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h. General coloar darker, about 



" mouse grey." ... ... ... sindica, %^. r\.. 



B. — Size larger, forearm 48 or less. 



a. General colour paler, near " seal 



brown." ... ... ... ... thomasi, sp. n. 



b. General colour darker, near " clove 



brown." .., ... ... ... gossei, sp. n. 



The following are descriptions of the three new species : — 



Tadarida sindica, sp. n. 



A tadarida of about the same size as a'gyptiaca, coloured in the 

 same way but markedly darker in colour. 



Size and fur as in oegyptiaca. 



General colour above about " mouse-grey," as compared with 

 " drab-grey " in cegyptiaca. Showing the same pattern below as 

 that spacies, viz., a darker band coming round over the shoulders 

 and turning backwards along the flanks, close to the base of the 

 wings, the centre of the abdomen quite markedly paler, the general 

 darker colouring, as compared with legyptiaca well maintained, but 

 a white region on the flanks immediately at the bases of the wings, 

 which is not present in the other species. 



Skull broader and stouter than in oegyptiaca, the anterior 

 premolar even more rudimentary. 



Dimensions of type : — Head and body, 77 ; tail, 60 ; forearm, 52 ; 

 ear, 23. Skull :—Condylo-incisive length, 19-9 (20-3); Zygo- 

 matic breadth, 13 (12-6); braincase breadth, 10-9 (10-3); least 

 interorbital breadth, 4-9 (4*6); breadth across muzzle at lachrymal 

 processes, 7*9 (7-6) ; palatal breadth across posterior molars 8-8 

 (8'7); toothrow behind anterior premolar, 5*8 (6). 



Hab : — Sind. Type from Kashmir, Upper Sind Frontier. 



Type :— Adult. 0. B. M. No. 15, 11, 1, 51. Original number 

 519. Collected 6th March 1915, by Mr. S. H. Prater and presented 

 to the National Collection by the Bombay Natural History Society. 



Three specimens in all were taken by Mr. Prater. The contrast 

 in colouration is very marked and that in the shape of the skull 

 much more so than seems indicated by the measurements recorded. 



Tadarida thomasi, sp. n. 



A tadarida considerably smaller than either of the preceding, 

 with much warmer colouration. 



Size noticeably smaller than either cegyptiaca or sindica. 



General colour above near " seal brown," below only slightly 

 paler. 



Skull much as in sindica, but smaller in all dimensions. 



Dimensions of the type: — Head and body, 76; tail, 36; forearm, 

 47; ear, 20. Skull: — Condylo-incisive length, 18-7 ; Zygomatic 



