480 Zoological Society : — 



3. Kerivoula Hardwickii. 



Vespertilio Hardwickii, Horsf. Zool. Research. Java, no. 8, 1821 — 

 28 ; Cat. Mamm. E. Ind. Comp. Mus. p. 39, 1851 ; Temm. Mon. ii. 

 p. 222, 1835-41 ; Wagn. Supp. Schreb. Saugth. i. p. 516, 1840; 

 Blasius, Wiegm. Archiv, Bd. vi. p. 2, 1840 ; Schinz, Synops. Mamm. 

 i. p. 173, 1844. 



Kerivoula Hardwickii, Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. x. p. 258, 1842 ; 

 Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 27, 1843; Zool. Voy. Samar. no. 5. p. 7, 

 1849. 



Vespertilio pellucidus, Waterh. Proc. Zool. Soc.pt. xiii. pp. 3 & 6, 

 1845. 



Vespertilio 1 pellucidus, Gray, Zool. Voy. Samar. no. 5. p. 7, 1849. 



The following description has been taken from the original spe- 

 cimens in the Museum of the East India Company and in the 

 British Museum, and from the one which furnished the descrip- 

 tion of V. pellucidus of Mr. Waterhouse, now also in the National 

 Collection. 



The examination and comparison of these has proved beyond ques- 

 tion the identity of the latter species with K. Hardwickii. As the 

 Javanese specimens are preserved in skin, and the one from the 

 Philippines in spirit, they may be supposed, taken together, to fur- 

 nish a tolerably accurate description of the species. 



The elevated form of the head, the concavity of the face, and the 

 shape of the muzzle and nostrils are so much like the same parts in 

 K. picta and K. papillosa, as to require no further mention. The 

 ears, although in general form very similar to those of the former of 

 these species, differ in being a little longer, and in having their tips 

 less acute and not so much directed outwards ; in fact, they very 

 closely resemble those of K. papillosa, and, as in that species, are 

 thickly studded with glandular dots. The tragus is nearly two- 

 thirds of the length of the ear, is narrow, excessively acute, and 

 curved outwards in the dried specimens, but perfectly straight in the 

 one in spirit. 



The wing-membranes extend a little further than the base of the 

 toes, almost to the middle of the outer one, which however is shorter 

 than the others, and consequently the membrane does not reach as 

 far as to the middle of the other toes, which may be said to con- 

 stitute the foot. These remaining toes are of equal length, and are 

 about half the entire length of the foot, which is rather large in re- 

 lation to the size of the animal. The os calcis is long, and occu- 

 pies two-thirds of the distance between the foot and end of the tail. 

 The interfemoral membrane has about 18 or 19 transverse dotted 

 lines. 



The fur of the upper part of the body extends over the wing- 

 membranes for a little distance, and over the interfemoral membrane 

 in a similar manner. Beneath, the fur encroaches on the membrane 

 similarly, but in a less degree. The upper surfaces of the tibiae are 

 fringed with fine bristly hairs ; and the dots on the interfemoral 

 membrane have each a bunch of very fine short bristles on the upper 



