ORDER CARNASSIER. 9 



elongation, is terminated by papillae, which seem 

 to be arranged so as to form an organ of suction, 

 and their lips also are provided with tubercles sym- 

 metrically disposed. All this tribe is American ; 

 they run on the earth with more facility than the 

 other bats, and are accustomed to suck the blood of 

 other animals. 



1. Phyllostomes without a tail. 



The Vampire, (V. Spectrum, L.) Andira Guacu of Brasil. 

 Seb. LVIIL Geoff. Ann. Mus. XV. xn. 4. 



The leaf is oval and hollowed in the form of a 

 tunnel. This animal is reddish brown and about 

 the size of a magpie. Habitat, South America. 

 It has been accused of destroying men and 

 * animals by sucking their blood. But the truth 

 appears to be, that it inflicts only small wounds, 

 which may probably become inflammatory and 

 gangrenous from the influence of the climate. 

 We may here add the Lunette, (Vespertilio per- 

 spicillatus, L.J spear-nosed bat. And three species 

 given after Azzara, by M. Geoff. Ann. du Mus* 

 XV. 181, 182. 



2. Phyllostomes, with a tail involved in the interfemoral 

 membrane. 



Javelin Bat, (Vesp. Hastatus, L.) Fer de Lance, Buff. 

 XIII. xxxiii. 



The membrane of the nose very much resem- 

 bles a javelin, or leaf of trefoil. 



