210 CALLINYCTERIS ROSENBERGII. 



finger as long as the index-finger. Wings separated by a 

 rather considerable interval from the spine of the back ; 

 wing-membrane from the base of the second toe. Tail well 

 developed , for one third contained in the membrane. 

 Dentition: I. |, C. J-=-J, P.jg, M.g = 32. 



Callinycteris rosenbergii, n. sp. 



Ears much longer than the muzzle, oval, rounded off 

 above, with several folds. 



Body above and below clothed with densely set pale 

 brown and very soft hairs. The fur of the head extends 

 upon the face as far as the naked nostrils. Muzzle with 

 longer hairs , among which some black ones , thinly spread 

 between the other shorter fur. Wing-membranes brownish 

 black. 



As in Eonycteris there are placed on each side of the 

 anal opening two small, cutaneous, kidney-shaped, gland- 

 like bodies. In Eonycteris these bodies are placed a little 

 behind the anal opening, meanwhile in Callinycteris the 

 anal opening is exactly in the middle between the named 

 bodies. 



Tongue in the middle of its surface thickly covered with 

 recurved papillae; for the rest the tongue is covered with 

 smaller papillae overlapping its margins. 



Palate-ridges seven in number, the three posterior ones 

 divided in the centre. 



Upper incisors very small , equidistant from each other 

 and from the canines ; first upper premolar very small , 

 equidistant from and close to the canine and the second 

 premolar. Second upper premolar triangular , about two 

 fifth of the canine in height. Upper molars crowded , with- 

 out interval between the second premolar and the first 

 molar ; first and second molars with a longitudinal furrow ; 

 hindmost molar about half the diameter of its predeces- 

 sor and scarcely raised above the level of the gum. 



Lower incisors in a triangular series; lower canines about 



Notes from tlie Leyclen Museum, "Vol. XI. 



