^36 Dr. Hoisfield on two species of 



pouch very largi', and of a delicate pink colour. The proportions 

 of the legs, feet, and toes, similar to those in other species of the 

 genus. 



Length of the head 2 in. 



• body 4 — 



tail 11 — 



The remarkable character of the scales covering the upper part 

 of the head, the variety and elegance of combination of colours, 

 the size and delicacy of hue of the gular pouch renders this species 

 a very interesting acquisition to this department of Zoology. 



Genus Amphisb^na. Linn. 

 Punctata. J. riifescente-grisea. fusco punclatu. 



Habitat in Ins. Cuba. 



Tab. Supp. XX. f. 2. 

 Long. Capitis, /// lin. — -Corporis, vii unc. — Cauda?, v I'm. 



Akt. XXVII. Notice of two Species of Vespertilionidcc, 

 forwarded hy W. S. MacLeay, Esq. F.L.S., His 

 M(tjesty''s Commissioner ofylrbitration at the Havana, 

 SfC, 8fC.; in a letter to the Editor of the Zoological 

 Journal. % Thos. HoRSFiELD,M.£).,/:i.S.,<<;ci5rc. 



My dear Sir, 



Among various objects of natural history,* M'hich have recently 

 been forwarded from the Havana by W. S. MacLcay, Esq. are two 

 species of Vespertilionida', of which I have the pleasure of send- 

 ing you a concise account. Although they have already been 

 indicated in late works of Natural History, it may perhaps be in- 

 teresting to preserve a record of them in your Journal, as belonging 

 to the Fauna of the Island of Cuba, which, as we know frorn the 

 communications of Mr. MacLeay, is remarkable on account of the 

 paucity of Mammiferous species which it contains. 



* Tlie description of several birds from the same locality will appear 

 in our next number. Wc regret tliat a pressure of matter prevents their np- 

 pearante in the present. 



