547 



5. Glossophaga ecaudata, Geoff. Mem. du Mus. iv. 418. 

 Anoura geoffroyil, Gray, Mag. Zool. Bot. ii. 490. 



Of this species but one specimen has arrived. 



6. Phyllostoma hastattjm, Geoff. 



In Mr. Fraser's letter, published in the ' Zoologist,' the following 

 paragraph appears : — " I note the following, for fear it should be 

 forgotten, and it is well Mr. Tomes shoiild know it : amongst my 

 Gualaquiza specimens will be found one Bat much larger than the 

 rest ; the Indian who brought it said it attacks the mules, and is 

 called in their language ' Jichimchama.' " 



This species is by far the largest Cheiroptere sent, and answers to 

 the above note also in being a solitary specimen ; but the form of 

 the teeth, together with its whole structure, forbids the supposition 

 that it is a blood-sucking creature. If by attacking the mules it 

 were meant that it actually devoured any part of their substance, the 

 statement would have quite as great an appearance of probability, 

 for it is possessed of jaws and teeth of sufficient strength for a car- 

 nivorous regimen. Doubtless it is to the following species that the 

 accusation more properly applies, while the larger is allowed the 

 credit of it. 



7. Desmodus rufus, Pr. Max. 



Desmodus D ' Orbignyi, Waterh. 



One specimen of this species, with the same quantity of cinereous 

 in the fur, which led to the name given above as a synonym, is con- 

 tained in the collection. If any doubt were to arise as to its capa- 

 bilities of blood-letting, a mere inspection of the front teeth would 

 alone be quite sufficient to remove it. They are prominent and ex- 

 ceedingly sharp, admirably adapted to such a purpose. I greatly 

 doubt there being more than one species of Desmodus : my own col- 

 lection contains specimens which answer to the specific names, rufus, 

 fuscus, and murinus. They are all similar, excepting in colour ; in 

 this they differ very considerably. 



8. Saccopteryx lepturus, 111. 



.Vesp. lepturus, Schreb. Saugeth. i. p. 173. pi. 57. 

 Taphozous lepturus, Temm. Mon. ii. p. 291. 



Of this species the collection contains three examples, of which two 

 are adult, and the other scarcely half-grown. In the older ones the 

 antebrachial membrane is furnished with a sac ; but this is wanting 

 in the young one. 



9. Sciurus ^stuans, Linn. 



The specimen sent, although no doubt referable to this species, 

 are at the same time a little larger than is common, and have the 

 ears a trifle longer. They are also more strongly tinged with rufous 

 on the under parts. The differences do not appear to me to be suf- 

 ficient to admit of specific separation. 



