90 CHALINOLOBUS. 



curved inwards. Lower lip with a distinct fleshy lobule on either 

 side near the angle of the mouth, projecting horizontally outwards. 

 Wings from the bases of the toes. Upper incisors unequal and 

 unicuspid ; the outer ones short, the inner long. 



Dentition. I. |, C. ~^, P. ^| (Australian) or ^ (African), 

 M. = 34 or 32. 



Habits. Insectivorous, 



1. CHALINOLOBUS MORIO, Gray, sp. (1841). 

 Chocolate or Small-toothed Bat. 



Ears small, rounded off above. Tragus narrow at the base, 

 expanded in the middle. Nostrils opening slightly downwards, 

 the margins of the apertures sharply cut and projecting above, 

 separated by a rather wide concave space having a small median 

 ridge. Postcalcaneal lobe well developed, supported internally by 

 a cartilaginous prop, the curved extremity of which forms its 

 posterior margin. Tail wholly contained within the interfemoral 

 membrane. Fur above dark brown, almost black, on the head 

 and anterior half of the body, passing into dark chestnut-brown 

 posteriorly ; below similar but slightly paler. Body fur rather 

 long and thick. Base of interfemoral membrane between the 

 thighs only furry. 



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

 tail about one and seven-tenths inch ; forearm about one and a 

 half inch. 



Habitat. From southern Queensland through New South 

 Wales and Victoria to South Australia; Tasmania; New Zealand. 



References. Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 248, pi. xiv. figs. 



1 (ear), la (muzzle); Gould, Mamm. Austr. iii. pi. xli. (S.morio), 

 xlii. (S. microdonj; Thomas, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) iv. p. 462. 



2. CHALINOLOBUS SIGNIFER, Dobson (1876). 



Dobson's Bat. 



Ears and nostrils as in C. tuberculatus. An erect transverse 

 process on the face between and slightly in front of the eyes ; its 

 free upper margin regularly convex. All other characters similar 

 to those of the preceding species. 



Dimensions. Head and body about two inches ; tail about 

 one and three-fourths inch; forearm about one and two-fifths inch. 



Habitat. South Central Queensland. 



Reference. Dobson, B. M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 250, pi. xiv. figs. 



2 (front view of head), 2a (muzzle). 



Note. Probably not distinct from the preceding species. 



