MAMMALIA. '^^^ 



Genus W.— Glossovhag A.— Geoffioi/. 



Generic Characler.—JndsoTy teeth ^ ; canine teeth J 



1—1 



lars Izl ; total 21. Iiicisory teeth are ranged regularly ; canines 

 of medium size ; the tongue very long, and extensible, actmg as 

 an organ of suction ; nose with a small crest, shaped like the 

 head of a lance ; interfemoral membrane and tail inconsiderable. 

 Sucks the blood of man and animals by means of the tongue. 



Glussophaga soriciiia.— The Leaf - Glassophaga — Plate 

 VI**. fig. 9.— Fur mouse-coloured above, bright brown under- 

 neath ; muzzle long, surmounted by a small spear-shaped ap- 

 pendage ; body about two inches long ; without any tail ; expanse 

 of the wings about ten inches. Inhabits Surinam, Cayenne, &c. 

 — See description, vol. 11. p. 373. 



Gemcs 12. — Mokmoops. — Leach. 



Generic Character — Incisory teeth *; canines J-J ; grinders 

 l^^ ; total 32. The two intermediate incisory teeth in the up- 

 per jaw largest ; ears large and close, furnished with auricles ; 

 nasal appendage single, erect, confluent with the ears ; index fin- 

 ger with two joints ; middle finger with four ; the others with 

 three ; tail^ except the last joint, enveloped in the membrane. 



Mormoops Blainvillii. — Blainville's Mormoops Plate 



VI**. fig. 3. — Nasal leaf plaited ; ears above with double lobes ; 

 labial processes divided. Inhabits Jamaica. 



Genus 13. — Medateus. — Leach. 



Generic Character. — Incisory teeth *; canines }-} ; molars 

 |-* ; total 30. The two intermediate incisory teeth in the up- 

 per jaw longest ; two nasal appendages, the one vertical, the 

 other lunate and horizontal ; lips furnished with a series of 

 warts ; without a tail. 



Medateus ieu'/i^ji.— Lewis's Medateus. — Fur blackish; nasai 

 leaf vertical, spear-shaped; ears rounded; expanse of wings 

 seventeen inches. — Linnsean Transactions, xiii. p. 81. 



Genus ll. — Megaderma. — Geoffroy. 



Generic Character. — Incisory teeth o ; canines ,'-} ; molars 

 sZa ; total 26. The canine teeth are triangular in the upper, 

 and inclining backwards in the lower jaw ; ears very large, and 

 united ; interior ears much developed ; nose with three appen- 



