•Dr. Cantor on the Flora and Fauna of Chusaft, 481 



straminea, spathulato- v. obovato-oblonga, obtusa, integerrima, vel 

 apicem versus obsolete crenulata. Stamina 30-45 : filamenta libera 

 V. pentadelpba, ovarium sericeumvel tomentosum. Stylus glabervel 

 basi barbatus, post anthesin 2 lineas longus. Stigmata obtusa, de- 

 mum ssepe patentia. Nux 2-4 lineas alta, diametro ^-3-lineari ; 

 costse plus minusve prominentes, ssepissime crassse. Semen ovatum 

 V. obovatum, fusco-castaneum. 



Habitat in Europa, prsesertim media et australiori. Parisiis florescit 

 medio Junio : individua tamen reperiuritur singula jam initio Junii vel 

 tantum initio Julii florida. 



LIII. — General Features ofChusan, with remarks on the Flora 

 and Fauna of that Island. By Theodore Canto r, M.D., 

 . Bengal Medical Service, &c. 



[Continued from p. 370.] 



Animals observed at Chusan. 

 1. MAMMALIA. 



Cheiroptera. 



*Vespertilio irretitusf. V. auriculis capite brevioribus, rotundatis ; 

 trago lanceolato ; rostro brevi, obtuso, nigro ; labiis mentoque crini- 

 bus longioribus sparsim tectis ; vellere dorsi capitisque molli, brevi, 

 griseo-brunnescenti, abdominis pulvericolore ; membro virili maximo ; 

 Cauda corpus longitudine sequante, e membrana interfemorali, subtus 

 sparsim hirsuta, paululum exserta. 



Ears rounded, shorter than the head ; tragus lanceolate ; muzzle 

 short, obtuse, black, the lips and chin with scattered, lengthy, bristly- 

 hairs ; fur of the back and head short, soft brownish gray, that of the 

 abdomen dust- coloured ; male genital organ highly developed ; tail as 

 long as the body, slightly protruding from the interfemoral mem- 

 brane, the abdominal surface of which is thinly covered with short 

 hair. 



Dentition : — Incis. — ; canin. j^j; molar. ~. 



Dimensions. inch. Hn. 



Length of the head ^ 



body 1^ 1 



tail 1 1 



ear 2J 



Breadth of the ear 2 



Length of tlie tragus 1 



Extent of the wings 8 



* Animals marked with an asterisk have been sketched at Chusan in 

 1840 by Dr. Cantor, who has supplied the names unless otherwise observed. 



f Irretire, from its being frequently arrested in the strong web of two 

 large spiders, Epeira bilineata and heraldica (vide infra), which circum- 

 stance has given rise to the common erroneous behef that those and similar 

 spiders feed upon bats. 



