CHALINOLOBUS. 89 



2. VBSPERUGO ABRAMUS, Temminck, sp. (1835 - 1841). 

 Yellow-headed Bat. 



Muzzle obtuse. Glandular prominences on the sides large and 

 rounded, causing a furrow between them and the crown of the 

 head. Ear-conches broadly triangular, rounded at the tips ; the 

 outer margin almost straight. Tragus moderate. Wing-membrane 

 attached to the bases of the toes. Postcalcaneal lobe distinct and 

 rounded. Tip of tail free. Head and face between the eyes 

 densely covered with moderately long fur ; space in front of the 

 ears, about the eyes, and extremity of muzzle generally almost 

 naked. Fur above dark brown, tipped with light yellowish-brown; 

 head and neck wholly yellowish-brown ; below sooty-brown, the 

 tips lighter than those of the upper surface. 



Dimensions. Head and body about one and four-fifths inch ; 

 tail about one and a half inch : forearm about one and a third inch. 



Habitat. North Australia ; the Oriental Region from Ceylon 

 to Southern Japan, and the Malay Archipelago ; and in summer 

 entending westwards to Middle Europe. 



Reference. Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 226. 



3. VESPERUGO KREFFTI, Peters (1869). 

 Krefft's Bat. 



Ear-conches shorter than the head, triangular, the tips rounded 

 and, owing to a deep and abrupt emargination on the upper third 

 of tlae outer margin, distinct, Tragus acutely pointed and curved 

 inwards, with a distinct, acutely triangular lobe at the bases of the 

 outer margin. Wing-membrane attached to the bases of the toes 

 or to the metatarsus. Postcalcaneal lobe very shallow. Cartila- 

 ginous extremity of tail only free. Face in front of the ears 

 nearly naked, the glandular prominences with a few long hairs. 

 Fur above dark reddish-brown ; below paler. 



Dimensions. Head and body about two and two-fifths inches; 

 tail about two inches ; forearm rather shorter than the tail. 



Habitat. New South Wales ; Tasmania. 



References. Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 232; Gould, 

 Marnni. Austr. iii. pi. xlviii. 



Genus III. CHALINOLOBUS, Peters (1866). 



Muzzle broad, generally very short and obtuse : glandular 

 prominences well developed. Crown of head slightly raised above 

 face-line. Nostrils sublateral, forming a prominent flattened 

 central ridge on the upper surface of the muzzle, separated from 

 the glandular prominences by a distinct groove. Ears short, 

 broad, rhomboidal or ovoid; the tragus expanded above and 



