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On the Hairs of Indian Bats, by M. C. Cooke. 

 Part II. — Synopsis. 



GROUP L 



1.— Pteropus editlis. Peron. — (' The Kalong.') Malay countries. — 

 Animal upwards of a foot in length ; hairs large and opaque ; surface 

 nearly smooth ; cuticular plates small, imhricated, and closely appressed ; 

 medulla one-sixth to one eighth of the diameter ; very distinct when 

 mounted in halsam. — (PI. \,fig. l.*J 



2 —Pteropus Edwardsii. 6^£'o^.— (The 'Wurbagool.') India generally, 

 &c. — Animal upwards of a foot in length ; hairs large and opaque ; surface 

 nearly smooth; cuticular plates large — generally cylindrical, or with the 

 longitudinal divisions very indistinct ; medulla one-sixth to one-eighth of 

 the diameter of the hair ; more distinct when mounted in balsam. — fPZ, 1, 



1^9- 2.; 



3. — Pteropus melanotus. Blijtli. — Nicobar Islands. — Hair not ex- 

 amined. 



4. — Pteeopus Leschenaultii. Besm. — Southern India. — Hairs not 

 examined. 



5. — Pteropus poliocephalus. Tbrnm.— New Holland.— fP?. 1, fig.^.) 



6. — Xantharpyia amplexicatjdata. Terrnn.—Mal&y countries.— Hair 

 not examined. 



GROUP II. 



7.— Macroglossus minimus. Geoffr. — (The ' Kiodote, or Dog-Bat.') 

 Malay countries, &c. — Neck, head, and face, covered with fine short silky 

 hairs of a brown colour ; on the anterior part of the back and on the 

 body the hairs are longer and woolly. As the colour is more intense at 

 the extremity of the separate hairs, different shades of brown and yellowish 

 gray are exhibited, accoi'ding to the undulations of the surface. Outline of 

 * All the figures are magnified 540 diameters. 



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