TAPHOZOUS DOBSONI. 123 



it in honor of Dr. Dobson , the author of the highly 

 important Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection 

 of the British Museum , 



Taphozous Dobsoni, n. sp. 



First phalanx of middle finger folded (in repose) on the 

 upper surface of the metacarpal bone. Radio-metacarpal 

 pouch loell developed. Gular sac large in the male ; as we 

 have received no female, we cannot state if she too pos- 

 sesses a simular organ. 



Ears shorter than the head; inner margin not papillate. 

 Lower lip with a distinct groove. 



Wings from the ankles. Interfemoral membrane greatly 

 developed. 



Under surface of the base of the thumbs with small 

 jieshy pads. There is also a little rounded cushion near the 

 base of the under surface of the footsoles. 



The face in front of the eyes is covered with short 

 blackish brown hairs. 



General color as in Taphozous mauritianus : fur above 

 buff brown near the base , then brown with grey extre- 

 meties. Chest and abdomen pure white. Hairs round 

 gular sac colored as the sides of throat which is embel- 

 lished with a chestnut collar. 



On the upper surface the wing-membrane as far outwards 

 as a line drawn from the ankle and the thumb to the 

 elbow and also the hairy antehumeral and interfemoral 

 membranes are brown, the hairs being colored as on the 

 back: the wing membranes for the rest white, except a 

 brown patch inside the first phalanx of the longest finger : 

 beneath all the hairs and membranes are white , except 

 the brown-colored interfemoral membrane. 



Lower incisors distinctly trifid. 



Length of the only specimen , an adult male , preserved 

 in alcohol. 



Notes from the Leyden ]\Xuseu.m. 



