130 ORDER III. 



a/oot stalk rising from the centre of the horse shoe 

 (Phyllorhina of Bonap.), contains species found in 

 Europe and Africa, spreading over temperate Asia, 

 and extends to the great islands of Australasia. 

 Among them, the hest known is, 



Rhinolophus unihastatus, Geoff. ; Vesp. Ferrum 

 Equinum of Linn. ; and Horse Shoe Bat of Penn. 

 Is mouse-grey in the male, and russet in the female, 

 with a lanceolate complicated nasal appendage; ears 

 notched on the outer margin : resides in Europe 

 (Great Britain) and Northern Africa, where it 

 hangs hy the feet in quarries, with the body entirely 

 wrapped within its wings. This bat hibernates for 

 a few days ; but can resist winter temperatures, 

 which would be fatal to others. Found as far north 

 as the forests of Thuringia. 



R. lihastatus, Geoff. Little Horse Shoe Bat. 

 Was confounded with the former by LinnaBUS ; is 

 white, with the tips of the hair reddish ; the nasal 

 appendage lanceolate, erect, reddish ; a second lance 

 shaped membrane in the centre. It is rare in Ger- 

 many and France, where the most inaccessible nooks 

 of caverns are its haunts ; is about three inches in 

 length, and ten inches over the wings. There are 

 enumerated seventeen other species, all foreign, and 

 several more are doubtful. 



Genus NYCTOPHILUS, Leach. South Sea Bats. 

 Dent. form, incis. f , can. \-\, mol. f = if == 26. 

 The ears large, united over the forehead ; the tragus 

 lanceolate ; tail not terminated by forked cartilage ; 

 membranes less developed than in NycteriSy the 



