96 TAPHOZOUS. 



1. TAPHOZOUS AUSTRALIS, Gould (1853). 

 Sharp-nosed Bat. 



Lower lip scarcely grooved. Gular sac distinct but rather 

 small in the males, absent in the females. Ears large, as long as 

 or longer than the head. Radio-metacarpal pouch well developed. 

 Wings from the ankles or tarsus. Tail slender. Interfemoral 

 membrane clothed with fur as far as the point perforated by it. 

 Fur rather long and dense, basally pure white above and below, 

 the remaining three-fourths above dark brown, below paler. 



Dimensions. Head and body about three inches ; tail about 

 one and a third inch ; forearm about two and three-fourths inches. 



Habitat. Australia and New Guinea. 



References. Dobson, B. M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 382 ; Gould, 

 Mamm. Austr. iii. pi. xxxii. 



2. TAPHOZOUS FLAVIVENTRIS, (Gould) Peters (1866). 

 Yellow-bellied Bat. 



Differs only from T. australis, in its color and superior size. 

 Fur above uniform dark brown, below pale ochraceous yellow, 

 whitish basally. 



Habitat.^New South Wales. 



Reference. Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 382. 



Note. Dr. Ramsay's T. hargravii, of which the type is in the 

 Australian Museum, Sydney, is founded on a dried skin in very 

 bad condition, and is possibly identical with this species ; in any 

 case until good specimens in the flesh are obtained and an extended 

 examination and comparison thus rendered possible, it is premature 

 to give it a place in our fauna. The specimen was obtained in 

 the Wollongong District, N. S. Wales. It is but right to state 

 that Dr. Ramsay still considers the species to be good ; for the 

 reason given above 1 can venture on no opinion. 



3. TAPHOZOUS AFFINIS, Dobson (1875). 



Var. a. T. insignis, Leche (1884). 



Leche's Bat. 



Lower lip deeply grooved. Gular sac large in the males, 

 rudimentary in the the females ; behind its aperture a small 

 duplication of the integument provided with thickened edges. 

 Ears shorter than the head. Upper margin of tragus jagged. 

 Radio-metacarpal pouch absent. Wings from the ankles. Inter- 

 femoral membrane naked. Fur above black with white bases, 

 below pure silky white. Antebrachial and interfemoral membranes 

 and the portion of the wing-membrane between the forearm and 



