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weakly infuscated, and less tinged with chestnut ; axillary part of 

 the membrane, from between the elbow to the flank inclusive, 

 covered with longer and whitish hairs. Face, ears and mem- 

 brane washed with dusky; the portion of membrane between 

 the hind-leg and proximate finger narrowly edged with whitish. 

 One specimen purchased of a bazar shikarree is so much darker, 

 that before I had obtained a good series of T. longimanus, I had 

 some doubt whether it ought not to be referred to that species ; 

 and such an example may have been the original longimanus of 

 Hardwicke, described as of a snuff-brown colour : but this name 

 had better now remain as I have appropriated it. In general, 

 the present species is of a tolerably bright chestnut hue. Like 

 the preceding one (to which it is closely allied), the male has a 

 very large throat-sac, the ears bend upwards, and the tail is 

 straight and rigid, not recurved as in T. Cantori, and also as in 

 the following species. The specimens which I formerly described 

 had been long soaked in spirit, which seems to have discharged 

 the colour from the face and membranes ; and one of them which 

 I have had taken out and stuffed, has the under-parts more uni« 

 formly coloured, the longer hair upon the membrane towards the 

 axilla, and that of the abdomen, scarcely differing in hue from 

 that of the breast ; whereas in the recently procured examples 

 here described, the difference of colour in these parts is very 

 conspicuous. 



T. crassus, nobis. — This is a well-marked species, having the 

 recurved tail of T. Cantori, and ears bending upwards as in lon- 

 gimanus and fulvidus. It is particularly distinguished by its 

 blackish colour, and the broad dull white margin of the mem- 

 brane between the tibia and proximate finger ; this margin in- 

 creasing much in depth as it recedes from the finger-tip, and 

 merging gradually into the black of the rest of the membrane, 

 becoming at first mottled with the latter. Length to end of tail 

 four inches, the membrane reaching five-eighths of an inch be- 

 yond ; tail three-quarters of an inch, the terminal five-sixteenths 

 protrusile and recurved; expanse fifteen inches and a half; fore- 

 arm two and five-eighths; first phalanx of longest finger two 

 and a half; tibia an inch ; foot large, measuring with claws 

 eleven- sixteenths of an inch ; the sac little developed. Ears five- 

 eighths of an inch apart at base anteriorly. Fur of the upper- 

 parts black, or dark blackish brown, a little hoary at the tips, 

 and light brown at the extreme base ; under-parts inclining to 

 ashy black, and more grizzled ; membranes dusky, with the ex- 

 ception of the whitish margin described. On the particular 

 specimen before me are some pure white dashes on one side of 

 the back, being traces of partial albinism. The nostrils appear 

 to be quite closed by a valve, which would open at the will of the 



