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NYCTERID^. 



Hab. — Sind (Kurrachee)^ Deccan (Poona), Madras, the Peninsula of 

 India generally, Ceylon, Burmala, and Java. 



Phyllorhina fulva, Peters, M. B. Akacl. Bed. 1871, p. 322; 

 Dohson Fro. As. Soc. Ben. 1872, p. 155; Monog. As. Ckir. {Suh 8p. 

 A); Anderson, Cat. Mam. Incl. Mus. p. 118. Phyllorhina bicolor, Gat. 

 Chir. Br. Mus. p. 149, pi. ix., fig. 10; Phyllorhina aurita. Tomes, Pro. 

 Zoo. Soc. 1859, pi. 76; Hipposideros cineraceus, BIyth, Jour. As. Soc. 

 Ben. xxii. p. 410; Jerdon, Mammals of India p. 28. H. fulvus, 

 murinus, atratus, Kelaart Pro. Faun. Zeyl. 



Plate I. 



Ears longer than the head, with a very slight flattening of the upper 

 third of the outer margin beneath the broadly rounded-off extremity 

 of the conch. Hm'seshoe small, square, scarcely as wide as the trans- 

 verse terminal leaf, the concave front surface of which is divided into 

 four cells, by three distinct vertical ridges. No secondary leaflets 

 external to the horseshoe. Frontal glandular sac well developed, rudi- 

 mentary in females. Wings to the ankles or tarsus, interfemoral 

 membrane slightly angular behind ; the end of the tail projecting. 

 Fur, above, white for three-fourths its length, with brown or dark 

 reddish brown or black extremities ; beneath, pure white or pale 

 yellowish white, or the white replaced both above and beneath by 

 brilliant golden yellow, in which case the extremities of the hairs on 

 the upper surface are a rich reddish chestnut. The brilliancy of the fur 

 in some specimens is, Mr. Dobson says, probably unequalled by that 

 of any other species of mammal, and states his opinion that it may be 

 analogous to the bi-eeding plumage in birds. 



It is restricted to females during the breeding season. 



Length.— Head and body 1-75", tail l-15","head 0-75", ear 0-9*, 

 forearm 1-55", third finger 2'3", fifth finger 1-9", tibia 0-65", foot 0-32". 



Hah. — Sind (Kurrachee), Kutch, Bombay, Punjab Salt Range, 

 Madras, Ceylon, Upper Burmah, Assam, 



Family, NYCTERID^. 



Dohson, Ann. Mag. Nat. liist. 1875 ; Monog. As. Cliir. p. 75; Cat. Chir. 

 Br. Mus. p. 154. 



Bats with distinct cutaneous appendages margining the apertures 

 of the nostrils, which are situated on the upper surface of the muzzle ; 

 ears united, large; trag-i well developed; mamma3 pectoral. Two 

 phalanges in the middle finger, whereof the first is extended (in repose) 

 in a line with the metacarpal bone, and with or without a short phalanx 

 in the index finger; tibias long, but the fibulae rudimentary or absent. 

 Premaxillary bones cartilaginous or small; upper incisors absent or 

 very small in the centre of the space between the canines ; molars 

 well developed with acute W-shaped cusps. 



Sub-Family I.— MEGADERMIN^. 



Nostrils at the bottom of a cavity, near the extremity of the muzzle, 

 concealed by the base of an erect cutaneous process. Tail very short 

 in the base of the large interfemoral membrane. Premaxillaries 

 cartilaginous. 



