our information on the zoological productions of South America. Tlie Edo-
sloma cinerea* of that author has evidently a close affinity to the animal here
described, and differs chiefly (judging from the drawing published in his work)
in the larger size of the ears, in having the nose-leaf free, and tlie surrounding
membrane free and elevated.
As M. d’Orbigny has not yet published the character of his genus Edostoma,
his figure is my only guide, and in this figure I find the dentition agreeing botli
with that of the present species, and that of the genus Desmodus of Prince
Maximilian,—as would appear from the published descriptions, and figure
given by M. de Blainvillet.—The points of distinction between M. d’Orbigny's
animal and the species here described, are not, in my opinion, of sufficient
importance to constitute generic characters, I have, therefore, retained the name
of Desmodus.
It is desireable perhaps to separate the Blood-suckiiig Bats from the Insectivorous
species, and place them between the latter group and the Pleropina,
(with which they agree in the large size of the thumb and the rudimentary
interfemoral membrane,) under a sectional name, which I propose to call Htema-
tophilini.
1. P h y l l o s t o m a G r a y i.
P l a t e II.
P . fusco-cinereum ; n a s û s prosthemate lanceolato ; aurihus mediocrihus, trago hasin
versus extus unidentato ; caudâ gracilUmâ, brevi, et memhranâ interfemorali inclusà ;
verrucà complanatà ad apicem menti, verrucis parvulis circumdatà.
DESCUiPTiON.—This Phyllostoma agrees with the species described by Mr. J.
GvayX under the name of Childreui, in having on the lower lip “ an half
ovate group of crowded warts,” but is of a much smaller size, and differs
also in colour.
The number of teeth are as follows :-^incisors caninesf; molars |^ = 3 2 .
The intermediate pair of incisors of the upper jaw are large, compressed, and
have their apices rounded; the lateral pair are so minute, that they are
scarcely visible without the assistance of a lens: the four incisors of the
* Voy. Anicr. Merid. t. 8.
t Sec his memoir “ Sur quelques anomalies du système dentaire dans les mammifères,” published in tlie
“ Annales Françaises et Etrangères d’Anatoraio et de Physiologie," No. 6, pl. IX . fig. 2.
i Magazine of Zoology and Botany, No. 12.
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