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XXIV. Description of a new Species of Tailed Bat (Taphosous 

 of Geoff.) found in Calcutta. By Major-general Hardwicke, 

 F.R.S. and L.S. ^c. 



Read March 18, 1823. 



Taphosous Longimanus. 



T. SUPRA ex fusco rufescens, subtus pallidior, trago pedicello 

 piano capitulo securiformi obliquo margine crenulato, bra- 

 chiis digitisque elongatis. 



Tab. XVII. 

 Head depressed, broad between the ears (-i%ths of an inch), 

 suddenly tapering to the nose. Nostrils terminal, approx- 

 imating, the margins tumid, the upper jaw longest. Teeth : 

 in the upper jaw are two sharp, conical, slightly incurvated 

 canine teeth ; the space between them (the apex of the jaw) 

 is naked, and a callosity supplies the place of cutting-teeth: 

 on each side are 5 sharp-pointed grinders, the first very 

 small, hardly appearing above the gums. In the lower jaw 

 are two canine teeth, resembling those in the upper, but less 

 curved, and between them, in front, are 4 minute incisores 

 finely indented on their margins : on each side the canine 

 teeth are 5 grinders, resembling those above, the two first 

 single. Ears obliquely ovate, erect, transversely plaited 

 inwardly ; the plaits are very evident in the living animal, 

 but more obscure after death. The anterior margins hairy 



• 3 Y 2 inwardly, 



