490 A Revision of the Genera of Bats, 



Phyllophora amplexicaudata, Gray. Glossophaga amplexicau- 

 data, Spix. Braz. t. 36, f. 4. Inhabits Brazils. British Museum. 



13. Glossophaga, Geoff. Tail none ; interfemoral membrane is 

 large and deeply cut out. 



Soricine Bloodsucker, Glossophaga soricina, Geoff. Vespertilio 

 soricinus. Pall. Misc. t. 5. Spic. Zool. iii. t. 3-4, cop. Sclireh. 

 t. 47; and Encyc Meth. t. 32. f. 5. Edwards Birds, t. 201, f. 1. 

 Pteropus soricinus, Erxleh. Phyllost. soricinum, Geoff. Ann. Mus. 

 XV. t. 2. Leaf-bat, Pennant. Inhabits West Indies. British Mu- 

 seum, from Thomas Bell, Esq. 



14. MoNOPHYLLUs, Leach. Tail short, prominent above the very 

 small deeply cut interfemoral membrane ; thumb elongated, thick ; 

 heel-bone rather elongated ; head short, 



Redmann's leaf-nose bat. Monophyllus Redmanni, Leach, Linn. 

 Trans, xiii. 76. Brown, beneath rather paler ; membrane black ; 

 lower lip fringed, and with two slight tubercles in front. Inhabits 

 Jamaica. 



Glossophaga caudifera, Geoff. Mem. Mus. iv. t. 17, cop. in Diet. 

 Sc. Nat ; may not be different from the former. 



\b. A^ovR A, Gray. Tail-less Bat. Tail none, interfemoral mem- 

 brane small, just margining the hind legs ; heel bone very short ; 

 cutting teeth ^-^ ; thumb very small and slender. 



Geoffrey's tail-less bat. Anoura Geoffroyi, Gray. Glossophaga 

 ecaudata, Geoff. Mem; Mus. iv. t. 181. Pr. Max. Abbild. In- 

 habits Brazil. British Museum. 



1 1 1 1 Forehead simple ; ears large, united over the forehead. 



16. Megaderma, Geo^ Broad-winged bat. Nose-leaf simple, 

 erect, front part flat, on the nose behind ; lips simple ; wings, in- 

 terfemoral membranes and ears, large, membranaceous ; tail none ; 

 cutting teeth g. India. 



Megaderma trifolium, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xv. t. 12, head. Me- 

 gaderma spasma, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xv. t. 12, from Vesp. spasma, 

 Linn, from Seba, i. t. 5Q. f. 1. cop. Schreh. t. 48. Shaw's Zoology, 

 t. 41. Vesp. lanceolata, Deschamp, MSS. Inhabits Java. Mu- 

 seum Leyden. 



Lyre-nosed broad-winged bat. Megaderma Lyra, Geoff. Ann. 

 Mus. XV. t. 12. cop. Encycl. Meth. t. 3. f. 11. B. Diet. Sc. Nat. 

 Inhabits India. British Museum. 



1 7- Lavia, Gray. Nose-leaf simple, erect behind, with an ex- 

 panded elevated edge in front, and a fold forming a canal in the upper 

 edge of its centre ; lips simple ; tail none ; cutting teeth §. Africa. 



Lavia frons, Gray. Megaderma frons, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xv. 



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