98 MAMMALIA. PRIMATES. Bar. 



ly fhaped ; the whole upper parts of the body are yellow, with an afh coloured tinge ; and the un- 

 der parts are of a dirty white, inclining to a yellowifh afh colour; the membrane and tail are of a 

 mixed brown and yellow ; and the tail projects beyond the membrane in the fame manner with the. 

 former variety. 



F. Having two fore-teeth above., and none below.. 



228 19. Cephalote. — 18. Vefpertilio cephalotes. 18. - 



Has a tail : The head is large, having tumid lips, fpiral noltrils, warts below the or* 

 bits, and fmall ears, without any lid or operculum. Pallas, fpecileg. iii. 10. t. 1. Schre-- 

 ber, i. 172. tab. lxi. Sm. Buff. vii. 236. pi. ccxxxii. 



Molucca bat. Penn. hift. of quad, n. 405. , 



Inhabits the Molucca iflands. — This fpecies is about three and three quarter inches long, and fif- 

 teen inches in extent ; the tongue is furnifhed with prickly papillae ; the hair on the upper part of 

 the body is afh coloured, and on the under parts whitifh ; the head is very large, in proportion to 

 the body, with a broad, blunt, fimple nofe ; the noilrils are open, fpiral gutters ; the ears are fmall, 

 fimple, and ftand a little backwards ; the neck is very diftinct, and feems longifh, being thinly co- 

 vered with hair; the tufks of the upper jaw have two fmall intervening teeth, which are wanting 

 in the lower jaw : The female feems only to produce one at a birth.. 



1 29 /3. Straw-coloured Cephalote. — Vefp. cephalotes melinus. 



Refembles the former, except in colour, being of a fine draw colour, with a dull white: 

 belly. Penn. hift. of quad. p. 558. Lev. muf.. 



G. Having no fore- teeth above, and four below. 



130 20. Purfe-winged Bat. — 19. Vefpertilio Upturns. 19. 



Has a tail : The noftrils are tubular ; the ears are long, blunt at the extremity, and' 

 furnifhed with a lid; the membrane, which connects the legs, has a purfe, or pouch, 

 on the infide, on each fide of the body. Schreber, i. 173. tab. lvii. 



Pouch bat. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 401. 



Inhabits Surinam. — The nofe is fomewhat produced, thick at the end, and befet with whifkers ; 

 the chin is divided by a perpendicular furrow ; the ears are long and rounded at the ends ; the tail 

 is only partly inclofed in the membrane : The body is about an inch and a half long, being of a ci- 

 nereous brown colour on the the upper, and paler on the under parts. 



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