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which is inflated and split into a double hare-lip, covered with old looking 
warts and seams. The ears are separated. There are four incisors above 
and two below. The tail is short, and free above the inter-femoral mem- 
brane. ‘There are two species of this genus in tropical America. 
The genus Phyllostoma (javelin bats) possess four incisors in each jaw, 
some of which fall off by the growth of the canines. The genus is more- 
over distinguished by a membrane resembling a double leaf that is placed 
crosswise on the end of the nose. The tongue is very extensible, terminated 
in papillee, which appear to be so arranged as to form an organ of suction. 
Symmetrically arranged tubercles are also observed on the lips. Upwards 
of twelve species of this genus are known to inhabit tropical America, to 
which country the genus is completely limited, and where a fossil species 
has also been discovered in the caverns. 
In the genus Vampyrus the tail is absent; in other respects it resembles 
the preceding. One species only belongs to it, V. spectrum (pl. 117, fig. 8), 
and this is peculiar to the new world, and more especially to tropical 
America. Its wings measure two or three feet across when expanded. 
The genus Glossophaga (long-tongued bats, differs from Phyllostoma by 
a narrow tongue, susceptible of elongation, and furnished with hair-like 
papille. Four species are known, and all of them belong to tropical 
America. 
The genus Megaderma (the broad-winged bats) has the leaf-like mem- 
brane of the nose more complicated than that of Phyllostoma. The ears 
are very large, and united on the top of the head. The tongue and lips 
are smooth; the inter-femoral membrane is entire, and the tail absent. 
There are four incisors below, but none above. The genus belongs entirely 
to the old continent; species are found in Africa and in the Indian Archi- 
pelago. From the latter locality is I. lyra (pl. 117, jig. 7). 
The genus Plecotus (long-eared bats) has ears larger than the head, and 
united on the cranium as is the case in Megaderma. PP. tumoriensis 
(pl. 117, fig. 2) belongs here. ‘Two species of this genus inhabit North 
America, one in the southern States (P. lecontw), and the other in Oregon — 
(P. townsend). : 
In the genus Rhinolophus (the horse-shoe bats), the nose is furnished 
with very complex crests and membranes laid upon the chanfrain, pre- 
senting the figure of a horse-shoe; the tail is long, and placed in the 
inter-femoral membrane. ‘l'his genus is very numerous in species, all of 
which belong to the old continent; example, 2. ferrum equinum (pl. 117, 
Jig. 6). A fossil species very nearly allied to it is found in the tertiary 
deposits of Germany. 
In the genus Nycteris (cheek-pouched bats) the forehead is furrowed by 
a longitudinal groove, which is even marked upon the cranium, and bor- 
dered by a fold of the skin which partly covers it. The nostrils are simple; 
there are four incisors above and six below; the ears are large and sepa- 
rated, and the tail involved in the inter-femoral membrane. ‘The species 
are African and Asiatic. 
The genus Nyctophilus includes only one species, which inhabits the 
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