PTEROPL'S MELAXOPOGOX. 239^ 



Slidl. — Heavily built, with large orbits, strong crests, and long 

 postorbital processes, llostrum deep and broad ; distance from tip 

 of postorbital processes to gnathiou more than from former point to 

 lambda. Orbital diameter greater than width of rostrum across 

 alveolar borders of p'-p^ ; front of orbit above front of m^ Post- 

 orbital processes nearly reaching, sometimes in contact with, 

 corresponding processes of zj'goma ; frontal region between post- 

 orbital processes much concave. Sagittal crest deep. Palate much 

 broader than in Pt. vampyrus -. between inner sides of p^-p'' 

 14-14'8 mm., against 12'2 to 12"8 in Pt. vampyrtis vampyrus. 

 Coronoid process bioad antero-posteriorly, but not higher than usual ; 

 coronoid height of mandible less than c-mj ; condyle considerably 

 above alveolar line of mandible. 



Teeth. — Cingulum of upper canines well defined but rather 

 narrow ; crown in profile slightly recurved ; median ridge on Hngual 

 face and anterior and posterior margins sharply projecting ; vertical 

 groove on front face broad and deep, terminating well above tip of 

 tooth, p' spiculiform, deciduous. Posterior ledge of p^ and P3 

 short, distinctly marked off postero-cxternally by small notch from 

 base of outer maiu cusp. Corresponding ledge of p' and p^ shoit, 

 more developed on inner than outer side of tooth ; postero-external 

 notch generally obsolete, sometimes (at least in young teelh) quite 

 distinct; line of posterior margin of p' projected inward passing 

 very nearly through middle of m' of opposite side, m' nearly once 

 and a half as long as broad, nr equal to or slightly larger than p^. 

 i^ once and a half or nearly twice the bulk of i^. Lower canines 

 recurved, cingulum well defined, but rather narrow. Pj from twice 

 to nearly twice and a half the size of i,. m.^ generally a trifle 

 smaller than Pj. 



Palate-ridges. — 5-|-5-f3. First ridge terminating laterally at 

 front of canine ; second at back of canine ; third at front of p' ; 

 fourth at back of p^ ; fifth at middle or front of p'; sixth at front 

 of m' ; seventh at back of m' ; eighth to tenth behind m'- ; eleventh 

 to thirteenth situated at palation border. 



Ears. — Moderate, exposed, reaching about half the distance to 

 hinder corner of eyes. Upper third of inner margin strongly 

 convex, corresponding portion of outer margin flatly convex, 

 making tip of conch rather broadly rounded off. 



WiiKjs. — ilembranes arising unusually close together (about 

 lU mm. apart) from sides of spinal region. 



Jnterftiiioral. — Much reduced in centre ; depth a few milli- 

 metres. 



-Pa?'. — Extremely short on upperside of body, and restricted to a 

 narrow spinal line of closely adpressed hairs ; moderate on neck and 

 underparts. Length: back 7-8, mantle 16-1 1), belly 13-17 mm. 

 Least width of furred line of back !)-ll mm. Specimens in abraded 

 pelage are nearly naked cm middle of back. 



Forearm, tibia, and tip of femur naked above and beneath, except 

 for some thinly scattered, short, adpressed hairs on upperside of 

 forearm in front of elbow region. Interfcmoral naked, except iu 



