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d'Azzara, or the obscure and striped bat. It is one third 

 larger than the lunette, and of an obscure colour bordering 

 on reddish. It resembles that species by having two white 

 bands on the head. This, however, cannot be considered 

 as a sufficient proof of identity of species, as the same cha- 

 racter is found in another phyllostoma of Paraguay, very 

 different from this. 



The musette, or phyllostoma soricinum, inhabits Surinam, 

 and the adjacent isles : Pallas has published a very com- 

 plete description of parts of its viscera, and skeleton. 

 It is the smallest of all the known phyllostomata. The 

 muzzle is tolerably long, but less narrow than that of 

 the vampire. The canine teeth are, consequently, at a 

 greater distance from each other, and the incisors are 

 less incumbered, and are arranged upon a single line. The 

 leaf is small , altogether at the extremity of the muzzle, in the 

 form of a heart, (whence its English name, heart-nosed bat,) 

 larger at the base, in the males, and terminated by rather 

 a sharp point. The ears are small and oblong, and the in- 

 terfemoral membrane forms a re-entering angle, and is 

 supported by very short osselets. 



The tongue is very large, especially long, and channeled 

 towards its extremity. The borders of the furrow, are 

 furnished with papillae divided into two branches. This 

 organ of suction, in the Javelin-bat, is circular. The dis- 

 position in this species, is the same in its result, and there 

 is no doubt that all the phyllostomata equally make use of 

 these depressions of the tongue to open the extremity of 

 the veins, and determine thither the flowing of the blood. 



Five other species have been added by M. Geoffroy, in 

 the details of which, there is nothing very interesting for 

 this part of our work : we shall, therefore, proceed now to 

 the Megadermes. 



The phyllostomata possess relatives in the old conti- 

 nent much nearer of kin than the Rhinolphi. Such is the 



