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the Spasm of Ternata (Vespert. Spasma, L. Seb. I, 

 ivi.J. The Lyre, Geoffr. Ann. Mus. XV. pi. xu 

 The Trefle of Java, Seb. ib. fyc. The species are in- 

 terdistinguished by the form of their leaves, like the 

 Phyllostomes. 



The Rhinolphi (Rhinolphus, Geoffr. et Cuv.) vulgarly 



Horse-shoe Bats. 



They have the nose furnished with membranes and 

 crests exceedingly complicated, which are couched 

 upon the forehead, and present in the gross the 

 figure of a horse-shoe. The tail is long and placed 

 in the interfemoral membrane. They have four in- 

 cisives below, and two very small ones above, si- 

 tuated in an intermaxillary cartilaginous bone. 



There are two species, very common in France, 

 and discovered by Daubenton. 



The Great Horse-shoe Bat (Vesp. Ferrum equinum, L.) Buff. 

 or Rhinolphus bifer, Geoffr. Ann. Mus. XX. pi. v. and 

 The Lesser (Vesp. hipposideros, Bechot.) Buffon VIII. 

 xvn. 2, and xx. Geoffr. loc. cit. 



They inhabit the quarries, remaining there isolated, 

 suspended by the feet, and enveloped in their wings, 

 so as to suffer no other part of their bodies to become 

 visible*. 



The Nycteb.es (Nycteris, Cuv. et Geoffr.) 

 The forehead is hollowed by a small indenture 



* Add the four other species represented. Geoff. Ann. Mus. XX. 

 pi. v., one of which is the Vesp. Speoris, Schn. » 



