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CHEIROPTERA. 



rllKlKOSTEMON. 



27. RJtuu^nplmi Hippotidtrot, the Smaller Honedloe-B.it. Devon- 

 shire. 



38. R. frrrum-fi^iioim, the Larger Horseshoe-Bat England and 

 Turin. 



39. R. mtyaplkyUiu, the Large-Leaved Horseshoe-Bat Australia. 

 SO. X. mono, the Black Horseshoe-Bat Singapore. 



31. R. trayatiu. Nepaul Horseshoe-Bat NepauL 



83. R. Cbpeniu, Cape Horseshoe-Bat. Cape of Good Hope. 



33. R. eiiratiu, Short-Faced Horseshoe-Bat. North Africa. 



34. I/ippoiidrrot flna, Foxy Honeshoe-Bat India, Madras. 



35. //. murimiu, Mouse-Coloured Horseshoe-Bat India, Madras. 

 3d. It. birohr, Ilhinolopktu bicolor, Two-Coloured Horseshoe-Bat 



Java. 

 :I7 //. a/.im/0/iu, Apicillated Honeahoe-Bat. India, Madras. 



88. //. larraita. Ma-kod Honeahoe-Bat. Java. 



89. //. pmieillaltu, Pencilled Horseshoe-Bat Madras. 



40. //. mil/aril. Javanese Honeahoe-Bat Java. 



41. //. noo./u, Noble Honeahoe-Bat. Java. 



V-'. //. armiyer, Hodgson's Horseshoe-Bat Nepaul. 

 43. Ateltia trident, the Three-Toothed Asellia. Egypt. 



B. Anittioplwri. 



C. VaperlUionida. 



4 4. \yrtrrii Thrbaira, Egyptian Ny ctcrix. Egypt. 



45. A'. Damarcruii, Damara Nycteris. South Africa, Damar.i 

 country. 



46. A". Poeiuit, Fernando Po Nycteris. Africa, Fernando Po. 



47. Ptlalia Jaraniea, Kuhl's Petalia. Java. 



48. XyttoplulH* Oeofroyi, the Australian Nyctophile. Australia. 



49. BartxttleUut commmit, the Barbastelle. England. 



50. Plecottu commwtu, Common Long-Eared Bat England, Ix>ndon. 

 61. P. Ckrulii, Egyptian Long-Eared Bat North Africa, Egypt. 



52. Romicia ralrorata, the Long-Spurred Romicia. 



53. t'etpertiliv mytlacitHa, the Whiskered Bat Devonshire and 

 Cambridgeshire. 



54. V. Davhentmii, Daubenton's Bat Scotland, Aberdeen. 



55. F. faro/i, Prince Charles's Bat North America. 

 66. r. muricola, the Wall Bat Nepaul. 



57. Trilotitft Btepotu, the Blepote. Timor. 



58. T. Ihrtfrldii, the Lowo-Manir. Java; India. 



59. Myolit murtntu, the Large-Eared But Hamburg ami England. 



60. M. Beduteinii, Bechstein's Bat New Forest, Hampshire. 



61. if. Nattertri. Natterer's Bat England. 



62. KerivotUa pitta, the Kerivoula. Java. . 



63. A". /ormoro, the Nepaul Kerivoula. Nepaul. 



64. AT. Sykerii, Sykes's Kerivoula. India, Calcutta. 



65. A", trilatitoida, the Javanese Kerivoula. Java. 



66. A". Ifardvictii, Hardwicke's Kerivoula. Java. 



67. K. Poentit, the Fernando Po Kerivoula. Fernando Po. 



68. A", yritea, the Gray Kerivoula. 



69. K. BratiUntu, the Brazilian Kerivoula. Brazil*. 



70. AVi/a/u ttraminrut, the NaUle. America, 



71. Sfolo/ihilui Serotiniu, the Serotine. England. 



72. 8. ditcolor, Parti-Coloiired Bat England. 



73. & Leuleri, the Hairy-Armed Bat England. 



74. & muriniu, the Bat Kugluiid; North of Scotland; Hamburg; 

 and Madeira. 



