120 ORDER III. 



H. Pallasu. Pallas' Tube Nosed Goblin. 

 Vespertilio cephalotis, Linn. Cephalotis Pallasii, 

 Geoff. Colour clear ashy -brown ; whitish beneath; 

 the tubes of the nose, ears, and tail, bright yellow- 

 ish brown ; membrane yellowish-red, with irregular 

 whitish spots ; the interfemoral cleft in the middle, 

 partly covering the tail ; tail short : size of the 

 Common Bat of Europe. Inhabits Amboyna. 



Genus CEPHALOTES, Geoff. Cephalotes. The head 

 very thick; muzzle short, truncated; nostrils slightly 

 tubular, large ; upper lip cleft by a furrow ; alar 

 membrane adhering to the spine only by a trans- 

 parent membrane ; thumb nail partly covered by the 

 membrane ; index with third phalanx out ; no claw. 

 Dental formula varying with age, is in the adult 

 incis. f , can. J--J, mol. T 8 ^ = ^ 28. The inter- 

 maxillary bears, on each side, a small tooth, capable 

 of acting backwards and forwards, by means of a set 

 of muscles, which thus make the incisors moveable. 



C. Peronii. The hair brownish or reddish ; tail 

 partly engaged in the interfemoral membrane ; ears 

 broad, pointed ; its wings expand two feet. Inhabits 

 Amboyna, Timor, &c. 



Family II. Vespertiliomdce. Insectivorous Bats, 

 Vespertilionidae. These constitute the true bats, 

 with molars having conical points; the index with one 

 or two phalanges only, always without a nail : their 

 molar teeth, three in number in each jaw, are pre- 

 ceded by a variable number of premolars ; and, with 

 the exception of one sub-genus, the membrane always 



