426 nCIlMA, ITS PEOPLE ASD PRODVCTIOSS. 



Duntition, I. \ ; C. j ; WW. !-. ; M. g. 

 E. sPEL^A, Dobson. 



Head long, abruptly narrowed in front of tlic eyes. Tongue very long and 

 pointed. Fur of a uniform dark eoloiir. Tail about liulf an inch, half inclosed in 

 the narrow interfenioral membrane as in Ci/yionyctcrit. 



Length of male, head and body 4-5 ; tail O'oo inches. 

 Inhabits the Farm Caves near Maulmain. 



Mackoglossus, F. Cuvier. 



■ Muzzle cylindrical. Upper lip not grooved in front. Tongue very long and 

 attenuated. Index lingers with a claw. Tail very short. "Wing membrane from 

 the base of the fourth toe. 



Dentition, I. $ ; C. f ; P.M. J ; M. «. 



M. (Pteropus) minimus, Geoffroy. 

 Pteropus rostratust, Horstield. 



IMuzzle cylindrical, very long and narrow. Tongue long, attcmiated in its 

 terminal third, and covered with numerous brusli-like papilla?. Fur reddish-brown. 

 Upper incisors in a triangular series, very small, scarcely raised above the level of the 

 gum, each tooth separated from the next by an interval. 



An adult female, head and body 2'3 inches. 



Inhabits the Hiraahiyan Mountains, Burma, etc. 



IJoiii/cti'ri.f and Macruc/htisus are social bats tenanting caves in frequently incredible 

 numbers, from which they issue at dusk in a living stream, which has been not 

 inappropriately likened to the smoke from a ship's funnel. Mr. Alfred Hough has 

 noticed that at the Pahghat cave above Kaugoon, numbers of Kites and Hawks 

 assemble near the caves at evening and seize and devour numbers of the bats when 

 they first issue forth. 



The 'guano' afforded by the species inhabiting the Farm Caves, and others iu 

 the Martaban district, is collected by Chinamen iu Maulmain for use iu their gardens. 



Sub-order MICROCUIROPTJERA. 



Insect iroroiis bats. 



Crowns of the molar teeth acutely tubercular, marked by transverse furrows. 

 Bony palate not continued laterally behind tlie first molar. Index finger not 

 terminated by a claw. Stomach simple, or with the cardiac extremity more or less 

 elongated. Caruivorous, feeding principally on insects, but the larger species 

 devour small vcrtebrata as well, such as frogs, sparrows, and the smaller bats 

 themselves. Distributed through the temperate and tropical regions of both 

 hemispheres. 



Without plates it is impossible to convey an adequate idea of the curious nasal 

 appendages of many members of this division of Chiroptera, but full descriptions and 

 plates arc contained iu Dr. Dobson's Monograph on the Asiatic Chiroptera, from 

 Avbicli the present notes on the species of Bats inhabiting Burma have been mainly 

 derived. 



Family Rhinolophidae. 

 EHINOLOPHIN.E. 

 First toe with three, the remaining toes with two joints each. 

 IlniNOLornus, Geoffroy. 



Nose-leaf very complicated, consisting of three distinct portions, anterior, central 

 and posterior. The anterior horizontal portion is horseshoe-shaped, usually angularly 

 emarginate in front, containing within its circumference the nasal oriticcs, and the 

 central erect nasal process ; the posterior nose-leaf is triangular, erect, and with cells 

 on its anterior surface ; the central process rises between and behind the nasal orifices, 