75. & fulvjinnnu, the Sooty Sootophile. Nepaul. 



76. 8. Hodgtmii, the Indian Bat India, Calcutta. 



77. S. lobattu, the Lobed Scotophile. In.liii. 



78. 8. MatUraipataiuu, the Madras Bat Madras. 



79. K mono, the Australian Bat Van Diemen's Land, Australia. 



80. & Gouldii, Gould's Sootophile. Van Diemen's Land. 



81. & pxmi/w, the Dwarf Bat Australia. 



82. & (Jrtyii, Captain Grey's Bat Australia. 

 88. & Cubaui,, the Cuba Bat Cuba. 



84. 8. MaeUoyii, MacLeay's Bat Cuba. 



85. & BMii, Bell's Bat West Indies. 



86. 8. OnatU, Green's Bat. North America. 



87. & Trmminckii, Temminck's Noctule. Calcutta and Java. 



88. 8.faleattu, the Falcated Noctule. India. 



89. & Ltadai, Leach's Noctule. India. 



90. & fulnu, the Foxy Noctule. Java and Madras. 



91. .\of1ulinia alttnlaiu, the Noctule. England 



93. A'. Maiaccauu, the Singapore Noctule. Singapore. 

 98. A*, lahiain, Large-Lipped Noctule. Ncpaul. 



94. Ltuiunu rv/iu, the Red Hairy-Tailed Bat America. 



95. L. prumotui, the Powdered Hairy-Tailed Bat. North America. 



96. ScotapkUiu Capauit, the Cape Bat Cape of Good Hope. 



97. Mrnrina miUui, the Pig-Nosed Bat. India. 



d. Xotti>imin. 



98. Tapliottmt perforaltu, the African Taphozoua. Africa and 

 Mauritius. 



99. T. longimamu, the Ing-Armed Taphorous. India, Calcutta. 

 100. T. muHrnlrr, the Naked- Bellied Tplm/:i.i^. Africa, Nubia. 

 l'. T.melanopoyon, the Black-Bearded Taphorous. Caves of Kcnneii, 



Hindustan. 



102. T. taetolaimut, the Javanese Taphozoiu. Java. 



103. tfoftilio Ameritaniu, the lt.ill-1 >.. K Bat Para. 



104. JV. maitiriu, the Striped Bull-Dog Bat Br.izils and Central 

 America. 



105. Moiia ttiyracrnt, the Moala. South America. 



106. Mf&afina tukerculata, the Mystacinc. New Zealand. 



107. Cfmlurio tfnfjr, the Wrinkled-Faced Epaulet-Rat Amlmyna. 



108. Ckmolyttcrit Maelsayii, MacLeay's Fringe-Now 1 

 Cuba. 



109. Mormopt Bli*riUii, the Mormopa. Cuba and South 

 America. 



110. .VyfUiumitu jiUcntHt, the Groove-Cheeked Bat Java and 

 IJengal. 



111. A'. RUpprllii. Riippell's Groore-Cheeked Bat Ferns, 

 and Singapore. 



112. A*, ptmiliu, the Smaller Groove-Cheeked Bat K. 



113. A'. mHrtHtu, the Murine Groove-Cheeked Bat Jamaica. 



114. A 7 , mamtu, the Large-Eared Groove-Cheeked Bat Cuba. 



115. Molomiu veto*, the Swift-Flying Thick-Lip|M-d Hit. Brazils, 

 and St Lucia, West Indies. 



116. M. fuJiyinottu, the Sooty Thick-Lipped Bat Bermuda, 

 Jamaica, and Portobello. 



117. M. rufiu, the Reddish Thick-Lippe<l Bat. Brazils. 



118. M. tn>i,iili,rhynrk<u, the Ridge-Noned Tlji.k I. i|. ].,,! Bat Cuba, 



119. M. JirazUientu, the Brazilian Thiuk-Lippi-d Hit. lirazils. 



120. M. XorfaUcntii, the Norfolk Island Thick l.i].p.-,l Hit. Norf.lk 

 Island. 



