Cuban Bats. $37 



One of these subjects belongs to the genus Molossus^ and ap- 

 pears to have an extensive range, not only on the continent of 

 America, but also on the West Indian Islands : the specific name 

 of velox was assigned to it by its discoverer, with wliich it appears 

 in M. Temminck's Monographs of MummaUa. The second be- 

 longs to the genus Phyllostoma ; it was first noticed and concisely 

 described by Dr. Leach in the Transactions of the Linnean So- 

 ciety ; but as the specimens sent by Mr. MacLcay have arrived in 

 excellent condition, preserved in spirits, I have thought that n 

 more detailed notice, as well as a figure of a species, hitherto 

 imperfectly known, would not be useless. 

 I have the honour to be, 



My dear Sir, 



Your faithful Servant, 



ThoS. IIoilSFIELB* 



jTo N. a. Vigors, Esq., Sfc. Sfc. S^-c. 



1. MoLossus VELOX, Nattcrcr. 

 M. corpora supra saturate-fusco, infra canescente, pilis onuiibus 

 unicoloribus, ?uembrana antipediim nigra., plagd pilorum 

 Juscorum humero et anlibrachio paralleluy in guid fossuld 

 c^lindricii ritna orbiciilari cincta. 



Molosse veloce. Dysopes velox, Tcmm., Monogr, de Mammal, 

 p. 234. p/. xxi'i. Jig. 1. 



"Wings narrow, but comparatively of great length ; tail enveloped 

 by the interfemoral membrane to about one half of its length, 

 slender ; ears not much elevated above the head, but of consider- 

 able breadth, united on the forehead by a continuation of the 

 lobes from each side. On the throat a siphon or cylindrical 

 pouch, having a regularly circumscribed border. Muzzle from 

 the nostrils to the lips covered with numerous, coarse, obtuse 

 bristles, of equal length. Upper lips bounded by a delicate 

 series of hairs. Hairy covering of a dark chesnut colour above, 

 paler and greyish underneath. Fur short; the separate hairs 



