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Zoological Society :- 



College of Surgeons, before alluded to, and the other columns have 

 been taken from specimens in skin in the British Museum : — 



Length of the head and body. 



of the tail 



of the head 



of the ears 



of the tragus 



of the fore-arm 



of the longest finger . 



of the fourth finger . 



of the thumb 



of the foot and claws . 



Expanse of wings 



1 6 



2 7 

 2 

 3A 

 4 



The foregoing description had been taken with a view to its pub- 

 lication, before that of Forster had been examined, the impression at 

 that time being that the species was new. 



For the convenience of immediate comparison, and to show the 

 general similarity of the two descriptions, a condensed description 

 will now be given of that furnished by Forster. 



About the size of Vesp. communis, or a little larger ; the head 

 like that of a mouse, and of medium size ; snout blunt, emarginate, 

 simple, with bi-tuberculated nostrils. The lower jaw rather shorter 

 than the upper. 



Incisors in the upper jaw 4, in pairs, of which the two inner ones 

 are the larger ; the two outer ones smaller, and approximate to them. 

 In the lower jaw 6, very small and approximate. Laniares (?) ^ ; 



1 4-4 



molars -r—., 



4 — 4 



Ears moderate, smooth, subovate ; tragus semiorbicular. Wings 

 large and dark brown. The fur everywhere soft, fine, and rusty 

 brown. 



Length from the end of the nose to the root 



of the tail 2 inches. 



Length of the tail 1-A „ 



Expanse of wings lO-J „ 



Fam. NoCTiLiONiNA. 

 Genus Mystacina, Gray. 



Body very short and broad. Snout much produced ; nostrils sub- 

 lateral, surrounded by a thickened projecting rim. Under jaw much 

 shorter than the end of the nose. Top of the head considerably ele- 

 vated ; ears lateral, simple ; tragus long, narrow, and pointed. 

 Wings moderate ; thumb moderate. Index finger with two pha- 

 langes, second finger with four, third and fourth fingers with three, 

 each. Wing-membranes extending to the distal extremity of the 

 tibia. Legs and feet short and stout. Tail very short, piercing the 



