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subsequently gave as a specific appellation that of 

 the Naturalist who first distinguished it, can scarcely 

 claim a place in our Fauna, since only a single 

 specimen, of doubtful origin, in the British Museum, 

 is all that has hitherto been seen of it. 



It is described by Desmarest as having the head 

 short and flat ; the nose broad, the nostrils crescent- 

 shaped, the lips tumid, the forehead very hairy ; 

 the eyes small, and concealed by the fur ; the com- 

 missures of the lips having each above it a large 

 white gland ; the ears very hairy within ; the mouth 

 not extending to the ears ; the teeth very pointed. 

 One of its principal distinctive characters consists 

 of a band of hairs, nearly half an inch broad, pro- 

 ceeding from the neck, and extending over the 

 lower part of the wing as far as the carpal joint. 

 The membranes are brownish black ; the part of that 

 of the wing which is contiguous with the abdomen 

 is covered beneath with very large hairs ; the pollex 

 short and slender. The fur on the upper parts is 

 bright chestnut, its basal portion dark-brown, on the 

 lower parts brownish-grey at the end, but blackish- 

 brown at the base. 



The dimensions of the specimen in the British 

 Museum, as given by Mr Bell, are as follows : 



Inch. Lines. 



Length of the head and body 2 6 



Length of the head 9 



Length of thetatl 1 8 



Length of the ears 5 



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