MAMMALIA. 739 



Ann. du Mus. xx. PI. i ; in Senegal, on the coast of Guinea. — Megaderma 

 spasma, Vespertilio Spasma L., Megaderma trifolium, Geoffr. St-Hilaire, 

 ScHEEB. Sdugth. Tab. 48; the head figured Ann. du Mus. xv. PI. 12 j 

 Java. 



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Fliyllostmia Cuv., Geoffe. Incisor teeth j , small, lower very 



small, placed in front of canines, nearly contiguous at the base ; 



canines large ; molars -z — ^ ( more seldom 75 — -^ , or -p — ^ ) . 

 ° b -b \ 6-6 5-5/ 



Nose with double membrane, one erect, the other subhorizontal. 



Ears moderate, distant, furnished with tragus small, elongate. Tail 



mostly short, in some none. 



Compai-e Geoffe. Saint-Hilaiee Ann. du Mus. xv. pp. 163 — 187. 



Sp. Phyllostoma crenulatum Geoffe. 1. 1. PI. 10, Goeein Iconogr., Mam- 

 mif. PI. 8, fig. I ; with tail of which the extremity extends somewhat 

 beyond the membrane between the hind legs. — Phyllostoma spectrtim, Ves- 

 pertilio spectrum L., Scheeb. Sdugth. Tab. 45 (fig. from Seba Thes.) with- 

 out tail ( Vampirus Geoffe.) — The sxxh- genus Arctibceus Leach, Nyctiplanus 

 Geoffe., is distinguished by the absence of a membrane between the hind 

 legs. 



These large bats live in South America. Their tongue is flat and elon- 

 gate. They live on insects, but suck also the blood of sleeping animals, 

 and, according to some, even of man. See Pe. Maxim. Beitr. z. Natur- 

 gesch. Bras. 11. s. 175, 176, V. Tschudi Perw, Reiseskizzen, 11. s. 244, 245. 



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Glossophaga Geoffr. Incisor teeth -^ , molars ^ — 7: . Snout 



elongate, thin. Ears moderate, distant, furnished with small 

 tragus. Nasal appendage double. Intercrural membrane mostly 

 small or none ; tail short or none. Tongue very long, extensile, 

 rough with reversed papillge. 



Compare Geoffe. Saint-Hilaibe Mim. du Mus. iv. pp. 411 — 418, 

 PI. 17, 18; the species are from South America, like those of the preceding 

 very similar genus, but smaller. Sp. Glossophaga soricina, Vespertilio sori- 

 cinus Pall. Spic. Zool. in. Tab. 3, 4 (Scheeb. Sdugth. Tab. 47); — Glos- 

 sophaga amplexicauda Geoffr. 1. 1. Tab. 18, fig. A, &c. 



BracJiyphylla Gray. 



Sp. Brachyphylla badia Geat, Proceed, of the Zool. Soc. 1833, p. 123, Annals 

 of Nat. Hist. IV. p. 2, PI. r, fig. i ; from the West Indies ; a species un- 

 known to me. 



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Desmodus Pr. Maxim. Incisor teeth -r , upper large, incurved 



(in younger 6 small), lower small, bifid ; upper canines compressed; 



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