Mr. R. F. Tomes on new species of Bats. 447 



Cat. Mam. and Birds of Nepaul, presented by B. H. Hodgson, in 

 Brit. Mus. p. 4, 1846. 



Vesp. {Kerivoula) formosa, Horsf. Cat. Mam. Mus. E. Ind. Coirip. 

 p. 40, 1851. 



V. rufo-niger ?, Tomes, MSS. 



Mr. Hodgson thus describes this species : — " Entirely of a bright, 

 soft, ruddy yellow, with the digital membranes triangularly indented, 

 blackish. Head conical ; face sharp ; muzzle and lips confluently 

 nudish ; the former anteally grooved, not above ; the outer and 

 inner ears acutely pointed, moderate, less than the head ; teeth ^> 

 iEjj |E^ ; snout to rump 2^ inches ; tail 2 ; expanse 1 2^. 



" Nasal bones slightly convexed in their length, and unite easily 

 with a low forehead." 



The following is the description of the specimen deposited in the 

 British Museum by Mr. Hodgson. The specimen is preserved in 

 spirit ; but the skull having been removed, renders the description 

 less perfect than might have been wished : — 



Nostrils rather small and approximate. Feet rather large, the 

 toes taking up fully two-thirds of their entire length. Wing-mem- 

 branes extending barely to the base of the toes. Thumb with the 

 basal phalange short, the one between it and the small one bearing 

 the claw, taking up the greater part of its length. Tail-tip wholly 

 enclosed in the interfemoral membrane. 



Membranes (when wet with spirit) translucent, and marked with 

 reddish brown and dark brown, the latter occupying the triangular 

 spaces between the digits, and the former appearing as narrow stripes 

 on each side of all the bones of the wings — ^just as in Kerivoula 

 picta. 



Fur very thick, that of the under parts yellowish buff, that of the 

 upper similar at the root and tipped with rust-colour. 



The specimen included in Dr. Horsfield's * Catalogue of the Mam- 

 malia contained in the Museum of the East India Company ' affords 

 the following particulars : — Muzzle rather produced, thick, but not 

 broad; top of the head scarcely elevated above the line of the face ; 

 nostrils small, near together, opening sublaterally, and slightly tu- 

 bular. Ears ovoid, emarginate at their outer margin ; tragus long, 

 slender, and tapering evenly to a moderately acute point, which is 

 curved a little outwards. Wing-membranes extending to the base 

 of the toes, barely ; the feet large, the toes occupying fully two- 

 thirds of their entire length. The basal joint of the thumb very 

 short in relation to the length of the second. 



Fur very thick and close, and cottony in texture ; that of the 

 upper parts yellow-buff, with the tips of the hairs conspicuously 

 tipped with rust-colour ; below, uniform yellow-buff. 



The interfemoral membrane, the portions of membrane contiguous 

 to the flanks, and all the parts in the immediate vicinity of the bones 

 of the wings and legs, chestnut-coloured, all the remaining parts of 

 the membrane being black-brown. 



