10 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



Here may be added Vespertilio Soricmus, (Anglice 

 leaf-nosed bat), Pall. Spic. Zool. fasc. III. pi. in. 

 iv., cap. Schreb. XL VII. 



3, Phyllostomes, with a tail unconnected above the 

 membrane. 



The indented Javelin Bat, (Ph. crenulatum, Geoff.) 



The leaf of the nose is formed like a javelin, 

 indented or furrowed at the side. 

 The second great tribe has but one ossified pha- 

 lanx on the index, and the other fingers have each 

 of them two. 



This tribe is also divided into numerous sub- 

 genera. 



The Megadermes, (Geoffr. Ann. du Mus. XV.) 



These bats have on the nose a leaf more complicated 

 than that of the Phyllostomes. The parotis is large, 

 and most frequently forked or cloven ; the shells or 

 conchs of the ear are extremely ample and are united 

 to each other on the summit of the head ; the tongue 

 and lips are smooth ; the interfemoral membrane is 

 entire, and there is no tail. They have four incisives 

 below, but none have as yet been discovered above, 

 and it would appear that their intermaxillary bone 

 remains cartilaginous. 



They all belong to the ancient continent, and are. 

 either African, as the Feuille (Mega. Vons. Geoffr. J, 

 with an oval leaf to the nose, almost as large as the 

 head : of Senegal, or of the Indian Archipelago, as 



