238 Br. Horsfield on two species of 



being of a uniform colour throughout. Axillary cavity of consi- 

 derable depth and extent. Membrane of the flanks less covered 

 above than underneath. An irregularly defined broad band of 

 brownish hairs extends along the bones of the shoulder and arm 

 above. 



Entire length 3 inches and 6 lines ; length of the tail, I inch 

 4| lines. 



This account, which agrees in substance with that given by M. 

 Temminck, is founded on the examination of a specimen in good 

 condition preserved in spirits. A careful comparison has been 

 made with the figure given in the Monographs above mentioned, 

 and as far as I am enabled to judge from one specimen, this spe- 

 cies appears to agree in all particulars on the continent of Ame- 

 rica, and in the Island of Cuba. The front teeth are all perfect 

 in the specimen : the two lower ones remain in their natural po- 

 sition, before the appendages of the canine teeth, and illustrate 

 the character of the genus Molossus, as originally defined by 

 M. Geoflfroy de St, Hilaire : they are strictly " entassees au devant 

 des canines, et terminees chacune, par deux petites pointes." 



This species was discovered by M. Natterer in Brazil. M* 

 Schreibers, director of the Museum at Vienna, commu»icated two 

 specimens to M. Temminck, the loan of which he acknowledges 

 with grateful sentiments, and from which it would appear that his 

 description and drawings were made : he states that it has since 

 been brought to Europe by other travellers. 



2. Phyllostoma Jamaicense. 



Ph. capite suhcompresso^ naso ad later a pilis brevibus vestitoy 

 vexillo nasali inferiore antice abbreviato, adnata^ lobo mar" 

 ginali uirinque sulco sulitario exarato; corpora robusto, supra 

 canescente-fuscoy subtus pallidiorey pilis subelongatis mollis^ 

 simis. 



Tab. Supp. XXI. 

 Artibeus Jamaicensis, Leach^ Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 75. 



The peculiarities of this genus are stated with great clearness 

 by Dr. Von Spix in his description of the animals discovered by 



