SYNOPSIS OF THE 



middle finger foUTj the rest three. Tail enveloped in mem- 

 brane, except the last joint. 



209. 1. M. Blainvillii (Blainville's Mormoops Bat.) Na- 

 sal leaf plaited ; ears above bilobed ; labial processes di- 

 vided. 



Mormoops Blainvillii, Leach, Lin. Trans, xiii. 76. 

 Icon. Lin. Trans, xui.f. 1, from Museum of Mr. Brooks. 

 Inhabits Jamaica. 



XII. Medateus. Leach. Incisive teeth ^, the two inter- 

 mediate in the upper jaw longest ; canine W; cheek teeth ^. 

 Nasal appendages two, one vertical, the other lunate and ho- 

 rizontal. Tail none. Lips furnished with a series of warts. 



210. 1. M. Lewisii {Lewis's Medateus Bat.) Blackish; 

 nasal leaf vertical, spear-shaped ; ears rounded. Expanse 

 of v^rings seventeen inches. 



Medateus Lewisii, Leach, Linn. Trans, xiii. 81. 



Icon. 



Inhabits. 



f-f- Index finger with one bony articulation, the other 

 fingers with two each. 



XIII. Megaderma. GeofFroy. Incisive teeth f; canine 

 teeth -^ ; triangular in the upper jaw, inclining backward in 

 the lower cheek-teeth ^=z2^. Ears very large, and united; 

 interior ears much developed. Three appendages to the nose, 

 one erect, one foliaceous or horizontal, and the third like a 

 horse-shoe. Tail none. Interfemoral membrane square. Third 

 finger of the hand without the first phalanx. 



211. \. M. Spasma {CoYdaied Bat of Pennant.) Reddish, 

 brighter on the head ; the erect appendage to the nose mo- 

 derate in size, and heart-shaped, the foliaceous appendage 



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