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ROUGH-TAILED BAT. 
Vespertilio Lasiurus. F. caudatus labiis tumidis, cauda lata* Lin, 
Syst. Nat. Gmel. 50. 
Tailed Bat^ with tumid lips and broad hairy tail. 
V. lasiurus. Schreb. ^adr. t.Gz, 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. F. caudatus y capite magnoy labiis productis, 
naribus spiralibusy njerrucis subocularibus , auriculis par'vis 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. Pal/as 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 
