2. Phyllostoma perspicillatum.
I find in Mr. Darwin’s collection, a bat agreeing with the description of M. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire,[[5]] 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Length of | head and body | 4 | 0 |
| antibrachium | 2 | 7 | |
| nose-leaf | 0 | 5 | |
| ear | 0 | 8½ | |
| tragus | 0 | 3 | |
| tibia | 1 | 0 | |
| Expansion of | the wings | 16 | 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.