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Show MAM1\1ALIA. 5 Geoffroy Saint Hilaire,* under the above name, with the exception of a slight difference in the dimensions; I will, therefore, add those of the present specimen, which is a female. It may be observed, that in the animal before me, the tragus of the ear is pointed, and not bifid at the apex, as represented in plate xi of the work quoted. In. Lines . In. Lines. Length of head and body 4 0 Length of tragus 0 3 antibrachium 2 7 tibia 0 nose-leaf 0 5 Expansion of the wings . 16 8 ear 0 8~ " This bat was caught at Bahia, (latitude 13° S.) on the coast of Brazil, in consequence of its having flown into a room where there was a light. I scarcely ever saw an animal so tenacious of life." D. F AMlLY-VESPERTILIONID.£. v ESPERTILIO CHlLOENSIS. PLATE III. V. fuscus: auribus mediocribus ; trago elongato, angusto, apicem versus attenuata; fronle conca1;o; 1·ostro obt·uso ; cauda ud apicem extremum libedt. DESCRIPTION.- ln size and colouring, this Bat very closely resembles the Vespet ·tilio Pipistreltus of Europe; the wings, however, are considerably broader in proportion ; the antibrachium, tibia, and tail, are each of them longer; the tragus of the car is also longer, and narrower. The muzzle is short and obtuse, and furnished on each side with numerous hairs, which, when compared with those of other parts, are of a more harsh nature. The nose is naked at the apex. The forehead is concave. The ears are narrow, and somewhat pointed, emarginated externally, and have about four transverse ruga; : the tragus is elongated, narrow, and pointed, and has the outer margin very obscurely crenulated. On the chin there is a small wart, from which spring several stiffish hairs. The tail is about equal to the body in lengtlJ, and has the extreme tip free. The fur is moderately * " Annalcs des Mu~c um d'Ilistoiro Naturcllc," tom. xv. p. 170. |