128 ORDER III. 



the Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 75, a species which he con- 

 sidered to require a distinct generic appellation, 

 because there were no incisors in the lower jaw ; 

 had an erect nose-leaf, and a short tail : it is descibed 

 by the name of Monophyllus Redmanni. 



Genus GLOSSOPHAGA. Long-tongued Bats, 

 with broad head and produced narrow muzzle ; 

 small ears, with an operculum ; double nasal mem- 

 brane, one hastate, the other blended in the upper 

 lip; tongue very long, extensile, channelled, and 

 with reversed papilla? ; small, or no intei femoral 

 membrane or tail. Dent. form, incis |, can. ^-|, 

 mol. II = if = 36. These bats, chiefly character- 

 ized by their extensile tongue, form the third genus 

 of blood suckers ; the four known, and the three 

 doubtful species, including the Diphylla of ^pix, 

 Brachypkylla of Gray, and Madatceus Lewisii of 

 Leach., Linn. Trans, ut supra, are all natives of 

 America. 



Tribe I IT. Monophalangia istiophora, have the 

 index with only one ossified phalanx, the other fin- 

 gers with two ; the nose with one or more leaf-like 

 membranes. 



Genus MEGADERMA, Geoff. Broad-winged Bats. 

 Dent, form incis. |, can. \-\^ mol. T 8 s = ig = 26. 

 Nose with three appendages, the upper vertical, the 

 second horizontal, and the lowest resembling a horse 

 shoe ; ears very large, united over the forehead ; the 

 opercula prominent; tongue short, slender ; no tail 

 Habitat, the East Indies and Africa. 



They form the connecting link between the Phyl- 



