72 MAMMALIA. CHEIROPTERA. 



tail short and terminated by a nodosity; fur blackish brown. In- 

 habits Brazil and Rio de Janeiro. Mem. du Mus. iv. pi. 18. 



G. caudifer, Geoff. Desm. Interfemoral membrane very short ; 

 the tail extending beyond it j fur blackish brown. Inhabits 

 Brazil. Mem. du. Mus. iv. pi. 17- 



G. ecaudata, Geoff. Desm. Interfemoral membrane very short ; no 

 tail ; colour obscure brown. Inhabits Brazil. Mem. de Mus. 

 iv. pi. 18. 



Gen. 35. MORMOOPS, Leach. 



Incisors , canines f-i, molars f-f , 32. Two intermediate 

 incisors in upper jaw largest ; ears large, close, furnished 

 with auricles ; nasal appendage erect, confluent with the 

 ears ; index finger two joints, middle finger four, the others 

 three ; tail enveloped in membrane except the last joint. 



M. Blainvillii, Leach. Nasal leaf plaited ; ears bilobed above ; 

 labial processes divided. Inhabits Jamaica. Lin. Trans, xiii. pi. 7- 



Gen. 36. MEDATEUS, Leach. 



Incisors f , canines i-i, molars f-J, 30. The two interme- 

 diate incisors in the upper jaw largest ; two nasal appen- 

 dages, one vertical, the other lunate and horizontal ; no tail ; 

 lips warty. 



M. Lewisu, Leach. Blackish ; nasal leaf vertical, spear-shaped ; 

 ears rounded ; spread of wings seventeen inches. Lin. Trans. 

 xiii. 81. 



Gen. 37. MEGADERMA, Geoff. Cuv. Desm. Vespertilio, 

 Lin. Shaw. 



Incisors f , canines {-|, molars |-|, = 26. Superior canines 

 triangular, the inferior bent backwards ; ears very large, and 

 united upon the forehead ; auricle much developed ; nasal 

 crests to the number of three, one vertical, one horizontal or 

 folliculated, and the third of a horse shoe form ; no tail ; 

 interfemoral membrane truncated ; wings very large, with the 

 third finger without the nail joint. 



M. trifolium, Geoff. Desm. Nasal leaf oval, follicle large, each 

 the fifth of the length of the ears ; auricle of a trefoil shape ; 

 body about three inches long ; spread of the wings ten inches. 

 Inhabits Java. Ann. Mus. xv. pi. 12. 



M. spasma, Geoff. Desm. (Vesp. spasma, Lin.) Leaf heart-shaped ; 

 follicle large and similar ; auricle of a half heart shape. Nearly 

 four inches long. Inhabits Isle of Ternate Shaw, i. pi. 42. 



M. lyra, Geoff. Desm. Leaf rectangular ; follicle one half smaller ; 

 body nearly three inches long ; spread of the wings about a foot. 

 Ann. Mus. xv. pi, 12. 