121. Diclidurut Preyreini, tlie Dicliilure. Pueblo Nm-vn, Tropical 

 America. 



e. Pleropiaa. 



122. Pteroptu polliirrphaltir, Gray-Headed Knlong. Australia. 

 128. P. SdwafdtU, the Wurba-Gool. India, Nejiaul, and Molucca. 



124. P. rdalu, the Kalong. Sumatra. 



125. P.funfrou, Red-Naped Kalong. Australia, Port Ex.xinKton. 



126. P. pttlaphon, Hairy-Footed Kalong. Island of Bonin (Loo- 

 Choos). 



127. P. rubrifollit, the Roussette. Cape of Good Hope. 



128. Xantharp'yia ami'l'.rir'iu<lnta, the Xantliarpvf. Anil oyna. 



129. X. sflffyptiafa, Egyptian Xantharpye. NoHh Africi. Ku-ypt. 



130. X. ttraminta, the Pale Xautharpye. Africa. 



131. Epomophoriw Wliitii, the Shoulder-Knot Bat West Africa, 

 Gambia, 



182. Cynnpttrut marginalut, the Margin-Eared Cyuoptcre. India, 

 Java, and Nepaul. 



18S. C. IIorqfMii, Horsfield's Cynoptere. Java and India. 

 134. C. brtncaudatnt, the Short-Tiiilr.l Cynoptere. 

 185. C, affinit, the Indian Cynoptere. Himalaya. 

 136. Macroglostut mini mini, the Kiodote. Java. 



Fotsil Chfiroptem. 



Cuvier described the skeleton of a species of bat allied to the 

 Serotine, which was petrified and imbedded in a block of tin- 

 Eocene Gypsum at Montmartre, Paris. Some fossil teeth resembling 

 those of a Cheiropterous animal have been found in the Eocene 

 Sand at Kyson near Woodbridge in Suffolk. More numerous remains 

 of this family have been met with in England in the limestone cavi>rn 

 containing the fswsil bones of extinct bears, hyaenas, and other animalx. 

 Professor Owen says of these remains that he has " failed to detect 

 in the more complete skulls and skeletons from cave-localities any 

 character by which they could be distinctly referred to unknown 

 species of bats, or to such as do not now exist in England ; ami nfti-r 

 much pains bestowed on the less complete and more abundant frag- 

 mentary and detached parts of the enduring fnunrwork of the 

 Cheiroptera I have been seldom able partly indeed from the Mill 

 imperfect state of the osteology of this order to arrive at any sound 

 specific determinations." One of the most complete examples nt ill. 

 skeleton of a bat from a crevice of a bone-cave in the Mendip Hills 

 Professor Owen refers to }'etpfrtilio nocttda. Remains of a bat from 

 the bone-cave called Kent's Hole, near Torquay, Devon, m . piv.-rn , .1 

 in the British Museum ; and from an examination of these Professor 

 Owen concludes that they belong to the Rhinotopfitu ftmm-equinum, 

 tin- i;r.-:it Horseshoe-Bat, which is not now a native of these islands. 

 Other Cheiropterous remains have been found in the bone-caves of the 

 continent of Europe. 



CHKIKoSTK MON, a genus of plants belonging to the natural 

 order Stercnliafea. C. ]Jatanoidet, a most singular plant, in 

 monly called the Hand-Tree, in consequence of its stamens 1>< 

 arranged as to present an appearance sotnewhat similar to that of a 

 human hand. It is a lofty tree, with the habit of a plum', and a 

 trunk about as thick as a man's body. Its head divides into a iiiiml" T 

 of close horizontal branches, which are of a brownish colour to:n-d 

 their extremities in consequence of the number of short fawn-coloun-d 

 hain that beset them. The leaves are heart-shaped, slightly 7-Iobed, 

 six or eight inches long, and a little toothed ; they are of a rich deep 

 green on the upper side, and are covered with fawn-<-ol.iuivd hnin on 

 the underside. The flowers are of a bright red, and appear at the 

 end of the branches; they consist of three external lanceol.i 

 bracts, and a bell-shaped fleshy angular calyx, about an inch and a 



