128 ORDER III. 



the Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 75, a species which he con- 

 sidered to require a distinct generic appellation, 

 because there were no incisors in the lower jaw ; 

 had an erect nose-leaf, and a short tail : it is descibed 

 by the name of Monophyllus Redmanni. 



Genus GLOSSOPHAGA. Long-tongued Bats, 

 with broad head and produced narrow muzzle ; 

 small ears, with an operculum ; double nasal mem- 

 brane, one hastate, the other blended in the upper 

 lip; tongue very long, extensile, channelled, and 

 with reversed papilla? ; small, or no interfemoral 

 membrane or tail. Dent. form, incis |, can. \-\, 

 mol. li = if = 36. These bats, chiefly character- 

 ized by their extensile tongue, form the third genus 

 of blood suckers ; the four known, and the three 

 doubtful species, including the Diphylla of ^pix, 

 Brachyphylla of Gray, and Madatceus Letvisii of 

 Leach., Linn. Trans, ut supra, are all natives of 

 America. 



Tribe TIT. Monophalangia istiophora, have the 

 index with only one ossified phalanx, the other fin- 

 gers with two ; the nose with one or more leaf-like 

 membranes. 



Genus MEGADERMA, Geoff. Broad-winged Bats. 

 Dent, form incis. |, can. \-\, mol. T 8 s =r-lg = 26. 

 Nose with three appendages, the upper vertical, the 

 second horizontal, and the lowest resembling a horse 

 shoe ; ears very large, united over the forehead ; the 

 opercula prominent; tongue short, slender ; no tail 

 Habitat, the East Indies and Africa. 



They form the connecting link between the Phyl- 



