THE PROPER BATS. 



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p. 133, note 1.) The whole length 3", one half being allowed for the 

 tail ; the ears are longer than the head, and have a tragus ; the fur, dark 

 gray above, is blueish-grey beneath ; the alar membranes are of a deep 

 blueish-grey; the toes are black. 



24. V. Melanotic Rafin. Total length 4y, tail occupying one half, 



the expanse 114/'; the tragus roundish; the fur blackish above, whitish 

 beneath ; the membranes dark grey ; the toes black. 



_25. V. Calcaratus Rafin. Total length 4", expanse 12" ; it has 



a kind of spur on the inner side of the first phalanx; the fur is blackish- 

 brown above, and deep fawn-colour beneath. The wings are black; the 

 toes rose-coloured ; the feet are black. 



26. V. Monachus Rafin. The size of the preceding; the tail equal 



to a third of the length, clad above, and wholly enveloped in the mem- 

 brane ; the ears are small, and hid under the hair, which is very long ; 

 the fur above is deep reddish-fawn, and beneath fawn ; the feet are 

 black ; the membranes dark grey, and the toes and nose rose-coloured. 

 This is probably the Rcil-loed Bat already described, (No. 07) 



27. V. Phaiops Rafin. Total length 4i", expanse 13", that of the 



tail 2" 3'"; the external pair of upper incisors are larger than the interior, 

 and bi-lobed ; the fur is dull bay-brown above, and paler beneath; the 

 face, ears, and alar membranes, are blackish. This seems the identical 

 animal already described, (No. 62.) 



28. V. Megalotis.— Rafin. Total length 4", expanse 12"; tail 

 somewhat less than 2". The fur is of a deep grey colour above, and of 

 a pale grey beneath ; the ears, very large and double, are provided with 

 a tragus as long as themselves. This is probably our Long-eared Bat 

 already described, (No. 5.) also found in North America. 



South America will probably yet supply many new species of Bats. 

 M. D'Orbigny has indicated one, which is a RriD Bat, in his beautiful 

 work. Voyage dam V Amer . Merid. (pi. II. fig. 5.) As the descriptive 

 letter-press has not yet been published, we of course cannot more par- 

 ticularly describe it. 



GENUS XXV. FURIA THE FURY BATS. 



Syn. 



FuatA Fr. Cuv. Mem. Mus. XVI.- 



Mon. Mam. II. 363. 



■Fisch. Syn. Mam. 552. — Temm. 



GENERIC CHARACTERS. 



The Cranium rises nearly at a right angle from the face. 

 The Upper Jaw is exceedingly depressed. The face is flat-nosed, and 

 bristled with hairs. 



The Nail only of the thumb projects from the membranes. 



This Genus, established by M. Fr. Cuvier, and subsequently adopted 



VOL. II. 



by others, is based upon a single individual Bat which the French Na- 

 turalists received from M. Leschenault, who captured it in his first jour- 

 ney in America. There is no-difference, as will be perceived, in the num- 

 ber of teeth, from what is found in many of the Genus Vespertilio ; their 

 form, however, materially differs. The upper incisors are of the same 

 size, and are pointed, and are not in contact with the canines. The 

 lower incisors, again, are placed regularly upon the arc of a circle, but in 

 pairs, trident-like, at three different parts of it. The upper canines are 

 much stronger than the lower, tricuspid, one point anterior, the other 

 posterior, and the central one by much the largest, and conical. The 

 lower ones have the same shape ; and the false molars appear much more 

 associated with them than with the true molars, on which we have no re- 

 mark to make. M. Cuvier conferred the name Fury upon this genus, on 

 account of its singular appearance. It is very small, flat-nosed, and 

 bearded ; the frontal and parietal bones rise almost at a right angle from 

 the face, and the other parts of the cranium follow in their train. The 

 zygomatic arch is not horizontal, but rises high in projecting backwards ; 

 the height of the upper jaw is nothing almost when compared with the 

 Proper Bats, and the ascending branch of the lower jaw is very great. 

 The organs of motion present nothing particular, with the exception re- 

 garding the thumb already specified. 



FURIA HORREUS— THE RUGGED FURY. 



Syn. et Icon. Furia Horreus. — Fr. Cuv. Mem. Mus. XVI. p. 150, pi. 

 9.— Temm. Mon. Mam. II. 264.— Fisch. (loc. cit.) 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



The Muzzle very flat, and studded with hairs. The Ears large, and 

 as broad as long. The Fur of a uniform black colour. 

 Inhabits South America. 



The eyes of this Bat are very prominent, and remarkable for a size 

 which is not often witnessed in this order. The nostrils are terminal, 

 and are separated from each other only by a margin which surrounds 

 them, and which forms a furrow at their upper part. The lips are entire, 

 but, along the upper, there are four or five warts, and, upon the lower, 

 eight similar ones, which are the more conspicuous, as they are white, 

 and situated amidst the black hair. The ears are large, nearly as broad 

 as long, simple in structure, and provided with a tragus of a particular 

 structure, having three points, which are arranged in the form of a cross. 

 The fur is soft and thick, except at the muzzle, where it is longer, stiffer, 

 and more shaggy than in the other parts of the body. The colour is a 

 beautiful uniform black. The total length is only an inch and a half; 

 the expanse six inches. The individual possessed by M. Cuvier was a 

 male, which was discovered at Mona, by M. Leschenault, during his first 

 journey in America. 



THE END OF THE ORDER CHIROPTERA, AND OF THE SECOND VOLUME. 



