monographs of Mammalia. The second be- 

 longs to the genus Phyllostoma ^ it was first noticed and concisely 

 described by Dr. Leach in the Transactions of the Linnean So-^ 

 ciety ; but as the specimens sent by Mr, MacLeay have arrived in 

 excellent condition, preserved in spirits, I have thought that a 

 more detailed notice, as well as a figure of a species, hitherto 

 imperfectly known, would not be useless. 

 I have the honour to be. 



My dear Sir, 



Your faithful Servant, 



ThoS. HeRSFlEtO. 



To N. A. Vigors y Esq., Sfc. Sfc. SfC. 



1. MoLOSsus VELOx, Natterer. 

 M. corpore supra saturate-fusco, infra canescente^ pilis omnibus 

 unicohribusj membrana antipedum nigra, plaga pilorum 

 fuscorum humero et antibrachio paralleld, in guld fossuld 

 ct/lindric& rimd orbiculari cincta, 



Molosse veloce. Dysopes velox, Temm.y Monogr. de Mammal, 

 p. ^34. pi. xxii. Jig. 1. 



Wings narrow, but comparatively of great length ; tail enveloped 

 by the interfemoral membrane to about one half of its length, 

 slender ; ears not much elevated above the head, but of consider- 

 able breadth, united on the forehead by a continuation of the 

 lobes from each side. On the throat a siphon or cylindrical 

 pouch, having a regularly circumscribed border. Muzzle from 

 the nostrils to the lips covered with numerous, coarse, obtuse 

 bristles, of equal length. Upper lips bounded by a delicate 

 series of hairs. Hairy covering of a dark chesnut colour above, 

 paler and greyish underneath. Fur short j the separate hairs 



