Taphozous Philippinensis. Taph. vellere brevi fuscescente vel 

 castaneo, corpore suhtus pallidiore ; pilis ad basin albescentibus ; 

 auribus mediocribus. 



unc. lin 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudae basin .... 3 Ii 



caudiE O 8 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris .... O 5 



auris O 6 



antibrachii 2 7 



tibi^e O 11 



Alarum amplitudo 13 6 



This species approaches most nearly to the Taphozous saccolaimus, 

 but difFers in being considerably smaller, in having the muzzle 

 shorter and more pointed, the ears larger, and the feet considerably 

 smaller ; the colouring moreover is different. It agrees with T. lon- 

 gimanus in having no throat-pouch or nakedness at that part, but 

 difFers in its proportions, &c. 



The fur is short and by no means dense, nearly white next the 

 skin both on the upper and under parts of the body ; on the upper 

 parts the hairs have the visible portion tipped with reddish brown o r 

 chestnut colour, sometimes brown. The under parts are always of 

 a paler hue than the upper, and sometimes almost white, merely 

 suffused with pale chestnut-brown : on the throat this colour is usuaUy 

 more intense. The wing-membranes are brown, sometimes dusky ; 

 the interfemoral membrane assumes a paler hue beneath. 



The head, viewed from above, presents a triangular figure, of vvhich 

 the tip of the muzzle forms the apex, and is somewhat acute ; the 

 nose is slightly prominent ; the nostrils terminai, and but slightly 

 separated ; the upper lip terminates in a point ; the under lip is some- 

 what swol]en at the extremity, and a largish transverse s\velling or 

 tubercle is observed below the chin. The ears have the anterior 

 part running on to the forehead, but separated by a space of about 

 two lines, which space is occupied by the deep frontai pit ; they are 

 of moderate size, perhaps might be called rather large ; the lateral 

 and anterior margins meet so as to form nearly a right angle ; on the 

 anterior margiu, which is thickened, is a series of pointed tubercles ; 

 the lateral or outer margin is very slightly emarginated, and on the 

 inner side numerous transverse smaU folds or ridges are perceptible ; 

 the point of the ear is narrow, but rounded. The tragus is scarcely 

 2 lines in length, and about 2į lines in width, rounded at the apex 

 and contracted at the base. ITie tail is enclosed in the interfemoral 

 membrane rather less than one-third of its length. The interfemoral 

 membrane is about eleven lines in antero-posterior extent, naked 

 beneath, slightly hairy above to the base of the free portion of the 

 tail, which has a few long scattered hairs. The feet are almost naked, 

 having only a few scattered hairs. The limbs are of a pale dirty flesh- 

 colour. 



The teeth most nearly resemble those of skull fig. 11. pi. 60. of 

 Temminck's Monograph, but the iucisors are more expanded at the 

 apex than represented in that figure, and very deeply notched. The 



