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arquoj et tcrmine par uiic large tete, ou une espece de 

 paumc." Nothing can be more correct than this discri- 

 mination, mutato nomine. 



Dimensions : — 



Length of the head and l}ody . 



,, of the head 



,, of the tail . 



,, of tlie ears . 

 Breadth of the ears 

 Length of tlie tragus 



,, of the fore-arm . 

 Extent of the wings, 13 inches S lines to 14 inches and ujiwards. 



Dentition 



I. ;i : C. i : F. M. ^ : M. | = {|. 



The genus Scutophilus v/as established by Dr. Leach, 

 in a paper in the Linnaean Transactions, vol. xiii., and 

 adopted by Dr. Gray in the Magazine of Zoology and 

 Botany, vol. ii., 1838. 



