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ROUGH-TAILED BAT. 



Vespertilio Lasiurus. V. caudatus labiis tumidis, cauda lata. Lin. 



Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 50. 

 Tailed Bat, with tumid lips and broad hairy tail. 

 V. lasiurus. Schreh. Quadr. t. 62. B, 



With upright ears and small: tail broad at 

 base; terminating in a point thickly covered with 

 hair: colour a reddish-brown. A small species. 

 Native country unknown. 



MOLUCCA BAT. 



Vespertilio Cephalotes. V. caudatus, capite magna, labiis productis, 

 naribus spiralibus, njerrucis subocularibus , auriculis payvis non oper- 

 culatis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 50. 



Tailed yellowish-grey Bat, with large head, spiral nostrils, and 

 small ears without valves. 



V. cephalotes. Pallas Spicil. Zool, 



This species was first described by Dr. Pallas, 

 and is a native of the Molucca isles. The head 

 is large ; the nose thick : the ears small : the nos- 

 trils tubular, terminating outwards in the form of 

 a screw : the upper lip is divided : the tongue co- 

 vered with papillae and minute spines: the claw 

 or thumb joined to the wing by a membrane ; 

 and the first ray of the wing terminated by a 

 claw: the end of the tail reaches beyond the mem- 

 brane: the colour of the head and back is a grey- 

 ish-ash : length from nose to rump three inches 



