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■ My attention was first drawn to it in i^fay, when I found some dead 

 specimens containing young shells, I found, about the same time, some 

 live specimens sealed up mth a chalky epiphragm. These I killed in June 

 before they had been roused by the monsoon, and the oviducts were full of 

 young shells. The young, therefore, appear to develope during the asstiva- 

 tion of the parent. 



Do the young find their first food in the body of the parent when they 

 are awakened by the monsoon ? 



Empty shells of Glessula chessonl, Benson, another Mahableshwar 

 apecies, were found before the commencement of the monsoon, con- 

 taining eggs, 1 regret that I did not keep these to see whether the eggs 

 were alive. 



It is curious that two similar species in the same place should adopt such 

 different means of propogation. 



A. J. PEILE, Capt., R.A. 

 Bombay, iS^e/><., 1899. 



No. XXXll.-HARPYIOCEPHALUS TUBINARIS (SCULLY). 



The -Society has received from Col. Fulton, 1st Ghurkas,a specimen 

 in spirits, of a most interesting bat. The specimen has the peculiarly long 

 thumb and strong claw, tubular nostrils, and other characters of the genus 

 Harpyiocephalus. The specific characters agree generally with those record- 

 ed by Blanford (No, 198) for H. tuhinaris. This agreement is specially marked 

 in the details of the shape of the ear and tragus, so that there can be little 

 doubt that the specimen is B. tubinaris, Scully. 



The only specimen hitherto recorded was obtained by Dr. J. Fcully at 

 Gilgit, and described by him in 1881. Col. Fulton took this specimen at 

 Dharmsala (6,000 feet), Punjab. 



Our specimen is considerably larger than the type. Translating the 

 measurements of the latter, as given in inches by Blanford, into milli- 

 metres, the two compare as follows : — 



Type Dharmsala 



Specimen. Specimen. 



Head and body 45 52 



Tail 35 42 



Forearm 35 45 



The sex of the type is not given by Blanford ; our specimen is an adult 

 (even aged) male, and the upper incisors, especially the outer ones, are much 

 worn. 



The colour is much as given by Blanford who, however, does not mention 

 the wings. In our specimen the wing membrane is black except (and the 

 exception comprises at least half of the total membrane area) next to the 

 body, within a line drawn from the thumb to the ankle, and narrow lines 



